The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-11-10
A FATAL ACCIDENT.

A FATAL ACCIDENT.
Denis Trainor, an employe of the
Alps Silver Minining Company, met
his death by an accidental cave i n the
Mazeppa shaft on Wednesday last,
about 5 o'clock in the morning. He
was working on the eight-hour shift,
having gone to work at IL o'clock tho
night previous At the time the acct
dent occurred, it being time to quit
work, he had 60 into sids drift for the
purpose Of either eating lunch, getting
water or cooling off, when the face of the
drift caved in on him; throwing against
him slab over six feet in length, por-
ton of the slab striking him in the eye,
SHOWING it into the back part of his head,
and another portion MASKING in his fore
head, penetrating the brain. These
wounds must have killed him instantly
On the discovery of the accident the body
was taken out of the mine and brought
to his residence, on Main street, ad-
| joining the old Star restaurant. Trainor
leaves n wife and two children. The
wife was rendered nearly frantic on hear
ing the news OF the accident, it taking
the utmost exertions of friends to reduce
her to composure. The drift in which
Trainor met his death was nine feet
long by six feet high, on the 18th level.
It had been used by the miners for the
purpose of retiring to cool off, eating
their lunches, ETC., and was considered
the safest place in the mine by them :.
The body was buried on Thursday after
noon at o'clock. The Coroner's in
quest was held on Wednesday morning
at II o'clock and the following facts OBJ
| tanned:
CoRoNER's INQUEST.
Eugene Sullivan: Ny age is 81 years;
I reside in Phoebe, Lincoln county State
of Nevada; l know the deceased, Denis
Trainor; I was working with him in the
Mazeppa mine on the 9TH day OF Mo-
vember; we had our supper together in
the mine about O. clock y. M, and then
after supper he got up and went TO work !;
he worked about half or three-quarters
of an hour, then went and relieved him
and went to work myself; he went back
in the drift to cool off; it ID where we
eat our lunch l was working about q
quarter Of an hour when | heard noise
that supposed was cave or falling Of
rock; balooed three or four times to
| h,1t ba / puf
where he wGs-about 20 or 80 feet feom
where l was working-and found him
covered with rocks: stopped about five
minutes, and then went after help;
Barney McGarry and Pat Murphy went
down after him; he was on the 1l-foot
level.
His
EuaENE X SULLIVAN.
Mark.
Barney McGarry, sworn: My age is
about 80 years; l reside in Phoebe, Lin
coin county, Nevada; went to work at
the Mszeppa mine this morning, Novem-
Der 7th 1877, when 1 heard that Denis
Trainor was killed. Pat Murphy and
went down where he was; we found him
covered with rock; we removed
the rock from his body, and found be
was dead; l have no doubt but the cav
ing of the rock upon him was the cause
of his death; we dashed his body to a
board and then he was hoisted TO the
10th level and from there he was taken
to the station, some $50 feet, when he
was hoisted to the surface by the engine.
B. McGARBY.
Barney McGarry, recalled; We found
the deceased lying on his back, his head
resting on candle box, with his arms
folded across his breast; l think he was
lying in that position, cooling off, when
the rock caved from the side of the drift
and crushed him.
B. MoGsrry.
Wm. earle. Shift Boss, sworn: My
age is 36 years; reside in Phoebe, Lin.
coin county, Nevada; was an intimate
friend of deceased for about five years
his name is Denis Trainor; be is native
of the County of Wicklow, Ireland, aged
about 40 years; l was in the MazeppG
mine about o'clock this morning, No
vembsr 7, 1877; l staid there about 9
half-hour or more; l stood in the place
with him where the cave occurred mos
of the time; l made the remark to him
. that there was good ore in the face o.
the drift; his partner was working at tina
time on the opposite side Of the mine or
platform, about five feet above tn,
level of the drift; he then called hi
partner down and he went up on th,
, platform; went up with him and W,
examined the ledge; l then asked hin
,, "what time it was;" he told me, :"
think about o'clock;' l made the re
mark that it was about time for me +
go; be wanted me to stay, but l coul
not as it was about quitting time; tn
drift where the deceased was Rille
2 il about Z to 8 feet long and abou
y OK feet high and about feet wide, an
= this rock that killed him did not fall, a
I learn, from the top of the drift, bu
: from the side.