Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-07-29

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Yesterday afternoon, shortly after ]
o'clock. M. Bullion mine was the theater
IL a horrible tragedy. 4 VIM" Is being
sunk from the Iieo-fcot level tn meet an
! ~upr,i.e the i70ofoot level. The two have
nearly met. and heavier blasts than usual
have been exploded within the past few
day. for the purpose Of making the con-
nsc,ion. IL was at the bottom of this
VIM, that McGrath and Hurley were in
| iureL Yesterday morning by the sudden
escape Il giant powder gas through the
hole which they were drilling. Before
giving place Ia the = O'clock shift the men
M the vine set on a heavy blast 81 black
powier. When the men composing the :
O'Clock shift came down they found hes Wy
masses II smoke rolling up from the
Winzr and Superintendent T.. A.
schultz. who was ia the drift. told them not
To- go down until IL hal cleared away. All
hands lat down anj waited for the smoke
l.. ret out of the Ninzr. NJ the eNpirauon
of hall an hour. Miller Hamilton and D..
". Allen BEGAN the J.-e-nt. considering
1IIt 1ht All AA~ III w l''f -
blasL powder only hal been used for the
blast. They hal DISAPPEARED bnt . lev
moments When III. men in the irift heard
faint shouts coming M the wine.
=" rnr nE~crr.
SaI- nntenleut schultz gave his lantern
b. a man named Farrell. ~ho, followed by
Eol--rt Ford. started d.sn the ladders.
They hal gone bat . short distance when
Ford gaspsd ~ his companion that he Was
gone. anl dropped from the ladder help
les. Fortunately, he was caught in such
a manner between the ladder and the wall
of the incline that b. Wa held fast. Far
r-ll. feeling his senses leaving him, turned
anI made for the top, which he reached
IA an exhausted condition. Al@'ut the
SAME tim. Hamilton made his appearance
ia the other compartment, AMI VA. caught
by Mr.. schultz Just a. he Mas falling hack
wand. anL dragged out into the drifi. The
groans of Fond could h. distinctly heapi.
and VI. u. Kelly bra,ely volunteered h. ~
H. his aid. Taking a rope with him. he
ran rapidly down the steep ladders. which
Ar, pitched At an angl. of forty-threc de-
grcc-. lie succ,,,ied Ia attaching The line
a. forl's boly. hut the EFFORT was too
much: the fatal gas oyercame him AMI he
rolled down the wine to the botiom. q dis
lance of over sOO feet. a.. y. kellogg. the
foreman. came down the shaft al this June
turc. ani
TERRIBLE scE>C
Met his gazr. Lying about In varions
stages IL in-.nsibiliiy ~er- SIX men.
among them Mr.. schultz. L.. y. J. Wrinkle
81 the surveying firm - James \ Wrinkle.
and ia. miners who hal escap@d nom the
winze. With the assistance of another
man who retained his consciousness. Mr..
Kellogg dragged the in~en-ible ones to
the air-piIe. Here Mr.. schultz partly re-
covered. anal legged Kellogg for Gcd's
sake a. get help. a. they were all dying.
Mr.. Kellogg. hearing the groans u Ford.
ran b. al. winzc for the purpose ~ going
to his rcIief. n. hal desccnded but q few
steps when he tel; his heal reel. AMI re-
turnel Ia the surface.
AsIEraaLr o LIrr.
The foreman now felt that unless he
made his escape from the drift and reached
the shaft. where he eonid ring for assist.
ance. all would IT, lost. uis heal sss
swimming. aud his step a. unsteady as
that ~ a dfulieb man. He staggered
| from side 10 side, aud rhaiiy fell. lie did
not give up the struggle, however, Lut
crawlei along on his hands aud knees.
Then his wrists gave out. lie could
scarcely breathe. aud lay with his face to
the ground. Yet he made n more des-
Ieraie effort Tor life, dragging himself for
ward upon his elbows. Ia another mo-
/ msnt the strength left his arms. Mil he
.troye a. reach the shaft, "wriggiing
along snake-fashion." a. he expressed II
this morning a. u NTws reiofter. u Was
no u.e. The gas was too much Tor MN !
but when found afterwards he MAS lying
iully Que hundred and SIXTY feet from the
winze-not a bad bitof travel, eGnalaeFipg
the atmosphere and his means ot loepmo-
ton.
ALARM oS ror.
II soon bscame known 90 top that soino-
thing wa. wrong below and a party 81 once
kent down By the time they reached the
drift the air had become somewhat puri-
fed. Ford was rescued from tbs win1e
and all hand. brought 10 the surface.
M,ssrs. schultz and Wrinkle were taken
on half dead Ia their homes In 4 carriage.
The boiie. VI Kelly and Allen were
brought up. The Enlse d the former Was
still beating when be Icaslr the surface
No physicians had ~ yet arrived bowe'rf'
and keliy's friends carried him 70 bis
cabin where hs shortly expired. lie had .
deep cut On the forehead anal Allen Was cnf
badly on the temple. Ihsy were ether