Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-09-02

cage-Anesher Tragedy To-day
Charles Derby Horribly Masg.
led BY y Descending Cage A
Bieody Record for the Dayton.
There Is probably no business followed
by the workmen Of this coast which is at
tended with so much danger as that Of
mining. When . man gets ON . cage to
descend he does not have an opportunity
Of taking his life in his Owl hands-it Is
in the hands Of o~thers-and il subject TO
those numerous andunlooked for accidents
which are always occurring where power
full and complicated machinery Is used
extensively. II becomes the duty Of tho
NEws 10 chronicle the fact that two ter
rible and fatal accident. have occurred at
the Dayton mine. near Silver City. during
the past two days.
BROKEN CABLE.
At about half.past ! o'clock last evening
. shift.boss by the name Of William +.
Wilson had been lowered down the shatt
on inc eAse y a's'ahoe W ofo iee'' "heh
the Gag was stopped A. usual about ten
feet above the working party at the bot
tom. The signal was then given TO send
the cage down to the bottom. but as the
cage was started the heavy wire cable
parted about forty-fiye feet from the top.
and the entire mass fell down the shaft
and upon the cage. crushing the unfor-
tunate man In 4 horrible n
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n.,;on s"nnJ ,h., ~. L.. w.,a hroIsn
s,J ,a.n.,aI ~. s.,',a,"ss,i $780, ho,h
nv "is",.". NV, ~ an
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neip'ess one shu Us" P,"Neu, AZ w,,nIn
m,iie ieSS IMAM sn n""' ai'ef 'ue see'uen'
wilson Was ursd. p'eraseu mas Two
Drotners, Apner anu nrorse. ensasca ~
tns layton mine, ana ',a'r.a we anu .iA
children IN Elizabeth 30 DAVIES county
Illinois. lie WAS an hohest anu ihuus,
trions man anu was mueh e-'ecmeu ~ AL
VINO knew hini' MS remains were tAken
IN eharse py, Tue Sh'e. VII! M,ners
Union, and viii Ia buried ~ the SiiVer
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PREDICTION.
Asa singular inihiliiei'' OF u predie'ioh
% impending evil. the fact il cited that
lc.s han ak weeks ago Wilson asked his
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THIS MORNINGS ACCIDENT.
TIL. ,,or,,,. A.. NOR. ~ r.,i..i,, IA.
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broken cao'e was con'H"e"c'u ana '"h"
"' ~
81 Getting ON ,he cage n. II pa.sed that
station. The cage put on was one which
has been out of use for some time and IL
not furnished with "safeties." Four ca
bles have been kept ON hand at the mine,
AMI the u put in this morning was
almost new. having never been used more
than three or four months. The cable
WAS paid out slowly. the process Of tar
ring going on as u went Town.
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The shin boss VINO was waiting nj the
100 turned his back for q moment 10 at
,.,d IN .ome,hinp In the drift. vbep spd.
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