Barrett, Otis
Death Year:
1939
Otis Barrett died on May 16, 1939 at Blakeburn, BC. The 1939 Ministry of Mines Report noted that: The fatal accident which occurred to Otis Barrett, driver, Coalmont Colliers Ltd., on May 16, 1939 was due to deceased being caught and thrown down on the floor by the first car, which was derailed, of a four-car loaded trip he was taking from a parting to the main slope. There were no witnesses to this accident and deceased was dead when found. There was ample width and height on this level and there was so little grade that the horse had to pull the trip all the way. When the accident was discovered, the horse was uncoupled from the trip and standing 12 feet in front of it.
References:
Minister of Mines Report, 1939; Death registration (BC Archives)