The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-23
ANOTHER MINING uORuOR
sin Miners Asphy xiated ny the
Dc1dIy Gas.

Crown Point, and Bclcher Mines with gas
and smoke. About quarter past 3 o'clock
an explosion occurred, which put out the
lights in all three mines. The workmcn 1T
this time were hurrying from the Crown
Point and Bclchcr shafts, and all escaped
except six. whose bodies have since been
recovered. Communication between the
Imperial. on the north. and the Crown
Point on the south, has been cut off.
There is no danger of the fire spreading, as
II is confined TO place where there is but
little timber and must soon die ont Fire
men are on the ground, but their services
cannot be brought into requisition. Work
will he commenced probably in the Bclchcr
and Crown Point mines tomorrow. as they
have sustained but little damage.
The following were killed and their
bodies recovered Lewis Iso-allc, } b
| Waters, w Broadmatcr. Tom Niles. j
Cusick. George b Nudd A number Of
others are suffering from burns and in
haling of gas. \ rnmor is current that
Others Of the wurimen have persisted, and
the people are greatly excited. The
miners insist that there shall he no more
blacksmith shops in mines.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
The following fuller particulars OF the
mining disaster at Gold Hill, Nevada. have
been received
shortly before 3 o'clock on Friday after
noon fire was discovered burning in the
1 .300-foot level of the Yellow Jacket mine,
north Of the shaft An explosion of gas
soon occurred, which nearly knocked down
the men standing Mt the mouth of the
shaft. and caused the cages which were
| raised to that point TO jump up several in
chcs. Smoke came rushing up the shaft
| at the same time. Knowing there must be
fire or something wrong below. an alarm
was given. and the engine sounded the
whistle of the works. The alarm was
quickly communicated to the Fire Depart
mcnt. and in a short time the fircmcn with
their machines were at the scene and Il
stream OF water was pouring down the
shaft. Capt. Cosgrovc of the Sarsfield
! Guard. Charles Kohier. Chief Engineer of
the Yellow Jacket works. Jack Donahue
and others were busy putting in II pump to
send water from the / ,500-foot level of the
Yellow Jacket mine through to the Imper-
ial shaft by adrft which connects the mines
at the .300-foot level of the Yellow Jacket
mine, and in few moments more
would have completed the job. The three
men whose names have been mentioned
were nj the | ,500-foOt level when the OK
| plosion occurred n, the 1.300-foot level
Those above warned them of the danger,
and they saw a heavy volume of smoke
pouring from the drift into the shaft They
escaped through the Crown Point mine.
The force of the explosion was felt strong
~ in both Crown Point and Bclcher mines.
and an alarm was communicated with
panic quicllness. Miners hurried to the
shafts as speedily as possible, and effective
hosting works, with double cages brought
them to the surface. The force of the eX-
! plosion blew out the lights in the l 200. foot
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mines men were thrown violently off their
| feet Several miners were missing. It
was known that some must have been
killed or so injured that they could not
escape. rs soon as the great rush was over
parties went in search of the killed and
wounded. and found six. Tom Niles and
Thomas Cussicl were sent up first. They
We're soon followed By four others. Five
were found in the 1,500-foot level of the
Crown Point mine, where they were work
ing. They We're evidently killed or fatally
AsPnYXIATED gy THE DEADLY GAS
forced in by the explosion The sixth and
| last was from the ,300-foot level of the
Yellow Jacket, and was the body of Louis
| LOuissclle, II blacksmith Niles lived about
an hour after reaching the surface Mudd
| lived four hours. Waters also lived short
| time but neither of them were conscious
| for moment. Cussick died on the cage
while being brought mp. Broadwater and
| LOuissellc were dead when found. Geo. b.
Mudd. partner Of james Waters in the
Crown Point mine, was another victim of
the disaster. lie was suffocatod by gas
! passing into the l,100-foot drift. Tom
Niles was engaged in repairing the drift of
the ,l00-foot level Of the Crown Point
mine. When the gas overlook him he was
eating his supper. lie was brought TO the
surface alive and survived about an hour.
Louis Louisselle, the underground black
smith at the Belcher mine, lost his life
while battling hcroicaly with the destroy
ing element. When his body was recover
ed his face and hands were badly scorchcd
Capt, Cosgrovc urged him repeatedly to
abandon his attempts to subduc the fire, as
his efforts were futile, but he would not
leave his post His body was found about
200 feet from the locality where the fire
was raging.
Mr. W. $. Broadwater was found living
on his face alongside of the car track about
forty feet on the east drift from Jacket
Switch. He was employed as carman, and
was ON Jacket Switch with James Lang.
horn at the time the first explosion occur
red.
Thomas Oussick, miner, working in
the Crown Point, while attempting to es-
cape fIom the mine was
sUfFOCATRD.
James Waters, another victim of the con-
Migration was working at the time in the
Crown Point. He was suffocated by
smoke gas while attempting to escape.
Albert Burt, one of the underground
forcmen at the Belcher mine, worked heroi.
ealiy in rescuing his men. On going down
into the mine second time to see that he