Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-04-10
THE GOLD HILL DISASTER
FULL PARTICULARS OF
THE CALAMITY. gE

From the Gold Hill News OF April y 4
Terrible M,ains CALAMITY rI Ths L YsIIow SsiIns
sn% Ssswnp fS,H. nlsS an se, Miner Sn ls
smsthered 10 Denth !-Grenf EXCITE
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Abont7 o'clock this morning fire
was discovered ut the s0O-toot level Of
the Yellow Jacket mine, Gold Hill, near
The Kentuek line, and in very short
time both the Kentuck aud the Crown
Point mines, which adjoin the Yellow
J"cket on the south, and are connected
with i, by drifts, were filed with q
sitting smoke from that level upward,
aud how far below is atlpresentnot pre-
eisely known. The shifts were just
changing, and the day shit was partly
down. The men were hoisted out rs
fast ss possible, but all below the lsTel
or the Gre were caught and are still
there, with the exception ofEthose
who were brought up from the 900
foot level of the Yellow Jacket mine at
noon, dead. 90 -s'' '-'''''''
The alarm was sounded, aod our
Gold Hill Fire Department were
quickly on hand with their hose, and,
~ soon as expedieut, u stream was
got down the Yellow Jacket shaft. At
first the smoke was very bad in this
mine, but soon u strong dram set
through it and the Kentuck into the
Crown Point, Hud up the shaft Of that
mine. Engines No. 4, B. and G, from
Virginia, also came down, and their
gallant boys rendered all the as.
sistancs possible. The Yellow Jacket
shaft being, after while, COM
paratively free from smoke. Mr..
Kellogg, the foreman, and others
were able TO pass up aud down occa-
sionally, but none OF the men, OF whom
there were four.still in the niue, could
he rescued. The smoke also subsided
in the Kentuck shalt, SO that about ~
o'clock, Tom Smith, who has charge OF
the ropes, aud another man, went down
on the cage and discovered two dead
men, who were subsequently brought
TO the surface. These were Anthony
Toy--aged about 25 years, and married
about week ago at Virgiuia--aud Pat
rick T.. Quinn, aged about 80. Both
were found at the I00-ioot station.
HORRIBLE INCIDENT
Three brothers, named Richard,
George and James Btckle, aged respee-
lively 81, 81 aud 81 years of nse, were
working in the Crown Point mine. Not
long after the FIRE wws discovered and
the deadly smoke was pouring out
through the Crown Pnint shaft, Richard
and George groped their way to the
cage aud rang the bell TO come up.
When they arrived at the surface,
George was discovered insenStble, lean
ing over his brother and holding him
as with n death grip, which il was
quite difficult to diseugnge. Richard
Tad his head torn almost completely
of, and lis left arm was banging by
little ST ip of skin 70 the shoulder. He
had doubtless become iuSensible, and
sinking down upon the cage, was
dragged against the shaft timbers Ht
the sides. George still lives, but IS
iuseusible and suffering from nsphyxih,
BY the inhaiatioa Of the ter
rible smoke, so foully charged with
deadly carbonic acid gas. The third
brother, James, was slill in. the mine at
last accounts. They were natives OF
Yorkshire, England. ss.SS s.S., 40
STILL Is rHE MINK.
Al the l,00o-foot level Of the Crown
Point mine, quiten number OF miners
were known to be Imprisoned, and,
being below the level Of the IRE and
smoke, it was hoped they might escape,
especially as the blower OF the mine was
kept in operation Supplying fresh air to
that level. Therefore, at IL A. NJ,
cage was sent down with n lighted lan-
tern upon il aud small box with can
dies and the following dispatch in 1t,
written on u large piece of pasteboard,
By the Superintendent, ]. P. Jones;
We are fast subduing the FIRE. Itis death
10 attempt to come 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 q word to us, and send II up
on the cage, and let US know how you are.
Alas to this dispatch there was no
reply; the cage came up MS dt went
down.
MORE BopIgs REcoysRSD.
About noon, some of the tiremen went
down the Yellow Jacket shaft on the
cage, to the 900-foot level, and succeed
ed in bringing out the body Of man
whose name we did not ascertain. He
had been working in the mine but day
or two, aud was comparative stranger.
At another trip they brought out the
body OF Joseph MeCtellnn, and made a
third trip, when, after searching through
NIL the drifts at that level for some Is
minutes, they succeeded in finding and
bringing to the surface one more body,
that Of John Hogan. They went down
again, and mad" u still more thorough
search. but unsuccessfully, although
another body, that Of jeremiah Chenette,
was still anrecovered. ls-
I6t.fNU MISSING AND Dxrp. 'li.iaa
On calling the roll of the Crown
Point miners and comparing notes, %
were found to be missing, and most
probably dead in the mine. The fol-
lowing is a list Of their names Michael
Mccormick, Peter Blouin, Patrick
Buckley, James Biekle, George Ed
monds, A. G.. Grant, Edward Jewell,
VIM Jewell, Jonathan Jones, Thomas
Laity, VIM. Mitchell, Joseph Matthews,
Archie NeDougall, Thos. MeCullin,
Thos. Mccoy, Daniel o'Nell,J J. O'Brien,
James Peters, A. Rriuny, X. Ryan, Geo.
Tompkins, John Rowen, Thos. Toland:.
The names of the four still missing in
the Kentuek mine are Patrick Hogan,
Martin Clooney, Harry Stevens, Joseph
Glassen. In the Yellow Jacket, as we
have before stated, Jeremiah Chenette is
still missing. Add to these % missing
the six bodies recovered, and the fear
ful Inst sums up to 3I-probably all
dead, although there is y bare possible
ity that some may yet be alive in the
lower depths Of the Crown Point miuc.
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We would remark that this is by far the
most sppslling, terrible aud 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 il car
-. Aaar Al