, 1869-04-22
THE GOLD MILL DISASTER.
Further md Full Particulars.
Scenes and Incidents.

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NO s1tan lls following further particulars VI ss,e
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FIHAtAiA, ApEtI p-~13il6 p. IN
Al o'usaGk on "Wednesday t.aarntlK thp era~n
their wnEk, Twenty-Five Ut thtM AEu 1aaal. tta@
1nnd!alely amer tha Kagtlck men tagan goaa4
d0wn thu same shaft, The cEnHn Point foranas.
at the 7O0 feet lsyel remarked Ruaell mors than
common. lie gave stguai to lower tha cage 70
gone down few minutes t,etore Al! IN confuaon.
The amoke Nas Increasing. and the Gas asphy11at.
x es up se me H. sss sas 1sa and and
loss u time occasiooed through the men crowlng
the cage. The engine worked at the greatest
seconds we're spent In bringing them from the 100
feet leyel u the surface. Mem climbed UP to the
TOP Of ths eags 10 ;oms un: AnotheT -, naa eIept
who came mp the shirt alive, except Bicke1, say
they heard men left behind Jump down the shaft
and was brought up after the signal WAS given az
RAPIDLY as possible. It contained George Dtckel,
who was tneenslbte, bearing the dead body Of hts
cage; but could not support him. George never
regalned consciousness, though every remedy -was
It Vas @ not | knoT @ q. tie Yellow Jacket rorss tint
anything Was M1unK, unttl they weie informed By
Tue men som ne Cexn 75 po.n Tee smoke soo
ter that the engineers could not see the marks On
the ropes. Ali the windows and skyltghts had to
" tahen out u ehao!e se ne 1aen N tue nonse 10
i've IN the wines and shoot& Smoke and gas filed
the kentuck 7oo-feet level and came up that saaft
tn dense volume. No smoke ca.ue up
the Yellow Jacket but 50 much gns Was Ut the
bottom mat me men could not get btlo" the ot]-
1eet Level Tor some hourS
Levels escaped some men MOI On the tnc 1,ofeet levi
climbed up to the 9o0.feet level One was found
dead hall way up TO the se0feet Level. c!asptng the
then geured sde feet towards the Yellow Jacket
amt lied Another 10 feet would hare carried
9am 9d, 70 Int 1fesn HI coming ao"n the yellow
me men saE thal soon aitef uiscover,Ilg The TIRE,
ana peiule tlef Ts!e9eu me ~ sta;so! IN expl1-
sion oceatreu- Ihts i 40. IL lifted the cage IN
the mouth Of the shaft two feet Superintendent
Jones oI me Cfo~h rofht, SAYS There was no
HoNutf IN lae mne' Inc cause ot tile explosion
It being supposed that tic men on the 1,oohfeet
leEel "cie oe!o~ me fe;1cu o. nie, lnessa+e was
ao s canes a matef a. 81 pe
men os.G" ase,n th ~ 3as en5at o. WA. haa
UeEutS 5. SssS va. .ne iMs slausts M aues misnt
tnnk 1ae snail @ aq6e 1ngse nere sGa1 ta eSss
n,en Snn' h". n III ~ anG M m aao na a4e MAaes'
.Wo lnGnes .h sr ev oouII "a e h en
@ uEli's 70 tne To-, o! me troMn t4int a.a!t ana
sens UP tat us t.,, ae} aoanu IL nslleEens Plases
@aeelsd a. not 70 = seeosaizaile but oy tie
E!okit1E. @ ~ sno"s ss.k; sakMs " RIsas aSouy
Sy etrIne asaI1st arred rocss or throun N run.
| nlng u Tue da!K- All Ras uonc 70 encourage &hetn
anu 10 Eafn them noi ~ Some up. me caKe came
tie lleat ~ gut. These men were gdt out t b
yesteraay !,y M de3a y .,s s,,o ,o,ca,, ,r.. wat, 49,
the ron tGSa aS aefet wv peon via oe van ana
who p!ayed on The burning flnhers 10 the sAtfett
ieEci, btt Nese muen ineoMmcueu ~ Tue l&hts
6ene e8t!hesned 1of want o1 ar OF ~ explosion.
