The Globe-republican., 1891-04-01
DASHED TO DEATH.
-Four Mem Killed n . Salt Mine u Lyons,
Kan.-Fatal Railroad Accident In Wlacoar

-Four Mem Killed n . Salt Mine s4 Ly0nss
Kan.-Fatal Railrosd Accident In Wiaco0-
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LYONS, Kan, March ga horrible
accident, by which four lives were lost,
occurred at the Lyons Rock Salt Co. s
mines at this place at 4 o'clock this
morning.
The miners came up for luncheon at
3:15 a. m. and started down again at
3:45. Four men were in the bucket,
over which is travelling guide weigh
ing some 600 pounds. During the
luncheon interval the snow and sleet
had accumulated on the guides and the
traveller stuck at the shafts mouth,
while the bucket with four men in it
was descending.
An instant later the traveller became
loosened and with the speed of thun-
derbolt overlook the unsuspecting MIN
ers about 500 feet down the shaft The
traveller, heavy oak frame, was
smashed to pieces, instantly killing
every man in the bucket, scattering
blood and brains over the timbers in
the shaft.
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the miners climbed down the bunting
to learn the cause and saw sight that
would freeze the blood in the stoutest
heart.
Two of the victims had the backs Of
their heads cut off completely from the
eyes to the base of the skull Three
were disembowled, one of them was de-
capitated and another was totally un-
recognizable. Scarcely bone was left
unbroken in any of them. The names
of the men are: Thomas Beach, mar
ried; Nels Van Brocklin. married;
Thomas McCandless, single; Fred A.
Miller, single.
Beach leaves wife and five children,
one babe. Van Brocklin leaves a wife
and three children.
Manager Webb is away in the east,
but Superintendent Jesse Arnsworth is
doing all in his power for the afflicted
families and relatives.
The remains of Miller and Beach will
be buried by the l. o. o. and Nc
Candle by the Sons Of Veterans to-mor-
row.
BAD RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, March ga Sc
riOus wreck occurred on the North
western road at Racine Junction last
night by which one man was killed,
two dangerously hurt and three others
more or less injured. A mail car, bag
gage car and five freight cars were de-
stroyed by fire. The pecuniary loss is
estimated at $4,000.
The collision occurred at midnight
between a northbound Northwestern
passenger train and a sOuthbound
freight train on the same line. The lat
ter train consisted of sixty-four cars
and was under such Roadway that it
could not be checked sufficiently to al
low sidetracking. Both trains came to-
gether on the main track at the depot
with the above result. Following is
list of the victims:
Willis Andrews, Fond du Lac, fireman
of freight train, killed.
Martin Rae, Milwaukee, freight en-
gineer, probably fatally injured.
Dennis f. Burke, Milwaukee, passen-
ger engineer, dangerously injured.
L T. DeSilva, Chicago, express mes
senger, badly bruised.
John Grobben, Milwaukee, passenger
fireman, badly scalded.
J. Bower, Evanston. ILL.,, assistant
express messenger, burned and cut.
TWO MINERS BLOWN TO PIECES.
CALUMET, March 26.-Two miners
were blown to pieces in the bottom Of
the Tamarack mine, No. l shaft, last
night. The men fred one blast and
had gone into the drift to fire a second
charge. Samuel Hockina, one of the
victims. was married and leaves a
widow and four children. Fred Law
renee, the other, was single. The cause
OF the explosion is unknown.