Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-05-29
A Alta ACCIDENT.

a highly respected citizen of Eureka, was
killed yesterday afternoon at about {
O'Clock at the Eureka Con. reduction
works, where he had been employed fol
about Is months. 1t appears that his worl
there was to fill q "skip" or car on the
old dump with Stag. and when II was filled
to ring q bell as q signal for it to be
hoisted up an incline track of about 81
degrees to the furnace, where il is dumped
automatically and then returned at once
to the station below, where he was
supposed to be to receive and refill ii. Al
about the hour mentioned, the car, filled,
was runs up and emptied, and when 1t was
about halfway down the incline the en-
gineer noticed that the cable slackened.
Believing that something was wrong he
shut off the steam, and upon looking down
saw the car not only off the track, but q
man under ii. All possible haste was
made to rescue she unfortunate, but il was
found that he was breathing his last. The
car had struck him in the head, and his
left side was badly cut and bruised. why
he vent up the incline no one knows, and
especially why he should do so without
signalling for the non.return Of the car.
He was q very temperate man, and al
WAYS c~onsiderate and careful. Inasmuch
as his wife and little daughter are in Iowa
| visiting relatives, the body was placed in
| charge OF Undertaken HUI, who removed
it to the residence Of the deceased on
| Spring street, and a jury was then sum-
moned by Acting Coroner Harmon to in
| quire into the cause Of the death.
w I Gtavana haipD dulv sworn laid
1 reside in Eureka; am foreman at the
Eureka Con. Compsny's furnaces; l knew
the deceased; l last saw him alive about
moor to-day at the Eureka Con furnace;
at the time of the accident / was stand
ing near the bullion molds at the cupola
furnace, and the skip was making its re-
turn trip, and l noticed the Hopping OF
the rope, and l walked forward to see
| what the trouble may have been; / saw
that the skip was off the track, and the
engineer came along and noticed the same
thing; he went down to help put the car
on the track, and he saw Mr.. Nelson
lying under the car. and we all went
down to help get him out; the name of
the deceased was George W. Nelson, aged
43 years, and was q native Of Michigan;
this is the only time l have noticed the
skip to get of the track.
A. G.. @. Hahn, being duly sworn, said:
/ was at the Eureka Con. furnace to-day
when the accident occurred; ] was stand
ing with Mr.. Stevens at the time OF the
accident, and walked with him toward
the track on which the skip runs; | saw
the skip was off the track, and imme-
diately after Mr.. Scott. who arrived about
that time, went down to see what was
wrong; he said, "Poor George is under
- 4 o. - x..la a. $haS nGaNt and II
noticed q mans leg sticking from under
the skip pointing to the upper end; more
men came around, and we tilted the
skip to one side; l pushed the rope at the
same time, and noticed that there was
very little slack; as soon as the men had
removed Mr.. Nelson from beneath the skip
| ran around TO the ladder and helped take
the body up the ladder; Nelson was bleed
ing at that time, and seemed perfectly un-
conscious; after he was laid on the ground
a short distance from the ladder / felt his
heart beating; cold water was put on his
forehead, and up to within three minutes
| of DR.. Thomas arrival l am positive l felt
his heart beat; DR.. Thoma arrived at about
10 minutes past 8 O'Clock P. NJ, and he
pronounced Nelson dead.
Charles Boyle, being duly sworn, said
/ am employed at the Eureka Con. fur
nsces; l worked in the Stag with Mr.. Mel
| son; at the time Of the accident l was up
in the building of the furnace, transfer
| ring the Stag that Mr.. Nelson was sending
up by the skip; / gave the signal, and one
| skip-load was sent up; | then waited longer
than usual for the next skip, and | again
gave the signal; one of the men OF the fur
mace ran up and told me that he thought
nv partner was killed; / ran down and
saw Mr.. Nelson lying on the ground where
they had laid him after taking him out;
the rule is that when the skip Is being
used no one has any right on the track on
which it runs; those are the instructions
from Mr.. Stevens; where he wa caught by
the skip was where he ought not to have
been. according to the rules; his usual
work did not call him there.
W. n. Scott. being duly sworn. said:
I am the engineer q. the Eureka Con
smelling works; at the time the accident
occurred to-day l was engaged in hosting
| Stag; had made one trip to the top. and
was then coming down; the skip was COM
ing down pretty fast, and / got a bell and
slack.rope just about the same time. and
I threw in the brake and went outside TO
see what was the matter; saw Mr.. Stevens,
and he told me the skip was off the track;
I vent down to where the skip was, and
saw Mr.. Nelson lying under the skip; l
smoke TO Mr.. Stevens, and told him that
! George was killed.
After hearing the testimony sdduced the
iury found that "the deceased was named
George W. Nelson; was q native OF Michi-
gan, and about 43 years of age; that he
came to his death on the 28th day OF May,
1886, in this county. from the effect OF
having been accidentally caught by the
skip, and that no blame is to be attributed
to any OF the officers or employees OF the
company"
Word was telegrsphed yesterday even
ing to the wife of the deceased OF the sad
affair, but up to the hour of the closing OF
the telegraph Office last night no answer
was received. 1t is said that the principal
object OF the wife in going to Iowa was to
arrange for some improvements on q small
farm there that they had about completed
the payments for, and which they looked
forward to as a home for themselves after a
year hence. By some it is believed Mrs:
Nelson will not return to Eureka, but Will
have the remains of her husband sent to
Iowa for burial.