The Anaconda Standard, 29 January 1901
(Montana)

CHARLES HARDING KILLED
HIT BY BUCKET IN SHAFT
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Phillipsburg, Jan. 28.—Charles Harding, a well-known miner of this city, was killed this morning in the shaft of the Tussle Mining company, near Royal. He was hit on the head by a descending bucket. Coroner Power left at noon to hold an inquest. Full details of the accident have not yet been learned. Harding was a member of the local Knights of Pythias lodge, and was about 40 years old. He was born in Cornwall, England, and leaves a little girl about 11 years of age.

Contributed by Bob Bolitho