Pugh v. Oregon Improvement Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Scott, J.

This, action was brought to recover damages for the death of John T. Pugh, which occurred in an accident at the Franklin mine, owned by the Oregon Improvement Company, on the 24th of August, 1894, by which accident Pugh and thirty-six other miners lost their lives. It is alleged that the defendants negligently allowed a fire to break out in the mine and afterwards negligently shut off the ventilation, whereby the deceased was suffocated. A verdict *332and judgment were rendered for the plaintiffs in the sum of $4,000.00, whereupon this appeal was…