Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-07-18
,.c;dsut mt the Newark Mine.


II is our painful duty to announce the
occurrence of a terrible accident at the
Newark hoisting-works, about O'Clock
Yesterday morning. 1t appears that at
ths time of changing shifts several OF the
miners assembled at the bottom of the
sbatt in order to be drawn up to the sur
,,cs The bucket camo down and six of
the men got on it and were raised to the
snrface, but in consequence of some steam
escaping, the engineer mistook the posi-
ton Of the rope and raised the bucket
TOO high, almost to the pulley. This
alarmed the men, and some of them
Jumped off, and among Others. Samuel
Williams, the deceased. He unfortun-
o,ely missed aud fell backwards into the
shaft, falling to the bottom, a perpen-
dicular depth of 700 feet. He of course
was instantly killed, his body receiving
frghtful injuries. Another of the men,
Samuel Vincent, had very narrow
escape. He actually fell into the mouth
Of the shaft, but spread out his arms and
held OH sufficiently long till he was res
cued by the others. The remains of the
unfortunate man Williams were brought
to the surface and taken to his residence
on Meadow Valley street. During the
day an inquest was held by the Coroner,
DR.. Deal. when the following evidence
was elected:
Richard Nicholas, sworn.--I knew the
deceased; his name was Samuel Will
liams; he was native of Cornwall Eng
land; he is SO years oldj he was killed
in the Newark mine; l know nothing of
the circumstances of his death.
John Cady, sworn-I know the de-
ceased; l am an engineer at the Newark
mine; about o'clock a. M, July II,
1874, the men at the bottom of the shaft
rung the bell to be hoisted; hoisted
them to the top; before the bucket
reached the top there was q bolt that had
been blown out of the steam chest; the
steam escaping attracted my attention; l
did not know they were SO near the top
until they called; was standing with
my back to the shaft, Us is required to
run the engine; as they called l turned
around; as quick as l could speak
called to the men not to jump; in the
meantime two men were jumping while
| was speaking; the bucket went very
near the pully before could stop it; the
noise Of the steam prevented the men
from hearing me when called; if the
men had remained in the bucket none of
them would have been injured the bolt
blew out of the steam chest before the
bucketswas started from the bottom;
hoisted one tub before this one with the
bolt out.
John Cady 3 testimony continued--The
bolt blew out when l hoisted the first
bucket an engine should be placed so
that the engineer could see the shaft; the
engine has been run about two years; the
thread gave out on the bolt; the engine
was overhauled about the LIST of June; it
is generally examined once u month; the
bolt was apparently perfectly tight until
it blew out; l have been engineer at the
mine for two years; I do not think
placed the men in any danger by hoist.
ing them with the steam escaping as
it was.
Henry D. Lemon. sworn-I knew the
deceased short time; was with him a,
the time he was killed; it occurred at the
Newark mine; there were several men a,
the bottom of the shaft, among them de.
ceased and myself; there were six of us
we got in the bucket to be hoisted; wher
we reached the top the men were excited
by hearing the steam escaping from the
steam chest; the engineer became also
excited; all the men except two jumped
off the bucket; the bucket was above tn,
surface; the deceased was among the
number that jumped off; think hi
jumped against some timbers and fell il
the shaft; the shaft is perpendicular, ant
about 700 feet deep; one of the men tina
remained in the bucket was injured b,
being pulled against tho pulley; the dis
lance from the surface to the pulley i
probably 80 feet; l consider the epginee
careful man; think he used all prope
and necessary means to prevent an acct
dent.
III. Lenard being sworn, testifie
i am miner in the Newark mine;
know the deceased Samuel Williams
was standing on the surface near tn
shaft when the deceased jumped off th
tucket; saw him jump off; he struc
on the edge of the shaft and fell bach
wards into the shaft; the engineer wa
not excited at the time the bolt flew out
the engineer is careful in my opinion
none OF the men would have been il
lured if they had remained in the bucket
probably takes two or three minutes
raise the bucket to the top; the buck'
was hoisted on this occasion about tn
same as usual; 1t may have come a littl
faster than usual as it approached tn
surface; the steam as it escaped passe
between the engineer and the marks o
the rope.
State OF Nevada, Phoebe, Lincoln coui
ty.-Before D. L. Deal, Corener. In IL
matter of the inquisition upon the bod
OF Samuel Williams, deceased.
We the undersigned, the jurors, sun
moned to appear before d. L. Deal, Co
oner of Lincoln county, at Phoebe, o
the Itch day of July 1874, to inquire int
the cause of the death Of Samuel Wi
liams, having been duly sworn accordin
to law, and having made such inquis
ton after inspecting the body, and hea
ing the testimony adduced, upon OF
oaths, each and all do say that, we fin
the deceased was named Samuel Wi
liams, native Of Cornwall, Englan
aged SO years; that he came to his dea,
on the seventeenth day of Jul
1874, by jumping into the shaft
the Newark mine, and that such deal
was not due to the carelessness or ne
lect of any one connected with the min
r. MCALPIN,
NJ pnryEva