Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-21
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DEADWoOD, D. T., May 20-A
cave occurred at the Golden Terra
mine at 7 o'clock last evening, by
which 1t is supposed thirteen men
W,L lose their lives. The nj, b t
snIft Of sixty men were Just con.
ing on, but only about twenty had
entered the tunnel, when u large
b ,dy of earth fell in at a distance
OF nearly 200 feet from the mouth,
tearing and throwing the timbers
ct = fearful rate as far as one or two
hundred feet. One man, Thomas
Green, was thrown by the com.
preston Of air nearly eighty
feet out of the tunnel
against the side wall of an open cut
and killed instantly. Nv" others
were blown right through the tun.
mel towards the Highland mine at
Lead City. o escaped unhurt.
Another was struck by timbsrs aud
died last night. Eleven Were buried
uuder the debris. The cave is sup
posed to be about two hundred aud
f1fty feet long, one hundred feet
wide and eighty feet deep, aud oc.
curred directly over q large ore
cham Der, completely filing it.
Hundreds Of miners were at once
Get to work from Lead and Central
cities, and shifts were changed
every fifteen minutes, only five or
elk being able to work on either
side of the cave ut II time. The
tunnel runs entirely through the
hill connecting the Terra and the
Highland mines. Seven escaped,
with nothing more serious than "A
few bruises, through the tunnel to
the Lead City side of the hill. a
large number of men are now
working from all directions, bat
the cave is SO extensive that it will
certainly take sometime to
clear it away and re-timber
the tunnel. The list Of killed,
as far as known are: Thos. Green
and Pat King. Those imprisoned
In the cave are j. Farley, l.. VIE.
gans, J. Wedlock, John Miller,
Thos. Thomas, P. Calvin, Angus
Mclean, Jack Beatty, Mat Punk.
cit, Joe Haskins and u man named
Mccormick, all of whom are sup.
posed to be badly hurt. The men
who were working heard Farley
talk last night for soma time. He
said the tlmhers had fallen on him
and there was no hope for him.
Word has just been received that
two men, Farley and Beatty, have
been taken out of the cave. One
was dead and the other died IN
short time after being released.
There will be 10 detention in the
operation Of the mine.
A Later dispatch, just received
says that nine men sttil remain In
the mine, and that the miners
working there can talk with them.
It 10 expected to get all of them out
alive this afternoon. The affair has
created great excitement and cam
not be explained. There was no
f,uit with the timbers or the work.
ing Of the miners.
The steamer state of California A..
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20-The
steamer State of California il off
the Heads In tow of the tug Mon.
arch. She broke her mai q shaft on
Sunday off Cape Mendociuo, where
she was met and taken in tow by
the U. g. lighthouse steamer Mar
zanita. Off Duxbury reef the
Monarch came up and relieved the
Manzanita.
Lug Of sue STATE oG C.I,sosuin.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2O.-The
following extract from the log of
the steamer California explains the
nature of the accident: May 18th,
ga. M. While running before
brisk gale with all sails set, the
main shaft broke In the after COM
partment, filing the same with
water. The ship heaved to,
splitting her sails before
they could be- secured. Had
hove to for twenty-four hours
to repair sails, aud were making
our way to port under sail when we
were taken In tow by the steamer
Mapzanita. The steamer reach
cd her dock at 1l:40 O'Clock
o4Ao AAOA ~eh'o 'aAS''As IS ~
cheering. As the gang-plauk was
run out 1T least 200 people were on
the wharf. The passengers adopted
. resolution praising the conduct
Of Captain Debney aud the officers
Of the steamer, and stating that
they were made as com Portable as
the circumstances would permit.
Fatal BugYy Acc,dens.
SALINAS, CAL, May 2O.-While
out riding with his wife this morn.
Ing. near this place, w. w. Bstells,
. grain buyer. we'll known in San
Francisco, was accidentally thrown
from HE buggy and died immedi.
ately afterwards.
Wsshlsgsoa Neses-OOnkl1sg II.
os3osens.
WAsHINaToN, May 20.--Mrs.
Garfield continues to improve.
Ex-senator Bruce, colorsd, was
connsmsd on Lamar's motion. La.