Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-02
rIaH1rtn LIVES ImpEalltu.
CAGE AND SKIP nUa INTO THE
UNION SHAFT saEAvEs.

CA0E AND bAAE kO0 AnAV ~.
UNION SHAFT sHEAvEs.
Oss Nan Killed asd Fifteen Others
Aere or Less Hurt Mae Men
pumped from she akip seven
Jump from the Cage "A Broksn
Rspe aud . 0o.As.You. Please
Engiaeer.
Al the time Of changing shifts at the
Union shaft this morning. B. F. Corliss.
engineer. ran . cage and suspended skip
into the sheavs Of the second compsrt-
msns Of the shaft. Nine men were on
the cage and nine 10 the skip ct the time
Of the accident. OF these. sixteen were
more or less injured and one. 7. O. Mo-
Csrthy. has since died.
The cause Of the accident Ia very aim.
pls. The engineer ''lost his head" end
turned steam on the big engine instead
Of shutting il Of. John Mabls. station
tender ct the 24o0 level OF the shaft,
says that the regular three bells were
given and tho cage and skip commenosd
going up as usual. It 10 customary after
full motion IL attained to keep Il steadily
until the roll Of cable on the reel In.
creases In size and the upper levels are
reached and then commence slowing
down. When the 600 level was reached
instead OF doing this speed was increased.
The cage and skip fairly Jew and went
vhistling BY the stations at such q rate
that the lights only flashed as they we're
passed. Still nearer the surface another
Increase OF speed was made and instead
OF stopping at the surface the men were
hurled from the shaft az though dred
from . gun.
Superintendent Rooney stood beside
the shaft when the cage and skip came
up. He says there was Q whix. . clst.
ter, Q crash aud men were crawling on
the floor and clinging to the ropes and
hanging onto tho timbsrs like worms
around Q nest. Tue whole building
shook and trsmbled with the force Of the
conclusion and the new steel wire cable.
seven inches wide and three-quarters Of
an inch thick. snapped like . thread.
The skip IL q s%elf.dumper and came up
with such speed as to throw eight OF the
nine men in 1t clear over the chute,
landing them some Is feet away and
sprawiing on the floor. As the cage ap.
preached the sheave, which Is about 30
feet from the floor. several men sprang
Of. When the rope broke the satellites
caught and but two men were left on the
cage. These were uninjursd and were
rescued with ladders.
Several OF the men were very seriously
injured. Following are the names Of
the imperiled men
T. @. Nee arthy-On the cage. jumped
Of, sustained compound oomminuted
fracture Of the thigh and had his skull
fractured; was taken to st. Msry's Hos.
pital and died at 1890 today.
Pete Leonard-On the skip, back
badly hurt, sustained severe internal
Injuries. IL seriously hurt.
J.. J. Handlsy- On cage. badly injured
internally and bruised all over.
Hugh B. Malloy-On skip. aide, back
and head hurt. also has severe internal
injuries.
Sam Rsynolds-on skip. bruised
from head to foot and has severe injury
in his back.
NJ. Murnane-0n stip, sustained 80.
rious bruises pretty much all over, and
was badly hurt internally.
N. C~lapcey-0n skip. sustained 30.
we're injuries internally and vas badly
bruised all over. BE has . wife and nine
children. and had just worked his third
shift after having been out OF employ.
ment for over ak months.
Pat. Rogers. ]. MoCsrty, P. Conway
and @. Murton were also on the skip,
but after the accident were able to DO on
their feet. Murton was the only one
who was landed In the chute when the
skip dumped. Rogers was subsequently,
found walking about the yard In . dszrd
sort Of . way and badly seemed to know
what he was about.
John Msbls and ]. Hambly stuck to
the cage and escaped unhurt. Follow.
log jumped and were more or less hurt,
some receiving Jars which seriously
affected their internal economy: VIM.
Burns, ]. BENEFITS. Thomas Lanyon,
T. L. Jones, F. MoCanns. Lanyou
jumped and caught the bell rope and
vss rescued with very slight injuries.
Several OF the persons injured were
taken homo In wagons and Others
walked Of limpinsly and slowly. They
we're soon 90 scattered that II was I'm.
possible to learn the particulars a. to
their injuries.
OF course nothing can excuse the ac.
20 far q the engineer II con.
he has been at the same post
since the engine started, over q year
ago. He came well recommended and
had never had an accident before. H.
said the steam game between him and
the tags on the rope 90 that hs could not
see them. He should then have stopped
hs ascertained where he q The
Behr indicator was out OF order and
hung up for repairs, but the rope was
we'll tagged and the engine 10 easily
managed. Orders are to raise slowly on
three bells, which Q men on board.
This was not done.
After the accident Mr.. Corliss put 90
bis coat and Left. At 10 o'clock . com.
OF miners were looking after
him, but he was not to be found.
The company can scarcely 30 blamed
In the premises. They have taken every
preoauiion to prevent accidents, and this
was caused BY . man who, up to that
time, proved himself to be . thoroughly
engineer.
The excitement this morning when
The accident was noised abroad was great
and thousands visited the scene Of the
disaster and on the streets men eddied
into little circles and talked II over. II
said that other men are 90 badly In.
jursd that they will die. and perhaps 1t
lucky for the engineer that hs cannot
DO found.
The accident 10 the stranger from the
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