Patrick Murphy (Mountain Consolidated mine, 1890)
family confidence: 0 — not family / context
A Butte miner who died on 28 April 1890 when a cage of timbers fell on him while descending the shaft of the Mountain Consolidated mine. Reported in the Anaconda Standard 1890-04-29 p.5 ("KILLED IN THE SHAFT"). Widower (wife died c. April 1889) with seven children, the oldest a boy of 10 employed as a tool carrier at the same mine where his father was killed. Logged as a SEPARATE record from person_patrick_murphy_anaconda_1889 (different family situation: widower vs. living wife; different mine; different death date). Two-records rule.
Facts
- Death:
- 1890-04-28, Butte, Montana
- Residence:
- Butte, Montana
Sources linking to this person
<25 — Namesake / flag / context — 1
- 1890-04-29 — The Anaconda Standard, p.5KILLED IN THE SHAFT. / Distressing Accident at the Montana Consolidated.role: subject_of_death · confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Patrick Murphy
Family notes (private; from people.yaml)
A second candidate Patrick Murphy of Butte who died in a mine in 1889–1890 (the first was the Anaconda fire victim). This one was a widower with seven young children, the eldest a 10-year-old boy. Specific employer / death detail makes him identifiable but no positive line alignment yet. User judgment requested.