Working on "Peg "

Next piece started. Using some gorgeous reclaimed Douglas fir. Beautiful to look at but very difficult to carve. My son visited and did some csrving of his own.

New piece inspired by Evan John known as "Peg".  He died in the Franklin Mine disaster August 24, 1894.

FATHER AND SON PERISH.

Of the rescuing party from the south sixth level was John E. Jones, a gas tester, who is now numbered among the dead. His  boy, Evan John, is also dead. The bodies of father and son were found lying side by side, showing that the father had remained in the gangway until he had found his son, but it was then too late and both died. Evan John, who was 18 years old, will be remembered as an ex-Seattle newsboy. He also sold peanuts in the Standard theater about three and a half years ago. He was commonly known as  "Peg," having but one leg and a wooden peg serving as the other. At the mines he was recognized as a bright young fellow, and was boss driver of the sixth level north.