Patrick C. Murphy (Anaconda mine fire, 1889)
Also known as: Pat C. Murphy, P. C. Murphy
family confidence: 0 — not family / context
A Butte miner who died in the St. Lawrence / Anaconda mine fire of 23 November 1889 in Butte, Montana. Brother of Daniel Murphy (see person_daniel_murphy_anaconda_1889). The July 1890 body-recovery clipping (Anaconda Standard 1890-07-23) confirms middle initial "C" and that his widow lived in Dublin Gulch, Butte. Reported in the Anaconda Standard of 24 November 1889 (death) and 23 July 1890 (recovery + funeral). HIGHEST-priority CANDIDATE for the user's Patrick Murphy line.
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- Death:
- 1889-11-23, Butte, Montana 901889-11-24 — The Anaconda Standard, p.4; 1890-07-23 — The Anaconda Standard, p.6The 1889 dispatch is datelined 'BUTTE, Nov. 23' and describes that morning; the 1890 report sets the funeral on 23 July, 'exactly eight months from the time of their death'. The 1890 inquest verdict says 'the morning of November 22'. The contemporary report outweighs it, so 90, not 95. Place: the Anaconda mine, Butte.
- Residence:
- Butte, Montana
| Date | Fact | Conf. | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 | occupation · miner (in the mine at the change of shift; Miners' Union funeral) (Butte, Montana) Strong inference. | 90 | 1889-11-24 — The Anaconda Standard, p.4; 1890-07-23 — The Anaconda Standard, p.6 |
| 1889-11 | marriage · 'only Patrick Murphy is married. He leaves a wife and nine children' (Butte, Montana) New vision transcription. | 95 | 1889-11-24 — The Anaconda Standard, p.4 |
| 1889-11-23 | event · left in the Anaconda mine: 'Another man was seen lying not far away, Patrick Murphy'; 'The fourth is Patrick Murphy, who could not be rescued' (Butte, Montana) New vision transcription of the full column; the curated transcription.md holds only partial OCR. | 95 | 1889-11-24 — The Anaconda Standard, p.4 |
| 1890-07 | membership · Miners' Union: it 'decided to attend in a body the funeral of P. C. Murphy. Kelleher was not a member of the union' (Butte, Montana) Membership is implied by the contrast with Kelleher. | 85 | 1890-07-23 — The Anaconda Standard, p.6 |
| 1890-07 | name · 'P. C. Murphy': the middle initial is printed once The 1896 directory also lists a living 'Patrick C, pumpman Matt Mine, bds Dublin Gulch', so the initial is not unique; possibly a son. | 90 | 1890-07-23 — The Anaconda Standard, p.6 |
| 1890-07-22 | event · inquest verdict: he and Timothy Kelleher 'came to their deaths... in the shaft of the Anaconda mine... by falling from the cage, which, in time, was caused by suffocation'; bodies found in the sump (Butte, Montana) Verdict as printed. It conflicts with the 1889 account, in which Page and Kelleher fell and Murphy was left on the 800-foot level. | 95 | 1890-07-23 — The Anaconda Standard, p.6 |
| 1890-07-23 | burial · remains taken to 'the house of his widow in Dublin gulch'; funeral on 23 July 1890 (Dublin Gulch (district of Butte)) As printed. | 95 | 1890-07-23 — The Anaconda Standard, p.6 |
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Family (blood)
- brother of Daniel Murphy (brother of Patrick, Butte 1889)95'Daniel Murphy, brother of Patrick, went within two feet of his brother'. One primary report. · 1889-11-24 — The Anaconda Standard, p.4
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- 1889-11-24 — The Anaconda Standard, p.4THE MINE ON FIRE. / Flames Break Out in the 500-Foot Level of the St. Lawrence. / FOUR MINERS MISSING. / Brave Men Lose Their Lives While Trying to Rescue Their Comrades. / SCENES AT THE ANACONDA. / Smoke From the Fire in the St. Lawrence Finds Its Way Into the Adjoining Mine With Terrible Results — The Flames Under Control.role: subject_of_death · identity 95 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Patrick Murphy
Identity: The 'Patrick Murphy' left on the 800-foot level, brother of Daniel. The 1890 report ties him to the body recovered with Kelleher.
- 1890-07-23 — The Anaconda Standard, p.6FOUND IN THE SUMP. / The Bodies of Murphy and Kelleher Recovered at Last.role: subject_body_recovered · identity 100 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Patrick C. Murphy / Pat C. Murphy / P. C. Murphy
Identity: His body recovery, inquest and funeral.
- 1896 — R. L. Polk & Co.'s Butte City Directory, 1896Polk 1896 — 'Murphy Patrick J, bartndr, res 313 S Washington' with 'Murphy Maggie, bds 313 S Washington': the family household identifiedrole: widow_entry · identity 60 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Murphy Hannah (wid Patrick)
Identity: 'Murphy Hannah (wid Patrick), res 505 E Summit, Dublin Gulch'. Widow of a Patrick, in Dublin Gulch where his widow lived in 1890, with a John J. and a Michael Murphy boarding at the same address (grown sons of nine children?). But Butte had at least eleven Patrick Murphys in 1896, and his widow's first name is not printed in 1889 or 1890.