Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-09-18
THE IMPERIAL ACCIDENT.
NINE MEN KILLED IN THE SHAFT.

]
on the Comstock for years.
HOW THE BREAK WAS CAUSED
Richard Byder, the pumpman, left an a.
on the cage coming up and it is supposed tina
the Ak protruding over the edge caught In on
Of the timbers and the extra strain on tn
cable caused it to snap. The cage was at thu
HOO station when the cable broke. L
snapped like thread and the safety clutcheI
failing to catch. the cage, occupied by ter
men, shot to the bottom of the shaft and / 200
feet Of iron cable weighing several tons piled
ON top of it when it reached the bottom
| EIGHT MN KILLED.
| Eight nen we're instantly killed by being
thrown against the timbers and the cage by
The weight of the cable falling upon them.
! The bonnet of the cage was crushed and the
'tecks bent out of shape, but the upper deck
was not broken through.
Frank Smith was the only man that was
saved. He was standing on the upper deck,
and when the cage began falling, caught hold
If the cr"ssbar with both hands and raised
| himself clear of everything. His presence of
mind saved his life OF course he was thrown
violently to the floor when the cage stopped,
and was badly bruised from head to foot. He
also received scalp wound and cut on the
foot, and the shock of bis system was SO great
that the surgeon has not dared to sew up his
wounds He was almost pulseless when
brought to the surface, but is slowly recover
ing, and will probably get we'll in time.
AT THE SHAFTS MOUTH.
The Chronicle Of last night gives the follow
ing account Of the scenes at the mouth of the
shaft:
Roach was alive when brought to the sur.
face. His left thigh was broken and his right
leg fractured in two places by the cable,
which fell across him. The surgeon thinks it
barely possible that he might have lived had
he not been brought up, as the weakening ef
feet noticed even by sound men in coming up
from the bottom of a shaft prevented him
few words after being brought up, but was un
able to give any account Of the accident, and |
died in a short time. The others whe were |
killed were horribly crushed, some Of their |
heads being smashed to jelly and their necks
broken. All the bodies were taken out by s |
. clock this morning.
The inquest will be held at o'clock to-
morrow afternoon.
THE KILLED.
The names of the killed are as follows
VIM. Corbett, shift boss, q single man; Jas.
single man; N. B. Farnum, single;
John Roach, leaves mother and two sisters;
Jerry Sullivan, leaves q wife and three chill
lren. enc Of whom but few days old Richard
Ryder pumpman, unmarried. leaves brother
n this city; Matt. Winnie, leaves wife and
children and father in Carson; Thos. Meagher,
caves wife and four children; Pat Murphy,
10 family, leaves brother in this city. Far
lum. Hanrahan, Corbett, Winnie and Meagh-
# lived in Gold Hill, and the others in Vir-
inia.
THE LONE ARCHER ABROAD E. X. Otey
he Lone Archer of the Sagebrush wilds,
assed down on the train last night en- route
Or Sacramento, where he goes to take q hand {
a some Archery contests at the State Fair.
lie carried down seven bows to use at the va t
he bucolic valley. One of his bows Is a n
parish yew valued 800 or-$2OO, We forget f
hich-and capable of throwing flight ar
w 400 yards. In going around one of the o
orse shoe curves of Mr.. Sharon's crooked d
.ilroad, Mr.. Otey leaned out of the window, is
nd sent q steel pointed arrow clean through Il
,e headlight, which he mistook for target
caused delay Of ten minutes, and Mr..
erington has ordered wire screens placed c.
yer the headlights to protect them from v
BAR sighted archers. Mr.. OteY is expected IL
ome in about ten days loaded down with the G,
ephies of victory, in the shape Of silver n
are, diplomas and coin. :,
ST. PETER BELL.-The bell Of the Episcs- Il
i Church, which was cracked last winter az
the frost, is now being repaired at the V. b
d T. machine shops. An assay of the metal
g been made and . compound similar in h,
eportions will be made and run in the frac-
re. 1t will be hung in day or two. The br
ending of the bell, together with its removal va
I'm the belfry and rshanging, will be dona- -. III
n to the church BY the v. and T. r. r. Co. i.
70 carrier of the APPEAL contributes the tn
lowing on the event: an
And after the hanging sa
VIII bid r tfe Msr elanea bend the knee
LII spire of st. Peter ! :.
Twill sound far sweeter
Than In the shops Of the v. and I. CT
FEMININE BoTTLE THRowKHs. night "
out half past s'cleck three women Of the %
IN went into Carson street restaurant and Pc