, 1873-09-22
DISASTERS.

SAX persons Al1LcH IN 1hG yellow.
JncAGt Mine, NcVutiH-
BAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20--A fro brolo out in tho
Ycllow Jacket bfino in Novaa, III the 800 foot cvol,
and sx lives loat. Tho tlro Ia undnr control.
Particulars will be sent soon.
San FnAHo1sco, Sept. 20.-At Gold Hill, New, at
o'clock this morning, while tho worknon eating
their lunch, fro broke out III tho blacksmith shop
belonging to tho Delchor Company, situated IN tho
! 1,300.foot lovel In tic Yellow Jacket minc short
distance north Of tho jacket shaft. Tho tim
bcrs boinR very dry, tho lre spread rapidly,
and soon filled tho Yellow Jachot, Crown Point,
and Bolchcr mines with smoke mud gas. About
quarter past m explosion occurred, Which put out
tho lights III oil tho mines The MOI, wero hurry
rapidly. All escaped but Six, whose bodies have since
Communication between the Imperial on the north
Do not&ins toward oxtinxashns tho are, @ but ID
q,,ently, will soon do out. Work wifi probably 10
come,iced in the Delcler and Grown poin. Ahafss to-
morrow. Mono of the u,snea have sustained much
Tho following nra tlic killed whose bodies aro rccov-
ercd Louis IDniBelle Jumes Il, Wators, ". s. proal-
number Of othora very bitk from iuhallng tho
gas and being burned, bnt hone aro considered dun.
goroasy Injured Tho peogS are greatly excited: It.
is, No moro blacksmtll:shola In tho nsincs.'
Say sa I
uJsNAktE u
hcfore o'clock, fro was discovered burning in tho
level Of tho Yellow Jackot minc, north Of the
s se weh nsars an katSs sxss9n s Of eM
standing % at tie tic mouth ~ Of the @ si.ait, @ and and
caused tho cages which woro raised to TINT point. to
the shaft ut tho time. Knowing there nl'Ht DO
fro Or something was wrong below, the alarm was
g!ven and the engs, sounded to wiso Gf the works.
partment, and iii a short ti1ne tho fircnon with
tAelr machines were at tho scene and had stream
o xsss ee1 Ensses1
Of tho Yellow Jacket Works; jack Dounl!uc,
ind u ssa esfs wsr wsse '"iy fom "'s s in 5o fog
Lowell Of tho Yellow Jacket 1no through 10 the in-
perial saft by drift which CONNECTS tho lnines ut
minutes more would have completed tho Job.
The Tho three men whose rod n9'nss 1 1 are mil MIL
tsasa sdnoss at The % aTose9 @
above warned them Ut tie danger, and they Aaw o
heavy volume Of smoke pouring from thu drift into
tho Crow, Point mine. Tho forco Of thu exrlnBion
WINS fot strongly In both tho Grown Point and Decher
minea, md tho alarm communicated with tho panie-
stricken inera, who hurried to the elafta speedily
possible, autl tho effective lostfng works, with
double cages. brough:: them to tho surface. TIC
foot level in contiguous parts Of tho two mines, md
the men werc thrown Violently oft their feet. Several
'ners we're mssin T. wns known % TINT soe must
As Us Tug great rush was over parties went IN
search Of tue killed and wnl.nled, aud succeeded in
They wcro anon followed hy fur others. Five
wero found in the Ivy foot level Of Crown lolnt Mne
VI %sro they were woskns ~ nn H. wtso o evidently 1Sd H.
sixth and last wAs from the 1890 foot levo If the yell
low Jacket; Il wus tho body Of LoMiaseile. black
surtAce Muiu lived four hours. Wntcra also lived
short time, but neither Of them wcre conscious far
son 9%e oSssf asa On ~ s
dead when found. George u. Muda partner Of Jatnea
Waters III tho Grown Point WIS anotl.er ycti,a of the
hs IL ses n Sss =" wps s'%s ess Rs
ioye Of ths Crown Point Mine, whom the gas over
to the surfacu alive, anu survived about an hour.
