The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-19
DANGERS OF THE nISEs.
How the Miners somctimesF Faint
mud Fail From the Cages.

From The vIsInla City (Sey.l Enterprise, Feb ..
Last Wednesday night, at the Savage
Mine, whom the shift WA changing, at II
o'clock, Morris o'Connor, young man
about 10 years Of age, told his cOmpan-
ions, "a they got upon the cage to go to
the surface, that he felt siok at his stom.
seh. The men who were with him on
the csge-George Williams, shit boss;
Johnny Rowe, Con o'Hearp, and Mr..
Chsnowith-stood around him Ia such d
way a. to supper. him. When about
half way up the shaft it was observed
that young o oopnor'p eyes suddenly be-
came CLASSY, and that he was sinking to.
ward the floor Of the cage. Johnny
Rowe at once caught him, and, the others
helping 10 Bupportshim, he was safely
brought to the surface, though be was IN
an insensible condition. He had tainted
"dead away" and 1t was several minutes
before be recovered his consciousness.
Ba. for the fact Of his having informed
his companions Of his sickness, and the
precautions consequently taken by them
In placing him in the centre Of the cage
and keeping watch upon him, the young
man would undoubtedly have lost his
life, rs many before him have done under
precisely The same circumstances. The
father Of the young man, whose name
was also Morris, lost his life in the same
mine but a few months ago.
Even the oldest and most experienced
miners are, liable 10 be taken with these
fAintiuS spells when working In very hot
places, aud sometimes when they have
been working where there was no un-
usual degree Of heat, IL they are bilious
or otherwise somewhat out OF health.
This being the case, no miner should be In
the least ashamed 10 at once inform his
friends the moment he feels sick ut the
stomach when on the cage, as It Ia the
premonitory symptom Of the tainting ct
soon TO follow, The ct OF unconcious.
ness generally comes on when the cool
air toward the top Of the shaft Is reached,
and Is so sudden that man thus stricken
Is never known to speak.
We will mention another instance
where man saved his life by mention.
Ing the fact that he felt sick. This was
at the Consolidated Virginia Mine, some
three years ago. Some men from San
Francisco were in the mine, aud among
these was Joe Clark, brother OF OK Sheriff
10. Clark, Of this county. One cage
load OF visitors had gone TO the surface,
and while We were waiting below for the
return OF the cage the foreman OF the
mine pointed out the spot where had
landed the mangled remalns Of poor
fellow who had tainted the day before
while going up on the cage. Joe Clark
being a large and bulky man, and the
writer having observed that the heat Of
the lower levels had told on him consid.
erably, he suspected him Of being in
condition TO faint, therefore for his bene.
1T said that when on 0 cage, any man
feeling In the least sick should at once
mention the fact, in order that he might
be supported by those about him. We
were outtWo.thirds Of the way up the
shaft When Clark said N have strange
sensation in my stomach; feel sick."
All about him took firm hold upon his
arms, or some part Of his clothing, and,
Just as We reached tho top, down he went.
he was lifted and dragged into the
dresSlug.room, near At hand, where he
was soon restored 10 consciousness.