The Madera Mercury July 24, 1909 carried the article about George Pell's death. He was a representative of a powder company, "while demonstrating the use of his goods was killed when a charge of dynamite exploded prematurely, also igniting seventy sticks he carried in a sack around his waist. He was literally blown into atoms and two workmen, standing nearby, were badly injured. The coroner of Madera county held an inquest over the remains. Pell was tamping the charge of powder into a hole in a large slab of rock with his powder spoon when the explosion occurred. - Fresno Republican."

Another article stated the jury exonerated the power company, Pell was a native of new York,living with his mother is San Diego and was 32 years old. "Pell was loading a "spring" hole. He placed 5 sticks of dynamite n a hole and put in sixth which contained the cap and fuse. The stick did not go down and Pell began tamping it with his scraper. The explosion then occurred."

George D. Pell died 17 July 1909, about age 32.

The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), March 6, 1910:

TOPPLING DERRICK SNUFFS 3 LIVES

Workmen at Fresno Quarry Are Crushed to Death Without Moment's Warning

FRESNO, March 5 —As the result of the overtoppling of a huge derrick at the Crane valley, quarry of the San Joaquin light and power company two men-were killed and four were injured, one fatally, this' afternoon:

     The dead:

ALEX CARSA.

AL MORA.

     The injured:

DON MONTE, body crushed and internal injuries.

J. MONINTORVICH, arm broken.

L. LATOSA, foot broken.

STEPHEN VUTOLB, head injured.

     The men were employed by the power company in the construction of a huge dam in Crane valley, and had only started to work for the company about an hour before the accident. The derricks, which are 140 feet in height, are used to pick up-rock from the quarry and load it on flatcars. The men got hold of. what is known as a "dead" rock. This, is a rock which is fastened in the ground. Thinking it was loose, the engineer started the engine after the chains had been placed around the rock, but instead of lifting the rock the engine pulled the derrick over, the rock holding fast. The crash came without a second's warning. Both the dead men were killed instantly.

     Crane valley is situated about 65 miles from Fresno. A surgeon s employed at the camp, where several hundred men are working. The coroner of Madera county has left for the scene and will return with the bodies tomorrow.

Note: Alex Carsa, Agapito Mora, and Theophil Belmontes (missing in news article) all about age 25 died March 5, 1910