Lowis LoIissele, Underground blacksmith at tho
ally with the destroying ele..cpt. When lila
body was recovered tho face mud hunda were found
bndly scorchcd. Capt Cosgroyo urged him repeatedly
to nbuIon hia attempt Ia auhluo tho tlrc, hs e-
forts futile, but ln would not luRy8 his oHt Ills
body found aout 200 feet from thu locality where
W. j. Dranl%ater was found lying on Ills faco along
si!o of tho cartrack nbo forty feet on tho Gust drift
from tho jacket-awiteh. Ho employed MINER
the time tho tirst explosion occurred.
Thomas CusscR, q jui,lcr, working IN tho Grown
Point, while attempting TO escape from tho inne, Saa
Jaraca Waters, anothcr victim Of the connagraton,
was working at the tinc III tho Grown Point. llo was
sutTocatcd BY Hp,ukc-gns while attempting t1 escape.
Albert nnrt, another underground foreman at the
Delchor Mine. worked AcroicIlly, reaching his men.
B0llG u0WQ ltt4 EGCUuu u RC9
tho men were safe and tho lights ont. 10
sp 'fSss0s tss se u ' lis ssas ssSe
ing tho cross-bar Of tha cago with q lcath
grip The services Of the men were required to loosen
llIa grasp.
cher Mine, whi(o e.lteavorug 10 Eaye lilo lives Of his
mon, vas badly burned alIutlt tho fuco md arMs.
LAckoy was one Of tho lust men who left the Deeher
Ohicf Jones, Of The 0od Hill Fire Department, haa
tho ide hngsr Of hin right hnnd cut oil 81 tho trst
o xa 5gss gst S a Il a GsPs etc., ns s Gs
pany No. 2 wlilo fighting the fire, waa prosfaei With
asrhy.ia: lia ia in fatr way 10 reeoves. ,
Al the laat acconta tie lrs whs c!ectaly l!emmcd
tn. Two hundred were ut work fghsing tho tire
in tho Yellow Jacket Mnc.
s.M raAso.sso ssrt. 2o1t T. reported ,toAh!
TINT It has roached tho l.0U0-foot loyel.
Accident OH tho E.,l Crosse Division of
the 1t. pnul ls1.alw:ly-.A Conductor
xkilleti, nnd II Locomotive and
TxvgIyo C1lrs Snausli0tI.
sptcfai DisuatcIs ta Tha Chicago Tribune.
MADISON, Wis, Sept. a0. .-rllrro WIS B1nahh-s'p on
Tho Milwaukee Z ". Paul liaroaa. hetwsen ! aud
freight tratn which out Of atcans, hn!ng run into
by ~ extra following rwslvo cars and an s,lgl'to
xotS u taos, Oa Ssf nas fauly injrei ad 6saSo.an
''''" !seeia ;i id dispatch tn The Chicago Tribune.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 40.--ThiA mos!lug Ill accit1ens
occurred On the IAurossu Division u tho St. raul
halfway, letwern ruraga aud Wyocena. Tho regular
ss WI aa t t. ss aa T t4s i wsrs
completely wrecked. Conductor Churchill waa fatally
injured Mlt died utter rtarlng Portage. l1U was thp
oAly person Injured. The ucclent w.B caused by q
nuB tolay Of eastward un.l weatwar.l-huHnt traiue
Tho passengers wero unnbo tn tall wtln to a,nD fl
he accident, but 1t IL evident llcre WAS gross snan-
aselnent OIL tho part of Tho 0tcrra of onu Ut tho
truils, Conductor Churchill wuY resident Of this city
Tho Costa ietcn WrGclks
aAN FRANCISCO, HnIt. 2l.-DiyrrH report only few
snn llulps III lilo hUttun If thp C,sta liicl. 1he
sol lies on tho snlil rock, al. has not changed l0s
tion Ii 1t broken. Efforts will bo matn o c]oyr
t,I tho hncA from tho inKila then pump tlc water out
Ot The hnlu nnl inat Tho reBHel off, Mont Of The cargo
WA taku, out III damaged condition.
Al tho Point of Death.
cpfriul U,srnich Ia the thir.un Tribune.
sPRts"!IiLp, tAL., NelH. 3D. - Mr.. Chaslt'an Of
Clear Lako, ln this cvy, ~Ao was audeu to III tAaaa