Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-09-17

Con-. lmperial q tefrioio sccioens 10
CURED. by which nine men Of the ten
coming up the shaft were killed. The
accident occurred near the dead Of night
but news OF II few with wonderful rapid.
ity and soon information OF the disaster
spread all along the Comstock as men
eddied into little circles to tell the sad
particulars.
Those who took the place Of the men
relieved below had gone down and the
last Of the miners were coming up. The
puupmsn were changing SHIFT also, the
shaft being in charge Of Dick Ryder. the
pumpman. It 10 usual Tor him to come
to the surface at that time, taking the
lower cage. and II 10 presumed. from the
fact that his body was found in the sta-
ton outside the compartment In which
the accident occurred. that last night he
followed his usual custom. The men
had been raised about 200 feet from the
station at the bottom Of the psrpsn-
dicular shaft When the cable parted at
the reel.
For some reason which 10 inexplicable
the satellites on the upper cage did not
catch, and the whole. with the the ten
men on the cages. went to the bottom Of
the shaft. and the cable fell also, coilins
on top OF both csgst and men.
As soon % possible. help descended
the next compartment to the scene Of the
disaster. 1t Was, however, some time
before the men could be sxtricated.
When relieved John Roach and Frank
Smith were found to be alive, and Roach
talked u little quite nationally. In TAX
ing him to the surface be weakened rap
idly and lived only to get to the top.
Following are ths names OF the
killed:
John Roach-Singls man; both legs
broken and side crushed In: died OF in.
ternal injuries.
Patrick Murphy-SinRle; literally dis
e~mboweled. thighs smashed and skull
crushed in.
Richard Ryder-Sipgls; head cleft from
crown to eyebrows. shoulder torn nearly
of and the blade driven into his body.
Thomas Meagher-Lesves vile and
| Ave children near the Homestead; head
| crushed and brain ali gone; badly
| bruised all over.
Mat. wiuuie-Married; three children;
top OF head all gone; right arm crushed
and nearly torn OF; badly bruised.
Joseph acknowledgements face cut and
badly bruised ; injuries mostly internal.
VIM. Corbstt-Sipgle; head smashed
| in. MINER and back portions Of body
badly broken and bowels out.
n n. Farpum = Single; legs badly
bruised: injuries internal; most OF body
| black and blue with bruises.
Jerry Sulliyan--Lesvss wife and three
chiIdrsn. hssd badly cut and bruised ell
over.
II w.s bstvssu 8 and 4 O'Clock this
morning before the dead were all 70.
moved.
There In still much uncertainty about
| the real cause Of the accident. On the
lover cso. there was found an AZ with
| .bs handle broken about eight inches
rom tbs noll. II has been thought that
| mi. a, wss With ope of the pumpmen
wa - 80. NV COT ia handle into IN.
,;mhs,s causing the .,rsiu which broke
Ina cable. b. +. Jones, tbs engineer on
| duty at the time, however. says that
everything sesmsd to be running
.moo,hlv when the cable parted ut the
,s.I
commemorative Of the Nrvs this
mo,,;ns ,is;,.a The works of the Con.
Imn.,;si and ,slksd with Foreman Pen.
d.,s.st about Nh, accident. Mr.. Fender
cast said the cable was almost Q new N
having been but about three mouths
in use-of the best steel wire aud Eng
lish make, four and one-halt inches by
ope.half. Il was, he said, considered
the best In the works. and had never
been used to raise rock. 1t was also
sscertain.d at the works that only last
week the pitmau Of Q pump weighing
from $500 to 5000 pounds had been
safely lowered by II. Since the inter-
view with Mr.. Psndsrqsst. however. the
writer has been told BY . prominent sm-
ploye Of the mine that the foreman was
not positive whether the broken cable
was the new one or not.
The blacksmith at the works, who 10
considered one OF the very best on the
Comstock. says he 10 positive that the
s~afeties on the upper cage were all ri9ht,
and he is unable to account for their
falling to catch. II indeed they did fail
q point which had not then been deter
mined by actual Investigation. Inc
springs attached to the saisties are OF
spiral coiled wire. but sun enough 70
bold q mans weight. n wouid surely
move the sccentriss II not interiered
with, or in some way overcome. Dc
says be has also used the usual steel
springs. eoilsd like 9 watch spring, but
prefers those now in use at the mine.
The NEWS representative Wnns
works examined the broken emo OF 'ne
cable which was on the reel. DC IL no'
. compstent witness TO testify about It,
but the break extended along the cable
for about two feet and the wires were 30