Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-25
COMMONWEALTH NEWS.
DEATH IN MINE sn,n rorrsy,..r.
rne Terrible Accident ny which Two Men
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a terrible mining accident occurred
Monday afternoon at u collioty on tho
north side slope of the Sharp mountain,
near Pottsvillo. James Kirk, formerly u
well-to'do citizen of Pottsyille, has been
In reduced circumstances for some time
past, and ~ redeem his fortune COM
meuccd work on vein nI coal which he
found on tho mountain. Too poor to em.
ploy miners, he and his boys worked tho
mine alone aud had sunk the slope seventy
yards. Forty yards below them was a
drift worked by Victor Fay art. tho mouth
of which was 800 yards from Kinks slope.
Tho pillars left in the drift to support the
roof as 1t was first opened were robbed
| back. This, in ordinary weather, would
not have affected Kirk's operations, but
during the past few weeks copious si,ius
| looseued the earth aud II commenced sink
! ing as Kirk was at work.
| Monday n heavy fall of rock occurred
in the slope behind him. He called to his
sons to run for help, and they returned
with FayaTt, who realized at glance his
hazardous position, but bravcly entered
the slope tn rescue Kirk. lo had almost
accomplished this whom boulder weigh
ing half a ton fell ON his nook aud crushed
him. Meanwhile William Lloyd, n miner,
employed by Fayart, arrived, and he sue
ceeded in dragging out the mangled 70
mains of his employer.
The news spread rapidly and in few
hours u Thousand people had ilockcd to the
scene. Everything was done to rescue
Kirk, and at o'clock his torn and bleed
ing corpse was hoisted out. In oudeavoring
to dig out he had pulled down tons OF
earth and rock upon himself.
H. -.
few years ago was tue Republican candi q
date for sheriff. He lost his fortune
through speculation. He leaves seven
motherlcss children.
Fayart was 80 years Of age. lie had u
wife aud three children. The latter are
down with scarlet fever, and tho widow is
PROSTATE with grief and shock, FayaTt,
on Saturday, predicted Kirk's fate, and
of those who went to his rescue. The
calamity is the one topic Of conversation.
Two Burglar. Captured iu Scranton.
The store of +. Grow, q nephew OF
Galusha A. Grow, was broken into at Glen.
, wood, Susquenauna county, ON Saturday
night, by burglars, who have recently been
robbing the village post )fficas and groceries
, of Northeastern Peuusy ylvauia. The thieves
thought that Mr.. Grow, who recently dis
posed of a cattle ranch in the West, had
a large amount of money in the safe, but
on blowing the safe open they were disap
pointed TO tiud that 1t contained only q
few bills. They carried off a large quantity
of cutlery, jewelry, dry goods aud came u
, Scranton on the midnight train. They
were traced and two OF them arrested
among a lot OF tramps at the iron com
pauy's furnaces. The prisoners gave the
names of Backus aud Moore. A large
quantity of the stolen property was found
| N.l.
back to the Susquehanna county jail al
, Montrose.
The Assurance OF an Allentown Thief.
D The coolest thief that has lately Opor
o ated in Allentown was arrested Monday
5 morning aud, in default oi bail, committed
, | to Jail. HIS name is kress. 4 week age
!, some clover seed standing in front o
= | Bowen x Co.'S seed store attracted hl,
It attention. Not long afterwards he re-
b turned and asked the loan of the firm
= wheelbarrow to take q trunk 10 the depot
The request was granted, wherCupoE
10 Kress, in broad daylight, loaded fou
r bushe bag of clover seed, worth twenty
d five dollars, and wheeled it to other see,
s stores, where he disposed of 1t at a low
i figure. Then he returned the wheelbar
Al row. Other merchants were also annOye,
n by thefts ard Detective Smith was detaile
t To work up the case. When Kress say
d that escape was out of the question he con
@ fessed
= Under Arrest Tor GsrrOting.
o Great excitement has been caused Il
:. Cory by the rrCss Of John T.. Muir
n charged with the crims of garrotin
t Ernest Warren. Warren was dscoyere,
s lying on the floor of the barrel factory o
It the works apparently dead, with wir
|. twisted tightly about his neck. 1t re
d quired an hours active work by tn
}. surgeons before resuscitation was brough
4 about, and twelve more before conscious
:, ness returned. The case was given to th
d American detective bureau of Pittsburg
which carefully worked it mp and mad
n the arrest. The examination befor
o Alderman Brooks was continued and tn
h prisoner put under 81 800 bail.
5. Two Boys Bitten by Dog.
o Harry and Arthur Wamsher, age
8 seventeen aud fourteen respectively, tn
Sons Of Henry Wamsber, of Monocacy,
station On the Reading railroad, are cor
:. fined to their bed by injuries inflicted b
n a dog. The dog first attacked Harry, VIII
It tried to in vain to ward him of, and bit
i piece out of tho palm Of the lads hand
k The brute than attacked Arthur Wamshe
d aud tore large piece of flesh out of hi
y arm. Both boys are suffering terribly
II aud their case is watched with muC
70 anxiety.