Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-04-15

the too usual style. Neither is the in
Jury 10 the mines known to its fullest
extent. 1t may simply be confined to
the level where it started. As we go to
press, it is reported that the fire is being
| controlled and partially subdued. Coro-
ner Symonds will hold m inquest upon
the bodies this evening.
From the Gold Hill News OF Aprils.l
The Grent Mining Cnlnn,ity Of Gold Hill
The Dead bodies Of the, Victims Being
a ssG"f bi.s . GerS.es"serrsw and
Mourning In Every House-Fuuer1lS SER
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News from the scene OF the Terrible
Disnster!
The dead, manglcd and distorted
victims of the fearful mining calamity
of yesterday in our Gold Hill mines, are
to-day being brought up from the fatal
depths by the veuturesome and brave
fremen and miners, many of whom
have not yet slept or allowed them
selves a moments rest since the fiery
feud took possession Of the mining
depths and of the lives of those within
his deadly reach. About IL o'clock
last night it was decided to try and get
through into the lower levels of the
| Grown Point mine, if possible, by way
of the Yellow Jacket 900-foot level,
beneath the FIRE. Three Of u best and
bravest Gold Hill iremen, Putnam,
Lee, and Mercer, together with Harry
Anne, of Washoe Engine Company No.
1, Virginia, got on the cage and went
| down. They succeeded in their en-
denvor, and establishing communication
through the Crown Point shaft with the
surface, they and others sent up one
corpse after another, to the number OF
| thirteen. Some Of these were recoy-
cred from the stump, or bottom of the
shaft, at the l,l00.foot level, where
they had fallen from the levels above
but the most were found in the 900
foo, level, lying in all sorts Of despair
ing positions, just as they sunk down,
overpowered, and died, under the
effects Of the foul smoke strongly
charged with the pnngent and deadly.
carbonic acid gas. The names OF
those recovered at this time were
Put'k Buckley, jeremiah Chouetto, John
Rohan, Edward Jewell, Vim. Jewell
two brothers,, Patrick Hogan, A. G.
Grant, A. j. Mcdonald, Peter Blouin,
Thos. Mccoy, James Bickle, Joseph
Matthews, Vim. Mitchell. Some OF
those who fell into the stump were
terribly crushed and %manSled, in one or
two instances the heads being so hor-
r;bIy crushed and torn thnt they could
only be Identified by their clothing, or
what was found in the pockets.
MORE BODIES RECOVERED.
The search was still continued, and
about IL A. NJ. to-day they commenced
sending up more bodies, some Of which
were taken from the s0O-toot level OF
the Crown Point, BY venturinS in Tor a
few moments at n timo among the still
sitting smoke and gas. The bodies of
Harry Stevens, Thomas Toland,
Thomas McCullin, and a man whose
name we could not ascertain, but was
said to be q Scotchman newly employed
in the Yellow Jacket, were thus reco'-
cred and sent to the surface up to l.
o'clock p. NJ, and search was stu be-
ing actively prosecuted for more.
NONE ALIVE.
Il was hoped that some OF the un-
| fortunate miners might be found alive
in some part Of the lower levels,
beneath where the poisonous smoke
and gas might penetrate but alas, no
those in the Yellow Jacket and
Ken,uck had worked their way
through rs far AS possible into
the Crown Point mine, and all wore
thus comparatively in the vicinity OF
each other. 1t is thought By the miners
belonging to these mines, who have con-
suited together, that there are some few
more missing than are supposed, and
tina, the total will sum up to nearly or
quite 10.
APPEARANCE OIL THE pEAD.
All of those taken from the mine last
night and to-day bore the appearance
Of having died = severe and painful
death, their faces being deeply flushed
and swollen and their features distorted,
rs though they had gasped iearfully for
breath at tie last dread moment, and
they were found in. all positions OF
writing agony upon the floors of the
drifts. many with their faces behind
| blanks, ovcr wines, and wherever they
| could hope for. q breath Of fresh air.
| Some were n little bruised, but only
those who had fallen down the shaft
,.... ~nrh mono1ad
PRESENT STATE oP rnE FIRE.
The fire in the Yellow Jacket mine
still continues, and it is difficult to
state when it will be entirely ex-
tinguished, although it is being pretty
we'll managed at the present writing,
and comparatively subdued. 1t is at
the sO0-foot level, and does not appear
to extend more than q dozen sets OF
timbers in length but it is working up
toward the 700-ioot level In the old
timbering, where it has been worked
ont above the s00-lcvel. This worked
out space being filed in with waste
earth, as fast as the timbers burn ont
the waste falls. This has tue effect TO
smother the fire somewhat, hut Sc.
riously impedes the operations of the
fremeu, us it has 10 be cleared away by
the miners as much as possible. To
day they are able to get into the TOO
level, with water, and it is hoped that
the FIRE will be closed out before mid
night. The smoke is still coming mp
pretty strong through the Crown Point
shaft, and some through the kcn,nck,
vet it does not appear as strong or rs
gaseous as a, first. Great praise is due
70 the Superintenients of the respective
companies, and to the officers aud mem
hers Of the Gold Hill Fire Department,
"a well as their brethren OF the Vir'
cinia Department, for their u~n,iring
energies aud well directed efforts in this
sad affair.
FUNERAL SERVICES.
At ~ p. NJ. to-day, the funeral OF Rich
ard Bickle, Joseph Matthews and vii
liam Mitchell took place FROM Odd Eel
lows Hall, under the auspices OF thu
Order, of which they we're members
Their funeral was largely attended BY
members Of the Order, friends and reia
tives, and they were buried in the GENE
tery in lower Gold Hill. At 2 O'Clock
the funeral of Anthony Toy took place
from his residence on the Bowers Grade
Toy was taken to Virgins by the 'ir