Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-06
MORE NINE FATALITIES,
TIE Blue BIxD ND The GAG
s0S FURNISH THE sUByECTS-

chrouieled in this camp. again bearing
mute testimony 20 the slender thread on
which the miners life haEss- The news Is
scarcely cold Ct the death OF b Hanley
and John Webb by accidents at b Katie
Morris and Mountain Consolidated, when
The death Of tno more miners has TO be
recorded. which are almost parallel Cases.
Hanlev met his death in a shait al the
Katie Morris. and Saturday james Bull
man met his in the shaft OF the Blue Bird.
Webs life sas crushed out by 3 rock falE
mo an him in ths aoantain Consolidated.
and Owen Williams life was similarly
crushed out by a fall of rock in the
Gagnon-
From one of those present ut the inquest
hpld ON james pullman at the Bin Bird
v@fers.a y afternoon, il WAS learned that
fhs acriirnt bs which he lost his Life oe.
CURED between 8 and 10 O'Clock esterday
morning. he was q pumpman and was ):
the 800 foot eyel- The east shalt at the
Blue Bird, it was stated. Is only used Tor
siukins. the .sst shaft for hosting from
the different levels. The cage in the east
SHAFT was at the top and the car on it was
besug sent down with tools wanted
below. When the a ID run ON
the CAGE 1t Is held In place
BY guards, consisting of bent iron bars
fastened to the sides OF the cage, which are
dropped on earh side, holding b car In
the center Of the cage. The top-man was
certain that both guards were down when
the cage was lowered from the top floor.
The engineer had received 9 signal from
Buliman at the 500 level to stop. which he
did, then receiving the signal to lower the
Gaze to the 500, he let it down with the
engine, knowing there was a man on it.
He felt q slight jar aud stopped the cage
instantly, before il reached the bottom.
a man at the 500 heard q crash
and Bullman cry out. The cage
IN the ~est shalt was coming
down NTH a timberman and lumber on 1t.
When he bad unloaded this at the 500 he
was raised TO opposite where the cage in
the east shaft stood with Builman in it.
He was lying on his back in the car with
his feet up- The timbsrman saw his cOHdl-
ton and went up for assistance, whenf Our
men weLt down, and by their efforts Bull
man was taken out of the car on to the
west cage and brought up TO the engine
room. 1t was found his collar bone
had been broken, his ribs broker at the
back, and he was hurt internally in the alb
domen. He asked how it had happened.
himself unable to explain it. He
lived three quarters Uf q hou. only alter
the accident. The cage in tue east shalt
was left where it was with the car on it IN
touched until the e%oroner's jury inyesti-
gated il.
When the jurJ vent down there they
found the guard on the south side raised.
while that on the opposite side was down
and properly fastened on the car. Nothing
could be known as to the cause of the ac-
cid-nt, but The MINERS informant stated
that the jury formed the conclusion that
the guard on the south side could not have
been lowered at all when the cage lef. the top,
although the topman had testified that it
WAS According to the theory OF TIE
MINERS Informant, Bullman in getting into
the car on the cage must nave got on from
the north side, and catching the crossbar
must have showed the car fOrsar in brac-
ing himself in 1t, So that in the descent of
the cage the car slid to the south and
caught on the timbers in the south side of
the shaft, causing it To tip back on Buliman
infiicting the injuries on him from which
he died. The tin,bers in the shalt
for a distance of twenty feet 4 above
where the cage stopped shnSed marks OF
the car having grazsd them. The car was
standing On it's wheels on the cage when
BlODDSu, WHICH LIE MINER y I0tOEulanE
accounted for by supposing that when the
cage came to a standstiil, the sudden stop
sage brought the car to its upright posi-
ton.
The jury found that the deceased came
to his death ia consequence of an accident,
the guard not lseing do.aon one side, which
allowed the car to Rose and catch ON the
timbers.
The management at the Blue Bird were
communicated With By telephone last night
and said that they did not agree with the
conclusion reached by the jury. claiming
that the pump bling on the south side of
the shalt, it is reasonable to suppose the
pumpman was standing on that SIDE at the
800 loot level. in which case, if the guard
vas up, the deceased could not have got
the cage without noticing it, when he
would have put it down. They had no
theory to offer as to how the accident
happened.
TIE deeeaseti was about % years of age,
and had been married only a little over a
year leaving a vile and one child. He was
very highly thought of by his friends and
was a fine specimen OF physical man: God.
dis death will be a source OF deep regret to
all who knew him. He was q Mason and
his remains will he buried under the auspices
Moun Moriah Lodge Of this city. He
also belonged to the Odd FelIo = Q and was
a member of the Miners Union. His
funeral viii take place on Monday, but
from Rocker where he lived or
from the hall of the Masonic fra ternity had
not been decided last evening.
OWEN WILLIAMS DEATH.
The inquest on Owen Williams body was