The River Press, Fort Benton, Mont., 13 July 1892
A Peculiar Death
Great Falls, July 3--J. F. Holbrook, a well known miner of Neihart, was killed last night at Belt, twenty miles from here, in a strange manner. With a companion, he was sleeping in an unoccupied log cabin, where they had stopped to spend the night, while en route from this city to Neihart, when the structure collapsed. Holbrook was pinioned to the ground by a heavy timber and died almost instantly. The other escaped unhurt. Heavy rains the past few days had thoroughly soaked the dirt roof of the cabin, causing the supports to give way.
A Peculiar Death
Great Falls, July 3--J. F. Holbrook, a well known miner of Neihart, was killed last night at Belt, twenty miles from here, in a strange manner. With a companion, he was sleeping in an unoccupied log cabin, where they had stopped to spend the night, while en route from this city to Neihart, when the structure collapsed. Holbrook was pinioned to the ground by a heavy timber and died almost instantly. The other escaped unhurt. Heavy rains the past few days had thoroughly soaked the dirt roof of the cabin, causing the supports to give way.
The River Press, Fort Benton, Mont., 13 July 1892
A Peculiar Death
Great Falls, July 3--J. F. Holbrook, a well known miner of Neihart, was killed last night at Belt, twenty miles from here, in a strange manner. With a companion, he was sleeping in an unoccupied log cabin, where they had stopped to spend the night, while en route from this city to Neihart, when the structure collapsed. Holbrook was pinioned to the ground by a heavy timber and died almost instantly. The other escaped unhurt. Heavy rains the past few days had thoroughly soaked the dirt roof of the cabin, causing the supports to give way.
A Peculiar Death
Great Falls, July 3--J. F. Holbrook, a well known miner of Neihart, was killed last night at Belt, twenty miles from here, in a strange manner. With a companion, he was sleeping in an unoccupied log cabin, where they had stopped to spend the night, while en route from this city to Neihart, when the structure collapsed. Holbrook was pinioned to the ground by a heavy timber and died almost instantly. The other escaped unhurt. Heavy rains the past few days had thoroughly soaked the dirt roof of the cabin, causing the supports to give way.
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