Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15
MINING ACCIDENTS.
ons Ms. KILLED. Three Others Badiy
IsJured, ard . leg Broken.

Another wave OF accidents seems upon
the Comstock. It commenced BY minor
hurts last week. and yesterday increased
in strength as IL at . elimination.
ALA. NJ. yesterday by. Holman was
killed and Richard Kendall and Jack
Lsushan were severely injured at the
Sierra Nevada.
Two or three days ago connection was
made between tho raise from the $500
level and the old wiuzs from the 24oO
level which passed through the ore BODY
! and was continued on down on the slope
| Of the ledge to the $500 level. The con-
n.ctiou was made above the turning
| poiut OF the winzs. and o Of the two
compartments was used for Q rock chute.
Saturday night the rock lodged ct this
turning point Of the WINE and Holman
and the two others went down the lad
der in the other compartment TO jar II
loose, 30 that IL would run down. Find
ing an az too light for his purpose, Hol.
man, who stood above the two others,
called for q slsdgs. The hrst blow Of the
slsdge ratified down about two car loads
and the second blow about the same.
When the third blow was struck the par.
tition or centering OF the winzs gave
way precipitsting the whole mass OF the
rock in the winzo to the bottom.
When the partition came out the rock
on the inside Of the compartment pressed
the planks around and caught Holman
in the chest. At the Same time the fall
ing debris sent Kendall and Lanahan to
the bottom OF the WINE. The two lat
ter were badly bruised. scratched and
cut all over. Kendall had Q wound on
the head two inches long. extending
down into the skull but not %fracturing
the inner portion Of 1t.
Holman was extracted 40 o o 90 pos.
sible from his perilous position and
taken to the surface. He did not seem
to be very badly injured, bis body show.
ing only q few bruises. He was made
comfortable In the ofice at the works
till he could be taken homo. Suddenly
he began to complain Of the want OF air.
spit up q little blood. aud was dead.
An examination showed that his ribs
had been crushed and the broken ends
driven into his lungs. he was brother
Of H.ber Holman. foreman OF The mine,
an early resident Of the Comstock. and
few men were more widely or iavorably
known than be. His remains were taken
to the residence Of his mother. on A
strert. Virginia. Her sons death came
near killing the old lady, who was at the
time suffering from heart disease.
The Holmsns were among the earliest
residents Of Gold Hill aud lived on
High street back OF the Catholic Church
until recently. The measure Of sym
pathy which the people here extend to
the afflicted family Is large. The de-
ceased was unmarried.
Coroner Brodsk will hold an inquest
on the remains Of the deceased at ~
A. n. tomorrow.
At O'Clock yesterday afternoon d.
Kochne, Q miner in the Union, went 10
the $500 level for . drink OF water and
in returning inadvertently stepped into
winzs No. ! and fell 100 feet to the bot.
tom. He was cut, bruised and scratched
from head to foot and had an arm
broken but, strange to say, was mol
killed.
Saturd sy afternoon q carpenter at the
G. n. s. shaft (name net learned) Tell
from q scsffold at the new building Tor
the engine and bilers and broke his leg.