Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-20
A rERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Particulars of the killing Of Five
Miners In the yellow Jacket
Shaft.

Particulars of the killing OF Five
Miners In the yellow Jacket
Shaft.
The telegraph made brief mention Of the
killing of five miners in the Yellow Jacket
shaft on Thursday. The Virginia Chron-
icle arriving last night has full particulars
as follows /:
For the purpose Of carrying the heavy
castings for the pump, which is being set
ct the bottom OF the shaft, one OF the I'M
perial trucks has been used. This car was
being hoisted ON q cage which also con-
tanned another carload Of tools, and when
within 80 feet Of the surface, the load
caught on the guards, and the truck OF n
and the tools from the other we're thrown
from the cage into the adjoining compart-
ment OF the shaft. At the bottom OF the
compartment were eight men who had just
taken their places on a skip TO come up to
lunch, and had rung the hosting signal.
The car itself got jammed in the shaft but
truck and tools came crashing down this
center compartment, tearing away the
guides, and wrecking everything in the way
II their fall Of nearly 5000 feet. The
doomed men at the bottom had no warning
Of what had occurred, and were laughing
together and congratulating themselves
that they had finished clearing up the bot
tom of the shaft, and would not need go
down again to-day. The falling tools and
broken iron came upon them with the We
locity and suddenness OF cannon balls, and
in a moment at the bottom Of the shaft was
a mass of mangled bodies and broken IRON
work, Five OF the men were killed out
right.--Neil Gallagher, Hannibal Williams,
Alfred Whitcomb, Tim Wilkins and Al
Temby. A piece OF iron three feet long
passed completely through Gallagher's
head, and the others were frightfully man
gled and crushed, Williams having an arm
torn off. They were all married men and
leave families to mourn their loss.
Besides these, who were instantly killed,
Jobn Trezona was injured internally, and
had his thigh broken, and is not expected
To live. Barney Coyle was slightly injured
and Frank Hammond, the shift boss, es-
capped almost by q miracle, receiving only
A few slight bruises and cuts. II the car
had not become wedged in the shaft, not q
man would have escaped a horrible death.
So far as can be ascertained at present, the
accident must nave been the result OF gross
carelessness, as the cars should have been
securely fastened to the cage, and the tools
placed in such q position that they could
not have fallen out. There was great ex.
element this afternoon in the vicinity OF
the shaft, and people gathered IN crowds
10 zee the bodies and ascertain how the 40
cident occurred.
II is said that last night Neil Gallagher
had a presentiment Of death. The report
goes that he and his wife heard three mys-
torious raps on the door last night. and
This morning, after his lunch had
been put up for him, he said to his
wife that he did not know whether II
wonld be better to 60 TO work or not, and
after he was a few steps from his door. he
turned and repeated the remark. Then he
shook of this feeling and went to his death.
He leaves two children. -,
Temby also leaves a wife and two chill
dren. He is a brother-in-law OF Thomas
and Abraham Booth, operators in the
western Union Telegraph office.