Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-27

Il f1n.oourt1.a -lti-EUzre ~. - -
jug Aenener,W ao bad mad
Esuperpuman shorts to ~encourage and 60
sjsts His companisn. fnalfv vys,d.aBxo ~
affecte re tho ..1..s'
-.~ slTss" o'sofou Toward tn
ouse VI ING cage. sullivan, who is apowel
fnl man, though himself suffering intens
agony. caued to Keuah. sfra. naE-I
hhn1d q A-pgmsaI = sos
JESI.ye~ = Sas1. w are near the top.
q onati nstaut when day-lighsffom abov
pierced the gloom below, Kelleher stae
eered to the .edoa NJ the coo. ca ,.n
HIS head Vas caueht and crushsS hs,vsa,
IAN ;nstars 49, = ~ hnsr a.. IN
peared down the 80 srd ,siI Z thonssa !,
Ifeet into tha snmn o. tha hoa,on pI..n.
SrS h.s;as 49, 80 ttnrSS Davoe
caaa annr - $500 ~ - soser 20,
ciaariv ;nd;ca tad ~ to-r;b,a 80 ~, anc
ovartaten ths heroic K;Iiahe. onAo nae
when tbs caee stnrnsJ sane a, ~
lesslv ;nto Az ~ - thnsa VI nSap
aronnd tba sbos. 81 onGSg s.snolnl
/ appar.ntlv dead INIT snbsen,anf1v -, -
cent .John I.ona neuaS $3.50 ail q
tbe nhys;c;.y ~ : hsHiSs Sa. unosr ene care
Iarr;paJ - fha ,o;na i, r.sSana. xno -.
snmnocrs " u1sen
Maj SnIl,van ah..
veraJ - a.. sasr.ss;ua 49," oro IN M
10 fter snsta;nad b."Lau LII ass;a.rN
to reco;v;ns sar;ons ;D;u.;as 49, ~ L.oI
and shn,iJsrs a. escsriSaL ~ = $3.50 v
| Ia had not raoa;nad consc;cn.ns.s ~ ~
meantime he susferad ;ntsrs. ~.
| and his cries NJ osonv .orld III h.o + ~
two hIochs r. raos;rad 49,. .ontn "
10 bolSS III, r. ~ sa5A ~ 1900 Z,
his weenino wife and cb;iJran vhp caIiaJ =
WIN ,,nnr h;,nsn- a's;h.
DBnO
vine avav a tear " dear 1;ttfa he x &C.
vnpoo ~ comn,ahenJ tha s;t,a;"n
iooLad IN a. orar-arad 800 - az
atbSs;cscan nd ~ - ss.;sI S.,s.s.;aD
mada innn;rv ef vhaf r. ali maantl -
Meantime all hone n rescn;no the
doomed men faded awav To venture
down The shaft vas to cont CERTAIN death
E Gnnar;rtandapf Mia Carrof racocn;-in.
the ipt;I;tv 81 aan5;no man dovn wad. y
trio to the 5OO.ioot leysl. he remained
onfv a monent and raturned aImost
s,siocat tod He found : Ere rs.;ne
fercelv hnt none az the s~nnnort;no timhers
had given away at the time.
Immediateiv rnon h;s retnrn oraera
were given Ia hulkhead the drifts and close
nm the shafts ~ thA Anacnnda and al
I,awrence mines. The drifta of the iatter
"A far down aa the EOO.ioot jeval
were .bulkheaded. but in the
Anaconda fine heat vas 40 fierce as To neoa.
tive n ATTEMPT To descend below the 40.
foot Level. and accordingly the sbaft was
boarded over atthat level. The connectino
drifts between the two mines were securely
closed ah the az T,awrance rexif and ali
draft cut off. IL was hoped TO smother the
fire in this way. but LATER the confined eas
exploded and forced the bulkheads ont.
thns giving the fire access To ali the levels |
IL NAV burn for weeks.
Dan Murphy. brother of John Murphy. |
Who died IN the mine. was seen by 4 re.
porter vesterdav afternoon. DannarrowIy |
escanedd death on the 5OO.foot level. He
was found at the reeidence Of John LYON. |
and though suffering accutely from the gas
and smoke inhaled in getting out OF Che |
mine. he willingly Submitted TO be inter.
Waved.
He sa;d. M brother John had a family
Of a wife and eight children. He
vas ahonn 35 wears Of AGE. and had resided |
about ionr years in Butte. I think he |
was working ON the 7OO-foot level. instead of |
5OO.foot level. "a reported. / have not |
,een him since Last night. when he went
DOWN in the nina. ioor bowl He's d, ad. |
course. and IL the mine foods I fear bis
BODY will never be recovered"
Matt. Hnllivan was foundi In hia cabin in
Dublin pulcb. in bad suffering great misery
rom the eas and smoke inhaled into his |
ungs. He refused to make any statement. |
INTO siience' He was wholly alone at the
lime the reporter called. His condition
certainly demands a nurse, and some one
,bould see that his needs are supplied.
Last evening II was learned that an in.
,p easo ee Of the 81 t ia books dis.
.i,,sad nat Eve additionaI men Remained
for. and it was considered
certain that nine instead OF
i've men nerished. This information was
aimed from the time.keeper and a gentle.
nan connected with the Anaconda mine.
A MINER reporter overheard q CONVERSE
ion between these gentlemen and several
listened Quietly and learned
nat in checking of the a roll late yes.
;erdsy afternoon the names OF five addi.
;iopal men were found. The men could
be found and the s%upposition is that
he, were at work in the 7OO-foot level,
failed to esca pe, It is barely possible
r at tine missing men NAV be found, but
at their boarding houses and &C.
,ustomed haunts r. suited in finding no
race OF them. Their names could not be
earned last evening, since the timekeeper
.ould no be found. i
When the alarm was sounded yesterday
morning the mournful cadence of the
carried conviction OF q grave
i;saster with them. Ever, body appeared
o grasp the situation instinctively, and
n thirty minutes hundreds OF hurryiDg
miners, followed by scores OF anxious Ctr
,ens, were headed Tor the mine along tne
track and trail, and rapidly
ealing the steep hill leading to
he Anaconda. They reached the
and in breathless haste
into the hosting works
r. gathered around the shafts. A heavy
,olume OF smoke rolling up from beneath
he cages left no doubt as to the nature Of
;he disaster, and with marvellous rapidity
news spread that the Anaconda and
i. Lawrence mines were on fire. The
urther statement that a large . per OF
..so,a aronsad erc;tement