New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-21
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san Francisco. September eO.-There
is tire in the Yellow Jacket silver mine.
Nevada, 1900 feet below the surface of the
earth Six lives have been lost ~
AT Gold Hill Nevada, at tlreeao clock
this morning q fire broke out in q black
emith shop belOn ging to the Belcher Mining
Company, situated 1900 feet below the level
IN Yellow Jacket mine, a short distance
north of the Jackson shaft. The rimbers
being very dry the fire spread rapidly. and
very sOOn filed Yellow Jacket, Crown Point
and Belcher mines with gas aud smoke.
About quarter past three an explosion
occurred which put out the lights ifs all
three mines. The workmen at this time
were hurrying from Crown, Point and
Belcher shafts, and all escaped except sig,
whose bodies have since been recovered.
Communication between Imperial, on the
north, and the Crown Point, on the, south.
has been cut Off. There is no danger of the
fire spreading, as it is confined to place
where there is little timber and must SOON
die out ....
The firemen are on the ground, but their
services can not be brought into requisitionl
Work will be commenced, probably, iul
Belcher and Grown Point tomorrow, as
they have sustained but little damage
The following were killed, and their
bodies recovered: Louis Lavalle, j. b.
Waters, w. Broadmater, Tom Miles,, d.
CuSick, George Is. Nudd. -
number of others are suffering from
burns and inhaIing the gas. ~ D - Al
A rumOr is current that others of the,
wOrkmen, have perished, and people ara
greatly excited. The miners insist there
will be no more blacksmith shops in the
mines. -t- - sJj ~ .'f 9ii
Heavy Gale-Cniverss Washed Away.
f'ia Causing Fatal Accident.
CHARLESTON, September 2O.-A heavy
gale from the southeast to south prevailed
here last night. The vessels in port are all
right The washing away Of culvert dur
ing the storm resulted in a terrible acci-
dent to the night train of the South Caro-
lima road this morning.. The engine and
five freight cars were plunged into deep
swamp, and the engineer, two fremen and
a train hand were crushed to DEATH. -
E5- 57L Another Account. sg....5.
/ AUGUSTA, September 20.-The heavy and
continued rain storm yesterday aud last
night did much damage to the railroads en-
tering here, by washing away culverts,
wrecking trains, and killing and ipjuring
several employees OF the roads. At Branch
Vile, on the South Carolina road, the
engine Of the up passenger train from ,
Charleston ran into washed culvert. The
engineer, John Brickmsn, the fireman and
two train hands were, killed.
| On the Central railroad the eng gine on the
lower freight train ran into q culvert eight
miles below Milier's and six cars were
piled up on the engine. William Strong,
the engineer, and Tom Scott, fireman,
were scalded to death and a train hand
killed ~
An engine, fell through the trestle on the
Central road but no one was hurt. .l1
The following were killed by the South
Carolina railroad accident: w. ii. Brick
mon, engineer; William Dorr, fireman; G.
Manus, train hand, and q small colored
wood -passer, all OF Charleston. None of the
passengers were injured, Nearly all the
roads have suffered from the late storm