The men coul1 nos nnu thclr HaT. One man who
escaped. hearing shrek OF same one falling,
CROPPED on MS hands ami Knees to the shaft
phy1ated, and being brought 70 tue surface It was
some hours before he vas restored.
| The gas at the Crown Point hotsttng works was
sttatng, the engineers were blinded, md the cage
i Wcnt IN to the sheavcs The men sent up to clear
i fainte.', and others behind them had to drug
! them aWny from the Tunes.
The scenes we're terrible Many men would
huve nsked their lives by going down uselessly,
nn5 sns MeTe mfS y. en H. Y cn enG ost snpeT
tlActed wives begged 10 by allowed to 60 down on
the cage for Their husbands. Ladies even sought
TO go down the Crown Point AM! kenturI shafts
where men could not live thirty seconds be1ow tue
surtaee.
jacket along tic 0oo iesel, and up the cronn Point
shalt, the tucn succeeded In reaching the $40 feet
level and CROPPED about. At Station No. !, men
found Il man sitting on log, hi. heal resting or
his hnns1. Again last evening, ue ga' anh K'uoke
foreman anI two others tried 70 get into the sr
feet level fTum below. aud Arranged with the Crown
Point engineer, when sisnal came srom below 20
ecnt the cnge to them. It was done, nnl then the
aignal made to hol't slowly; then to lower: then
~ ~ ,:, AVN ~. ~ a. sbn ,s c ~
~, trGn ;hr ear rhc s,unni ~ snr us es ~
snomje.i 10 ~" ouiekiy When tne, 20, i.t safaiy /,
LUZ ~ ~ s,Tntr cers rsttsns fhnsr foiln.a Y ~,
oycnt ~ .isahn,in1mcf,t IF t1,s nnxious cT"wd Hhnr
y nftrrwMr,s ii,s inrn raue 70 th: sur1cc br H.
nenw asSI San nt n n'9 IT.. as,st s frS tr
najI,nv m ntaepe ~ '"e' ""cre'cr '"'s eesc'' a's
rors,tn uff,i t,c nine NMs r1"nr ~ tas pn1 t,,"r
}i,1r no snicji OF burning nont,. nniy strain
. yppuf, operations were s,isl,cntlcst.
' krmtuck shuts wrr. cirnrrr ihat, they hnyo W
, hrcn; hut Immediately atter tic r,il6xr IN III
Cron Point bcean tlilckcn.1ls and continued u
the nrc having hrohen ou. as.,n, A. half raa
Nas in,urinK ant " every aperture. Tir tire WI
| rviuc1tly wutrc tail cvG1 Sn,np feared that iii
! , 'st y %q si M ,ahS a. , , f ,s %. 's'
III tt,,ttr he&wern The tirn ami this shaft.
lrr.crday, hundreds Of pror,s folluwcd III
ttr,cs, Eytry nan in town ls Ut haif mast Mos
nl the mills ilAyu partially resumed work to..!Ay
though many 1urn arc absent attending funeral.
arc Tm.s h s' h,sra , @ saIr9 'n % ;.s, W.
evidence this AFTERNOON 50 1nr, no charvu /
negligence ii nniio aRali,st auy one. "N
From The moment 81 tbe firss alarm until nckel
tho last man who up with lite IN him, reacne
ths snsiaes, 49, ~! rev minutes. car
r' .! no.1, ~ sn,n ea sne lilly " u.
. nu" , ase ~ ony GaaSG ~ nau Ins SIo~
kentack men beep all down instead Of man.
being stopped Of the TOP oy alarm, the loss woul
! nave oeen hucn Sreataf.
GoIp l11LIs April ESP. n.
Al O'Clock tnls morning, matterH-i1e cx
eepted ed-looEed more serious tnan the
naa iaiSS ,osa nssA aIn,sn sImeske very hot a ~
me troWn rotat saalt, and up the kentuc
J steam anu poisonous vapor- Men went down
oo1m ca9es Of tne Ieo" in M JacSe h, soon had