The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-20

ROLLING Loas--DRowSED WHILE RUNNING
LoGs-KILLED ny A Loo JUMPING sHUTR

CRUSHED TO DEATH BENEATH rwo HUNDRED
ROLLING Loas--DRowSED WHILE RUNNING
LoGs-KILLED ny A LOO JUMPING sHUrR
MANSFIELD, Pa, Nay 10, 1874
Tho running Of lumber down tho precipltous and
rocky mountain tributaries Of tho susquehanna and
It's branches Ii OF the most pcrous OF vocatons
and only the most daring and active OF the numbering
classes engage In It Some Of these strcams little
better than wild torrents dushing over beds OF hugo
jutting rocks, and tho guiding OF logs over their
prccipccs and through their roaring chasms IL NJ
tended with no little loss OF lfo during the Of
season. whilo tho starting OF '.roliingv or logs
from It's place their steep banks frequently results
in one or Of the trainers" being caught In the
avalanche and crushed to DEATH Reports OF three
usually shocking casualties among tho lumbcrmon
have been received here, all having occurred on Sat
urday.
gang OF men wcrc running the logs piled on tho
steep banks OF Slate Run down that stream to the larger
stream Of Pine Creek. Several roIlings'' had been
successfully started the water when cxtraordi
tered about milo above the mouth OF tho creek The
head runner ordered George Shnmpane and Abran
Scacrcssc two Of his best men, 70 release the forward
log and start tho rolling into the creek The former
started The head log, the latter standing ncar by Tho
bank uuc0mmony Steep and moro logs we're prcss-
ing directly on tho released than the runner sup.
posed. Tho consequence was that before Shampano
could get out Of the way the whole 200 came thunder
Ing down the slope Hc was Knocked down by the
head log and each OF those following 10 rolled HIN
in succession Hc was crushed INTO shapclcss masA
Scacreasc caught by Of the logs and had leg
and his shoulder blade broken .ShaInpane Wa
young man, but OF tho most daring and skllful LOO
runners In the Susquchanna region.
Saturday afternoon gang was running logs dowu
Bricry Gulch Run, whom bad jam occurred II tho
mead OF Old Jakc's Falls. This IA spot where the
water has fall ri twenty i've fcct distance OF 100
and gets lis name from noted lumbcrman known a.
ssOId jake Hooper, who rode the falls years ago
on a twoioot pIno log. When tho jam mentioned
occurred Two men, named Oscar Shcip and Frank
Cooley jumped on tho logs with their pike poles and
began dIscngagng the head logs forming the oDstruc
tion. Having started some Of them they were about
10 take position less dangerous when tho logs thcy
standing became Iooscncd and started tho
falls Both men sprang for lodged stick Of timber,
but missed Il, and tho instant swept with
the rolling and crashing logs through tho faA Thor
bodies recovered mile and nalf below crushed
and manglod beyond all recognition.
At some points along the streams the banks are 10
high that shutes made from the top 20 the bottom
by which the iogsars carried ~ tho stream. II not
uncommon thing for thom In their rapid passage 70
jump from tho shute. ON Saturday. on Pine Creek,
logs being carried 10 the in this way. Will.
lam Jca. chopper, chopping fcw fcot away from
the shutc. suddenly a largo Pine log, meeting with
some obstruction In It's passage, jumped the shuc,
and dying with great velocity through tho air. struck
Jca In the back and carried him with water
below Every bono In the unfortunate mans body
broken.