Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-06-02
PACIFIC COAST ADV!CES.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
Accident at the Alta Minc-Six Men
in a Dangerous Position.

in a Dangerous Position.
VIRGINIA New, June This morn
ing at $50 o'clock the Alta pump column
broke, and at II O'Clock this forenoon the
bulkhead in the east drift of the 2150
level gave way, letting in a heavy rush of
water. Six men were working in the end
west of a drift 400 feet long. Their names
are as follows: P. Denny, NJ. Curran, T.
Mcdonald, John Black, John Mulligan,
Morris Connors and Richard Bennett.
The shift boss ran into the west drift to
notify the men Of the danger, and the
water following close after him, he did
not come back. The end of the west drift
is IA feet higher than the station, and if
the water does not raise too high the men
will be saved. Air has been furnished
them right along by means of compressed
air. The pipe used in running the drills
and pump was repaired, and started up
this evening, when the water was hut four
feet above the station. The imprisoned
men were t~elegraphing an hour ago by
hammering on the compressed air pipe.
If the pump holds out the men will be
saved.
News has just come of a slight accident
to the pump, but they say it will be re-
paired in Is minutes. Plenty of air is be-
ing sent to the men, who are still tele.
graphing.
LATER-The water at the Alta is down
below the top Of the west drift, there be-
ing but six feet on the floor of the station.
They will get the bodies of the men this
evening. They are now talking of making
a raft on which to go into the drift.
Accident On the Southern Pacific
Railroad.
Los ANGELES, June Am accident oc-
II O'Clock last night eight miles east Of
Yuma, Arizona, by which the locomotive
was overturned and IA freight cars piled
on top of it and burned. The accident
was caused by the burning of q c~ulvert,
supposed to have been set on fire for the
purpose of wrecking the pay-car, which
was at Yuma, and which was expected to
leave for the front last night. Only two
OF the cars were loaded, the rest being
empty and returning for railroad mate
rails. Two men are reported seriously
hurt, but nobody killed.
The Pacific Express, due here at 5
O'Clock this evening, is 10 hours late.
Two WOOdchOppers Murdered.
TOMBSTONE, June 1.-The bodies of two
woodchoppers, Seymour Dey and Henry
Curry, were brought here to-day from the
Dragon Mountains, where they were
killed yesterday by Indians. An eye-wit-
ness states that the men were on a load of
hay, and were unarmed. The Indians
rode up behind and shot them dead, and
embarrassed their horses and drove them
off. There were eight Indians in the
party. They were heading for Sonora, and
were doubtless from San Carlos.
A Seducer Killed.
PORTLAND, June david Gilmore, a
Of Paris Valley, shot and killed
Walker Akers for seducing the formers
daughter last Fall. Gilmore ordered
Akers, who is a married man, to leave the
country, which he did last week. Akers
returned, and Gilmore hunted him up with
a winchester rifle and fired, the shot tax
ing effect between the eyes and causing in
death.
Wheat Shipments.
NS4'No' puLO ls-I VI liz GiGNtu
months ending May 80, 81, 900, 900 centals
of wheat have been shipped from San Fran
CISCO to foreign ports. The aggregated
Of the grain exported is S31, 000, 900.
The amount of wheat shipped here the
season is far in excess of that OF
my former year.
A Verdict of Manslaughter.
PORTLAND, June This afternoon the
ury in the Bradley case, after one hours
elaboration, brought in a verdict Of man
daughter. The penalty is from one to
years in the p~enitentiary.
Only one Session Hereafter.
San Francisco, June lon and after
next the San Francisco Stock and
Exchange Board will hold only one
in the afternoon, beginning at $3.50
at which a full list Of outside
stocks will be called, and afterwards the
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