Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1895 — Met Death Dramatically. [ARTICLE]

Met Death Dramatically.

An old minor of Wellington, British Columbia, met death in a dramatic way, some two weeks ago, as a result of an old, reckless practice. His long familiarity with explosives had made him careless. He always kept his keg of black powder stowed under his bed in the little cabin in which he lived, and had a bad habit of smoking in bed until he fell asleep. This might seem criminally careless to any one but a miner, but the possibility of disaster probably never occurred to the old man or his neighbors. But what every one else might have expected, happened. One night recently a near neighbor was awakened by the crackling of flames, and found the old man's cabin was afire. Before any help could be rendered the explosion came, and the old miner and his cabin went up.