Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-04-07
EVENING NEWS.
Wednesday Evenins----..Aprm7, 1859
Terrible 'I,nins Calamity ;rThe Ysll.T

was discovered Mt the s0o-foot level Of
the Yellow Jacket mine, Gold Hill, near
the Kentuck line, and in n very short
time both the Ken,uck and the Crown
Point mines, which adjoln the Yellow
Jacket on the south, and are connected
with it by drifts, were filled with n
sitting smoke from that level upward,
aud how far below is at present not pre-
cisely known. The shifts were JUST
changing, and the day shift was partly
down. The men were hoistcd out as
fast as possible, but all below the level
of the fire wer. caught and are still
there, with the exception of those
who were brought up from the poo
foot level of the Yellow Jacket mine 1T
noon, dead.
The alarm was sounded, aud our Gold
Hill Fire Department were quickly on
hand with their hose, and, rs soOn ns
expedient, u stream WAS got down the
Yellow Jacket shaft. At first the smoke
was very bad in this mine, but soon II
strong draft set through 1t and the Ken
tuck into the Crown Point, md up the
shaft Of that mine. Engines No. t., B
ard G from Virginia, also came down,
and their gallant boys rendered all
the assistance possible. The Yellow
JACKIE, shaft hcing, after n while,
comparatively free from smoke, Mr..
Kellogg, the foreman, and others
were able to pass up and down occa-
s~ionally, but zone of the men, OF whom
there we're four still in the mine, could
be rescued. The smoke also subsidized
in the Keutuck shaft, SO that about %
o'clock, Tom Smith, who has charge OF
the ropes, and another man, went down
on the cage and discovered two dead
men, who we're subsequently brought
10 the surface. These were Anthony
Toy-aged about p years, and married
about - week ago AT Virgin.a-and Pat.
rick f.. Quinn, aged about 80. Both
were found at the 700 foot station.
HORRIBLE INCIDENT.
Three brothers, named Richard,
George aud James Bickell, aged reSpec-
lively 81, 81 aud 81 years OF age, were
working in the Crown Point mine. Not
long after the fire was discovered and
the deadly smoke was pouring out
through the Crown Point shaft, Richard
aud George CROPPED their way to the
cage aud rang the bell to come up.
When they arrived at the surface, George
was discovered in.rusible, leaning over
his brother and holding him as with n
death grip, which il was quite difficult
TO ~disengage. Richard had his head
torn almost completely of, and his left
arm was hanging by II little strip OF
skin to the shoulder. He had doubtless
become insensible, and sinking down
upon the cage, was dragged against the
shaft timbers ut the sides. George still
lives, but is inscnsible and suffering
from ~asphyxis, produced by the inha!n-
ton Of the terrible smoke, so toully
charged with deadly carbonic acid gas.
He is under the care of DR.. Hitler, who
has strong hopes of his recovery. The
third brother, James, was still in the
mine at last accounts. They were na-
tiyes of Yorkshire, England.
STILL IN THE NINE.
At the l~,O0O-foot level of the Crown
Point mine, quite II number OF miners
were known to be imprisoned, and,
being below the level of the fire and
smoke, it was hoped they might escape,
especially rs the blower of the mine was
kept in operation supplying fresh air to
that level. Therefore, At IL A. NJ, 4
cage WAS sent down with II lighted Ian
tern upon it and a small box with can
dies and the following dispatch in it,
written on n la,ge piece of p~astebonrd,
by tho Superintendent, j.. p. Jones, Esq:
We are fast subduiug the FIRE. 1t is death
to attempt to CONF up from where you are.
We will get to you soon. The gas in the
shaft is terrible, and produces sure and speedy
death. Write 4 word TO US, and send 1t up
on the cage, and let us know how you are.
Alas | to this dispatch there was no
reply the cage anne up rs 1t went
down.
MORE poDIxsl RECOVERED.
About noon, some of the hremen went
down the Yellow Jacket shaft on the
cage, 10 the 900-foot level, and succeed
ed in bringing ont the body of a man
whose name we did not ascertain. lie
had been working in the mine but u day
or two, and was u comparative stranger.
At another trip they brought out the
body Of Joseph Mcclellan, and made a
third trip, when, after searching through
all the drifts at that level for some 10
minutes, they succeeded in finding and
bringing to the surface one more body,
that of John Hogan. They went down
again, and made IL still more thorough
search, but uusuccessfnlly, although
another body, that Of Jeremiah Shsnct,
was still u~nrecovered.
MISSING AND DEAD.
On calling tho roll of the Crown
Point miners and comparing notes, %
were found to be missing, aud most
probably dead in the mine. The fol-
lowing is u list of their names Michael
Mccormick, Peter Blouin, Patrick
Buckley, James BickeIl, George Ed
monds, A. C. Grant, Edward Jewell,
VIM. jewell, Jonathan Jones, Thos.
Laity, Vim. Mitchell, Joseph Matthews,
Archie McDousall, Thos. McCullrn,
Thos. Mccoy, Daniel o'Neil, Jno.
O'Brien, Jas. Peters, A.. Rcin"y, X.
Ryan, George T%ampkins, Jno. Rowcn,
Thos. Toland.
The names of the fnur still missing
III lHt Ntu'uIN HllhN Z "h''NN ''FSN"f |
Martin Clooney, Harry Stevens, Joseph
Glasseu. In the YELLOW Jacket, MS we
havo before stated, Jeremiah Shamct is
still missing. Add to these % missing
the ak bodies recovered, and the tear
full list sums mp to 3i-prohah'y all
dead, although there is u bare P"SSi-
bility that some may yet DC alive in the
lower depths of tho Crown Point mine.
IN Conclusion
We would remark that this il by far the
most appalling, terrible and fatal
calamity which has ever happened in
the mines of the Comstock ledge, and
not only falls like black clouds OF
terror over the whole community, but
it carries deep sorrow and distress into
the bosom of many u family, rs many
of the victims were married men. A
much more distressing sight can
hardly be imagined than to see so
many women hurrying wildly about
amoug the excited crowds at the scene
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