Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-14
SERIOUS MINING ACCIDENT.
Two Miners Injured by Aceiden'
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Miners Injured by Acetden-
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Two miners from Ward, VIM. Prescott
and Jacob Henry, were brought to Eureka
yesterday by John Henry and Jack Martin,
and taken to the Jackson House, where
DR.. Bishop was called in to see them. He
says that Henry is in no danger of losing
his eyes and that he will be able to return
home in two or three days. Prescott, he
says, may lose one eye, but that he may
recover the sight in both. The wound in
Trescott's side made by a rock has troubled
him considerably, and on the way here has
s~loughed out fragments Of bone and parts
of his clothing. His brother-in-law, Mr..
Truebody, being notified by telegraph,
came here to meet him from San Fran
cisco, and left for the Bay with him this
morning. The Ward Reflex OF Tuesday
gives the following account Of the accident:
The preceding shift u. G. and Thomas
Edwards) gave notice on the slate kept for
that purpose, that one hole had missed
fire, and Henry and Prescott proceeded
about their work accordingly. After TAX
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they commenced searching for the hole
that failed to go off. The ground in which
the charge had been placed had been par
TALLY blown away and this left them in
doubt. Prescott finally took up a pick and
while removing the loose earth with it the
explosion occurred, blowing a mass Of fine
dirt in their faces and leaving them in
darkness. Both were stunned but not
rendered insensible, and in cropping their
way out attracted the attention Of Pat
Crotty and John Martin in the crosscut,
who came to their assistance and piloted
them out of the tunnel. Jacob Henry
walked home q distance of half a mile, and
VIM. Trsscott was taken to his cabin near
by. 1t has since been ascertained that
only that portion of the charge that was
broken off and in the loose dirt was ex-
ploded, that part in the hole being found
intact.
Mr.. Henry, though considerably cut
about the face by small particles of rock
and totally blinded for a time in the right
eye, which is still a matter Of great con-
Germ to him, will doubtless soon be at
himself again. He was standing behind
Prescott at the time of the explosion, and
consequently is not so badly injured as he
might otherwise have been. Jake says
instead of a stick or half stick of giant he
thought it was a ton that exploded.
VIM. T%rescott's injuries are of quite a
serious nature. He was standing in q
STOPPING position at the time of the explo-
sion and received the full force Of it in his
face and chest. The only wound of any
consequence ON his body was caused by a
rock about the size of a marble striking
him in the right breast, infiicting quite an
ugly wound. His face was literally pep
pered with fine rock and dirt, and if his
eyes are saved it will be one of those lucky
escapes that there is no accounting for.
Before leaving for San Francisco it was
reported that he could see a little out of
the right eye.
Seeing that the most serious injury sus-
tanned by the men was to their eyes,
Superintendent Sweetapple decided not to
send for = doctor, but to send them to an
oculist in San Francisco, which was ac-
cordingly done Sunday.
This is the first accident of the kind in
the Martin White since Feb. 4, 1880, when
Ira W. Logan was killed, Richard Pilking-
ton and Geo. Trowbridge lost their eye
sight End Thomas Edwards had his collar
bore broken.