Kern County Obituaries

Jay Cochrane 

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 9 Aug 1951 

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE WINKLER MINE
In the first fatal accident to happen at the Winkler Mine, 15 miles southeast of 
Mojave, owned by the Burton Bros. of Rosamond, in years Jay Cochrane of Palmdale 
was killed when he fell about ten feet jamming his head between the wall of the 
mine and an upright timber breaking his neck.
He was found almost immediately by fellow workers who tried without success, to 
administer artificial respiration. According to the Kern County Coroner, the 
death was accidental.
The dead man is survived by his wife, Mrs. Catherine Cochrane and a daughter 
Margaret, of Palmdale and two brothers, Jack and Jim Cochrane, both of Oregon.