Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-05-02
FEARFUL MINING ACCIDENT!
Two Men Instantly Killed
and their Bodies Horri-
bly, Mangled
FOUR OTHER MEN BADLY INJURED

AT two o'clock this morning the en-
c,,..r a. tina Yellow Jacket mine.
To-, ..,.,.a Oh. ,,r.n. ,..d.d
having Just "o''''u '"o s""' ~
with rock. TO the head OF the main IN
cline A: the HOO .foot station, dumped
"a ,,r,sJ 4. nm ia r.turn down the
a.. -. 49,,
lne''he' sauuo"'y 'e.t' 'vp'
Upon takiAg up 'hs s'ack' 'n''N'"s 'n'
car Tau caukn. III souho way u" '"e
track ne 'ouho 'hA'' u "au PA''eu i''"
HE eaoie anu gone W 'us oo.''"i "
the ihe''ne' AT 'no ZINC % .ae ,'e
dent SIX cn "s's "o' a' WV
tom OF me 'hc'lhs' Luz iho,'ho MAS
an INCLINATION OF ABOUT Iorty uegrscs'
aud from where tho giraiis started, 70
reach the bottom OF the Incline. IL
had about six hundred iset 10 run.
Taking Into consideration the weight
OF the car, the steepnsss Of the ineiihs.
aud b perfectly unoostrnctse ieneth
oil distance IL hau 10 run, u mus nave
acquired a most irightiui velocity DC
lore reaching the oottom. Inc meh
at work Ia the bottom Of the Incline
knew nothing whatever OF the accident
until the giraffe In Its fearful deathly
course was upon than. The bottom
Of the incline IL In extremely. hard
blasting rock, so that when the giraffe
struck, Ii was Instantly smashed into a
complete wreck. Two OF b work
men were killed instantly anu all tie
others more or less injured
The killed.
c.rr.,,,s u.c.r,bv ana NJ tina
," NN.." a..
k'''eu' "a' "''''' " NV 0o"''
Cork, Ireland, aged IS years. anu was
q most estimable and highly esteemed
citizen. lie was q leading member Of
this Miners Union Of Gold Hill, ID.
vision No. 2 \. y. H.. aud the Ssrs-
Held Guard. lie was u inirrieo man,
hsslns oesn ha.,'eu ann n..ng
M mnsrsi will taIe nl,ee from his
late residence, No. l5s South c street,
Virginia, under tho auspices OF the
Miners Union aud the Ancient Order
OF l~Iibernlans. to.morrow at tive
o'clock T.. NJ. Richard Pearcs was q
native OF Cornwall, England. aged -
years, WAS a young a Of due ablli-
ties. well educated. aud had been a
local Methodist preacher, although at
present working In the mine. lie was
u single man aud leaves o largo num-
Der of friends To mourn his nntimely
death. lie will be buried at Nv
O'Clock u. n. o.morrow from the real.
Lene. ot Michael Cnrnes. back of the
old Say,c, works, Virginia. The
bodies of both men were most horribly
manrled, the heads of both being al.
most entirely torn from their bodies.
the corpses as they lay at the dead
bouse pfescn,Ing a s~lckenlng and hor-
ribl. apuoarance,
-
HANNA, oInsr. 80 hi.I.n ,.,x had.
Il, 49, al yv,, otherwise, ,~.,Iou,.
,.nI~.I ,nt,..s c,,,,.. n,
!, ''"''eu anu '"y''eA
nett received a huge anu ugiy gssh
across Tue shoulders notwithstanding
which no nobly stayed 10 assist III
taking his dead u wounded ON
rades 10 the surface. Thomas Odgers
had one OF his feet crushed, his back
badly hurt and was otherwise consid
erably bruised about the body. Francis
Polkinghorn received 4 severe cut on
the side OF tho head and was also cut
aud bruised on other parts OF the body.
As o o a. IL WAS known that an nc.
ClIelt ntu ulpDeNsu, Ulou ueoCciieeh