The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-04-16
Nevada Mines on Fire-Terrible Death
of Thirty Six Miners UNDERGROUND.


Nevada Mines on Fire-Terrible Death
of Thirty Six Miners Underground.
A dispatch from San Francisco. dated
the 7th, reports the following shocking
disaster in the Nevada mines:
A fire broke put this morning at the
Yellow Jacket mines at Gold Hill, Nevada
1t soon communicated to the Kentuck and
Crown Poin, mines. Thus far Il o'clock
this atternoon) eleven bodies have been
taken from the shafts of the three mines.
Other bodies are seen at the bottom of the
Kentuck shaft, but it is impossible to re-
move them on account of the heat. 1t is
uncertain how many persons are in the
mines. The excitement and confusion are
so great it is impossible to call the roll of
those at work. Sixty men were at work
on he two levels Of Crown Point. 1t is
unknown how many escaped. The distress
is terrible. The wives and children of
miners are congregatcd at the entrance of
the mines, calling for missing husbands and
fathers.
SP. M.-The latest report from Gold
Hill says that the number known to be
dead is thirty -six-6ve ia Yellow Jacket,
eight in hentuck and twenty three in
Crown Point.
The fire originated in the Kentuck mine.
1t Is reported now spreading toward the
Yellow Jacket shop. The tremen sue
ceeded in getting the hose down the Vel
low jacket shaft. Hopes are entertained
that the flames will soon be subdued. Ii
not, and when all expectation of saving
more lives is abandoned, the mouth of the
shaft will be closed, the ventilation stop
ped, ard the fire thereby smothered.
The Yellow Jacket, Crown Point, and
Kentuck being unconnected with other
mines, there is no probability OF the fire
extending beyond them.
Virginia city is almost deserted, the reo
pie going to render assistance at the scene
Of the disaster.
The San Francisco stock and exchange
board have subscribed thousand dollars,
and have sent the money by telegraph t1
Gold Hill for the relief of the families OF
those suffering by the confsgration.
| The catastrophe Is the most terrible that
has ever OCCURRED in the mining regions on
this coast. General sympathy is expressed
| Tor the distressed.
San Francisco, April 8.
Reports from Gold Hill to o clock p
NJ. state th at twenty eight bodies had beer
recovered. The fire was still burning on
the 500 foot level in Yellow Jacket mine
The effects Of the cave in the morning haC
been removed, and a stream of water wa.
thrown on the flames about P. NJ Itwa!
expected that the fire would be entirel,
subdued before morning. AT least forty
men were supposed to have persisted b,
the awful calamity. The bodies recovered
presented a horrible appearance, and indi
Gated desperate eifoIts to escape and in
tense suffering before breathing left.
San Francisco, April 9.
1t is reported that the fire is still burn
ing turiousy in the mines at Gold Hill
having broken out afresh this morning il
Crown Point. 1t Is thought that it woulC
be necessary to close the shafts in order t.
smother the flames. Ten bodies remain il
the mines. 1t is impossible to remov,
them on account Of the heat and smoke.
LATER.
The FIRE ragged all "ay in the mines a
Gold Hill. The opinion prevails tha
! three mines are now seriously injured
The heat is so great from the Crown Poin
shaft that the buildings and hoisting work
are considered endangered. In the shafts
/ of the Yellow Jacket, Kentuck and Crow
Point, foored pipes were inserted ant
steam forced down with the hope o
smothering the flames. 1t is thought tha
the lire is still burning on the 800 foot level
! No more bodies had been recovered
from the burning mines to day.
The origin of the fire is doubtful. Some
| allege carelessness on the part of the mel
at work in the mines; while others thnl
that 1t was caused ty The ignition of fir
damp, hence the explosion.
Eu.rx, Ao,r Hnil III = ILL
CANADIAN ANNEXATION. -Dispatche
from Washington state that the project o
Canadian annexation, in the settlement @
the Alabama claims, with the joint consen
Of England and the colonists, begings t.
attract attention in governmental and dip
lomatic circles, and is by some regarded a
likely to become prominent feature Q
Gen. GRANTS administration. The view
expressed on this subject by part of th
American press, having elected the favor
able response of the English newspapers
and the demand for annexation among th
colonlsts, especially in Nova Scotia, ha
encouraged belief in the feasibility of tn
scheme, if managed with diplomatic tact
and careful regard for English honor
Objections to the possibility Of lis accom-
pishment, and doubts as to the policy anC
the safety of such an enlargement of tn
republic, are strongly urged by individuals
but it is confdentally asserted by ether
that public opinion is gradually setting il
in favor of our acceptance of the Canadas
should they be rendered by Great Britain
as the surest mode Of harmonizing the in
terests and ending the jealouses between
the two countries, and affording basis o.
permanent and cordial peace
STEAMBOAT SUNK. K.-The steamer G.. a
Thompson, struck a snag in the Arkansa
river, near Pine Bluff on the 9th inst.
and sunk. Seventeen lives are reporte
lost.
nAI In Chicago, on the ereniDg of th
! goth inst, a woman named Maria Thorber
fell through the hatchway of the Office Q
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