Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-01-06
A II ACCIDENT.

a Miner Working on the THRU
level OF the Eureka Con. Mine
Falls Down the Shaft of that
Property a Distance of over ooo
Feet.
A shocking and sad accident occurred in
| the Eureka Con. mine on Ruby Hill, near
this town, yesterday morning at about a
quarter past 8 o'clock. VIM. Peters. for
several years one of the trustworthy en-
| ployes of the company. while running q
carload OF waste rock from workings on
| the third level OF the mine to the shalt,
there 10 have it hoisted to the surface. he,
throngh some reason or other, failed to
obser,e the regulations required &C the
station and ran the car and Its contents
onto a couple of planks. or chairs. that
were extended across the opening. and the
same breaking. their On tire burden was
preeipitatsd to the bottom OF the shaft, q
distance of over 500 feet. This noise
created BY the break and fall was heard
by some Of the fellow workmen Of the M
fortunate man, and as soon AZ possible the
cause was learned. No one was With or In
sight OF Peters OF the time OF the accident.
The body was found underneath the car IN
the sump. and by means Of hooks it was
taken out aud then ii was hoisted to tho
surface. II was Q frightful sight to be-
hold, 80 mutilated was its condition. The
deceased was Q native Of Cornwall, Eng
land, aged about As years and leaves o wife
and three children on Ruby Hill to mourn
his loss. He 10 spoken OF by all who knew
him O. an excellent man.
An inauisition WAS held upon the body
Of The deceased In the afternoon before
Justice Harmon, and the following named
gentlemen consisted the Jury 10 inquire
into the cause OF his death: James Johns,
John Mcdonald, Charles Curnow. Thomas
Hicks, A, E. Wedlcn and Richard Moorish.
Robert Northsy, being duly aworn. said:
I reside ct Ruby Hill. Eureka county. Ne
yada: knew deceased In his lifetime; last
saw him alive this 9th day OF January.
1886, q little after Z O'Clock A. ~; saw bin
then In the Eureka Con. mine. running q
car on the third level; was working 80 or
go feet from the shaft on the third level,
when I heard q noise and came to the sta
ton and found that Peters was not there;
I found that the chair was gone, n !
then sent my boy in the tunnel to see II
Peters, the deceased, had gone in there;
when the boy returned he told me he was
not there; then they hallowed from the top
and asked II Peters was down at the sta.
ton; I told them no, and then they came
down from the surface to the third station,
and then we went down to the ninth sta
ton; Mike Gilroy. John Venton and my
son went down with me; we found the car
al the bottom Of the shaft. and afterwards
found the body Of the deceased under the
car; when we found him he was dead; the
name OF the deceased was William Peters,
aged about As years; he was . native OF
Cornwall in the parish Of Hogan, Eng
land.
John Bosanko, being duly sworn, said;
/ reside at Ruby Hill, Eureka county. Ne
yada; am foreman Of the Eureka Con.
/ mine: knew deceased in his lifetime; / last
saw him alive this 5th day OF January.
1886, at about Z o'clock A. M; the deceased
| ran a car on the third level OF the mine; II
| was his duty. II the cage was not standing
| above the station so that be could see H.
| TO ring the bell twice, and then when the
| engine was set in motion to ring two bells
| 80 that the engineer would let the cage
| down on the chairs easily, but in this case
| be put the chairs in; he did not ring foi
| the cage, as was the rule, but ran the cal
on the chairs or planks, which broke sno
let the car down the shaft. and the de
ceased went with it; the distance that he
fell was about 500 feet; deceased has oeer