Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-09-24

we t06u Woub III eokVsa.oa W "sc"'s
four or i've feet Of the fire; l looked
up the Wine and saw that the IRE wa
raging mp In the Wine; probably 20
or 80 feet up the Wine, cracking and
burning; Mr.. Cosgrove came then ana
told me to 90 to tho Crown Point
shaft aud 20 on top, and let Mr.. Quirk
know Of the fire went towards The
Crown Point Incline and met q Crown
Point boss who asked mo about the
fire and II their mine was In danger ;
I told him l thought not, as the gas
was all going up the Jacket SHAFT; l
then went on top. and as | reached the
Jacket building Captain Taylor called
me and asked where the fire was /; l
told him In the winze on the 1900; he
told the firemen to stop putting wafer
down the shaft, as he wanted to give
the Belcher and Crown Point men q
chance to get out OF their mines l
was naked and went away to get my
clothes I know nothing more OF the
matter; ! thought a few primers | had
left o n the 100 had exploded, that
was the only reason I supposed there
had been q giant powder explosion ; l
was told by a carman that Loulzelle
was asleep.in q drift for a time before
the fire broke out.
Charles II. Kohler, Chief Engineer
of the Yellow Jacket mine, was also
placed upon the stand. His testimony
was entirely corroborative OF that
given BY Capt. Cosgrove. Referring
to the request Of the latter, he kept
the door leading from the Crown Point
switch to the blacksmith shop closed.
He concludes as follows: Cosgrove
then asked Donahue and myself to
stay there and keep the door closed
while he could 90 above and arrange
things to put out the fro shortly at
ter Cosgrove left, probably In less than
three minutes, we heard Louizelle run
ming toward US ; Donahue said, Here
comes the Frenchman )" at that mo-
ment a gust Of air came with great
force and tore the door down, frame
aud all ; then the smoke came around
Us In great clouds, nearly choking US
we made our way through the Crown
Point drift to the Crown Point incline ;
| ain positive | heard three different
explosions before I reached the sur
face.
Thomas D,mond, Assistant Foreman
OF the Crown Point mine, who rem
dered efficient service recovering the
dead bodies from the mine, was exam
ined. His testimony does not ditfer
materially from that given BY the Wit
nossoa who nracaedel him.
David Van Vrdnken, suorn-Am q
carpenter at the Yellow Jacket works;
was sent up TO n old WORKS ny zap
tain Taylor to shut down me Trap
doors, which had been mace 70 CLOSE
down so a. to guard against nrei was
to be there To- shut the down, u hec.
essary; william melvin was viii m m.s
when l got 70 Tue snait tne sas ea nnS
up so thick that goI 70 eougns,s, a ,au
Went oacI i.oul tne siIaIt avo.s .Sa
rect n SAT uown Win my Jaw ot Nv
shalt; the coughing was eauseu W w
haling the gas from tne smart; tHe sas
aud smoke was so thick thss ne,s.n
couldn : see, ana 9hthousn'eI,iSy ~ 'o ~.s
the candie OUT OF us lantern, tno s"S
escaping from tue smart was lgn'les
by his candle. ana before we got VI.
the platform an explosion LOON pay
we made some long tracks III ses' Ivy
away o the mat we "e.e i'm .
surface OF the Ola %orss az 'ae sa ren
alter the Eases ign's Onn t tne m which
oown t,e sIa,t oVH 'e 49, ;n nv
po,nt sue LUZ p, .no .nr,aco
SIom ,ha nsy worr. N the old shaft is
anon, I OOO feel,
c,,
d.. Mdnson- s.corn-fseslue III uo,u
hiii; am a praStlclng pMys.c.am "r
the oodles snortiy a'!er they Me'I @
en- out o, Tue mine i; 'ne ne'' ~ Oh" ! coma "
was Muuu ne was iynu ,.,SJnm
tose cohuit'oh he WAS sun otgatn.ns
We had MIN removed 70 tne nentueS
works so that ne couid get Itesl alr w
breathe; we had MN nue. tIeatuicis
there about three hours; We theh hau
him removed 10 MS residence ~ crown
Point kavlie' where ne uleu III Soous
th~ree-quarters OF an nour sno,t,y al.
ter commenced treating Muod; was
called away. to attend Mr.. Niles
found that he was utterly aeao .n .
few minutes two others were ,ougn
up. named broaowater anu Lou.lel,e ,
CusicI was next brought up; ne wAs
dead also; ! then went 70 see Wasels
found him dead also ; they all had TUG
appearance OF having died OF aspnyai-
tion they nao no MARKS VI ''o'e'''e
on their oodles. -,
DR.. Kirby, snorn-Reside In colo
Hill ; am a practlcing physician !; was
alarmed by whistles and fire alarms at
3 A. NJ; went first to the Yellow jack
ct works and saw smoke coming up
the shaft; l then went to the crown
Point; after staying there hall an
hour, the cage cane up with MUD
who was alive, and another man VINO
was dead took charge OF Mudd ana
laid him down In the works and took
steps toward res~u'cltatlng him ; In a
few minutes Doctors Hall and Manson
came In and we all kept working over
nm ) III tne .hean''.ae oI ns 1aII was
weie orous"s w "nu ~ L.n,s :.
ca'lea on 70 aisenu o snS, ppaubuS;'
Mu9u was oauu w. W "u So. %
ateu, ous We nh'ao .So. tis ae.tS
revive hlun ! ue'lsse @ 20 !.
was caused oy ihhaI,IH 1I ~ shn H.,
these rnen WIG peiis"eu a.iSaa no
presented tnas iiorlu ahu nio ~,
p~earanGe saas ~, men 10 WIN u''
llIlRldLiOn VI Gus.