Henry BRANSON, who has been employed as a foreman by the Yosemite Lumber Company at Merced Falls, was almost instantly killed Monday morning when an overcoat he was wearing became entangled in a pulley and belt and threw him violently to the floor causing a hemmorrhage of the brain, from which he died two hours after the accident.

        The body was shipped to Madara for burial. Mr. BRANSON was a native of Mariposa county and was a nephew of Mrs. Lucy McELLIGOTT of Mariposa. He leaves a wife and three small children.