Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-24

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10 lYslow jacket - 81 hs
Fatal. ACCIDENT IN THE SAVAGE
MrSE.-On Saturday night, at eleven
o'clock. a squad Of miners coming up
from work on the lower level Of the
Savage mine. discovered when the cage
had reached n distance Of 30 or 20 feet
from the bottom, that n OF their
number had fallen oil. The man who
was standing nearest to the bell cord
rang the cage down again, and on de-
scending, Edwin Champion was found
lying at the bottom Of the shaft with
his scalp cut open from the left temple
to the back part Of his head. His face
was badly lacerated, and the left side
Of his body was severely bruised. There
was also q profuse hemorrhase from
his left ear. The unfortunate man was
conveyed to the surface Of the mine.
and died an hour afterwards from the
effect Of injuries received. lie was
conscious for some little time after be-
Ing brought up and answered several
questions intelligibly. The following
facts were elected at a Coroner's III
quest, held upon the remains In Viz
ginia, at 8 o'clock Yesterday afternoon.
The deceased was a native Of Cornwall,
and ut the time Of his death was q
years OF age. For some time previous
to his death the young man had beer
subject at intervals to fits or Painting
spells, and 1t was believed that he was
Syertaken by one Of these ut the time
he fell from the cage. The Injuries he
received were supposed to have been
occasioncd by his head and body being
caught between the bottom Of the cage
and the timbering Of the shaft. A YER
dict was accordingly rendered that the
deceased came TO his death from acci-
dentally falling of the cage as before
stated. His funeral will take place to-
morrow. two Of his brothers residing In
Grass Valley, having arrived In VIZ
ginia this morning for the purpose o
taking charge OF the remains.
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FUEL.-rhs outside supply Of wood
nav for the present be regarded as
about exhausted. Three months will
elapse before a fresh supply can be
gathered from the Sierra Nevada
mountains. Tie carboniferous period
NAV now be said to be fairly lnaugu-
r.ted. Our coal merchants acting In
conjunction with the Virginia INT
TrncLee Railroad Company have Per-
fected arrangements for keeping the
market supplied with all the coal that
win be required by the mines or for
domestic consumption. IL needed, 20
car loads Of Rocky Mountain coal VIII
be clipped daily from the mines Tor
consumption In Virginia and Cold
ain. The Virginia and Truckee Rail,
road Company are bringing the coal
over their road at very
rates. and as soon as our people decide
TO change their wood burners ior Goa
O a considerable saving can %
effected In the cost Of fuel.
AN AI.ARM OF FIRE.-At about
o'clock last night, when the wind was
raging with the utmost fury. an alarm
of fire was sounded In Virginia. n In
n few minutes the entire Fire Depart
ment were on hand in readiness to Dat,
he with the destroying element; Y
street. from one eud to the otner,
fairly swarmed with hand engines ana
stoamers, The fire, however, proven
20 be nothing more than the ourninS
out of a stove pipe ut the Occidentai
lodging house on South Y stfees;
would have been next to impoSSiole W
put out a fire at the time, as the VIM
was blowing q perfect ornado' anu
MANY of the business men OF d city
trrned pale In anticipation Of the de,
struction of their property. Ii YOU
almost seem AZ II Virginia u Goid
ars s~pecially favored by Providence, a
fire never occurring during the preVa-
lence Of q high wind.
Roueu ON HIN. The following
item which we clip from the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. our bashful friend spy
kens personally knows to 10 strictly
true In every particular: Cold M,
man went GU to l on some iaoy
friends the other evening and went 70
the wrong side Of the house. The u,
dies took him for a burglar and poured
hof water on him, and their screams
introduced him to an extremely vigor-
Gus bulldog, who nearly choked MIN.
self before he could swallow the mans
trowsers, while the victim, AFTER iail-
inc into q cellar-way, getting hung on
a fence and being shot at by a poilcs-
man. got home in a dilapldated conai-
tion' AS soon IS his pants are naii-
soled he is going round to explain
matters.
PASSENGER TRAIN LATE. ihis
morning the passenger train o
Reno was nearly an hour late, owing
to the heavy fall Of snow upon n
track during the night. The train nao
considerable difficulty In getting past
the Main street crossing IN Gold hiii'
owing to the same cause.
FREIaur.-rhe receipts o freight at
the railroad depot, Gold Hill, since