Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-05-07
The Humboldt Register wants one or
all the political State Conventions to be
held at Winnemucca.

AT two O'Clock this morning the en- |
gineer of the How Jacket mine, having |
lust hoisted the giraffe, loaded with rock, |
to the head of the main incline on the
1l0o-foot station, dumped and started it
on its return down the incline, suddenly
felt the rope slacken, Upon taking up
the slack, thinking the car had caught Ill
some way on the track, he found that it
had parted from the cable and gone to
the bottom of the incline. At the time
of the accident six men were ut work in
the bottom of the incline. The incline
has an inclination of about forty degrees,
and from where the giraffe started, to
reach the bottom of the incline, it had
about 600 feet to run. Taking into con-
sideraton the weight Of the car, the
steepness of the incline, and the perfect
ly unobstructed length of distance it had
to run, it must have acquired most
frigtuful velocity before reaching the
bottom. The men at work in the bot
tom of the incline knew nothing waat-
ever of the accident until the giraffe III
its fearful deathly course was upon them.
The bottom of the incline Is in extreme
| ly hard blasting rock, so that when the
giraffe struck, ii was instantly smashed
into complete wreck. Two of the work
men were killed instantly and all the
others more or less injured.
The names of the two men killed are
Cornelius Mccarthy and Richard Pearce.
| The bodies of both men are most horri-
bly, mangled, the heads of both being al
most entirely torn from their bodies, the
corpses as they lay at the dead-house
presenting q sckening and horrible APP
pearance. OF the wounded, Samuel
Odgers had his left jaw badly broken,
and was otherwise seriously bruised and
injured. Charles Bennett received a
huge and ugly cash across the shoulders,
Notwithstanding which he nobly stayed
to assist In taking his dead and wounded
comrades to the surface, Thomas Cd
gers had one of his feet crushed, his
back badly hurt, and was otherwise con.
slderably bruised about the body, Fran,
els Polkinghorn received a severe cut on
} the side of the head, and was also cut
: and bruised on other parts of the body
As soon as it was known that an acci.
dent had happened, men descended &c
the bottom of the incline and carried the
bodies of the kiiledto the l500-foot level
whence they were taken to the surface
me Wounueu ulen were taheu 10 tuell
respective homes, and the necessary sur
gical aid rendered them by Drs. Hall ant
t Kirby, and all appear to be doing as wei
Y as could be expected under the circum
stances. How the accident occurred
seems to be a complete mystery, excep
5 that by examination it was shown tina
e the wire cable, where it was rivetted t.
I the giraffe, had pulled or torn completed
: out, and that the giraffe also had tn
usual safety attachment, but which iron
D some unaccountable cause did not oper
: ate as it should. Coroner Holmes i'm
mediately summoned a jury to investi
gate the causes which led to the fearful
catastrophe. The jury met at l o'clocI
Q this afternoon, but at the hour of GU
l. going to press a p. m. had not yet ren
!, dered their decision.-[G II. News, I'd