Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-09-09
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Terrible Result Of y Premature Expo
son In Nevada Guich.

Terrible Result Of y Prcmsturo Expo
son In Nevada Guich.
By the premature discharge OF q
blast ut S%ullivan's grading camp In Ne
vada GulcL, twelve miles south OF
DcadN0ol on the Burlington Railroad,
twu'men were Instantly killed, one 8,
horribly mangled that he died afto' an
hours terrible agony and four in ured
SO badly that it is not believed thai any
OF them will recover.
'* hesdcxd are, James Vaughn, Jacob
Campbell AMI Steve Waters. Those
fatally injured are. A. tirOhold, }.
DinkO, A. sole and NJ. liOrtet.
The first three arc Americans. the
others Italians. In addition to these,
four other Italians of the gsng which
numbered fifteen are seriously hurt.
Tho accident was due entirely to mex.
p%eriencc OF the foreman, James Waugh,
IN hand ing explosives. The men had
drilled u hole thirty feet deep in solid
rock and 10 enlarge it 1t the bottom
sufficiently to hold forty kegs of blast
powder, had inserted aud discharged
siAty sticks or thirty pounds Of giant
powder.
This process is one known to all
uIut y, uHu ~ 10 CNltVV CH0m u tus.
After cI%iamberins, however, miners,
always wait at least twenty-fOur hours
for y hole to coot before using black
powdo-. Vaughn, lacking common
sense enough to know that the giant
powder had heated the rock to q high
temperature, did not wait half an hour
before he commenced pouring IN black
powder. lie had emptied two kegs and
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explosion occurred. The bodies Of
Vaughn and Campbell we're literally
torn to pieces and were scattered over
two or three acres OF ground. Waters
lim BIS were broken AMI the flesh loos-
ened from all his bones by the concus-
sion. lie lived On hour III terrible suf-
fering.
IL Is not believed any OF the other
four mentioned can survive. They
suffered terribly until surgeons from
Deadwood reached the seem three
hours after the accident
Y Gather md Crops.
The following extracts are from Bull
letin No. 81, issued from the United
States Weather Bureau at Huron,
based upon crop reports from twenty
Ell: Int counties in South Dakota, Tor tho
week ending August 20:
The weather during tho greater part
OF tho week has not been favorable for
stacking and thrashing. Copious show
ers have fallen throughout the state.
Heavy showers are reported from Bon
Hemme, Clark, Day. Grant, Hutchin-
son., Hyde, Meade, MinDehahs. Pcnning-
ton and lankton Counties. Cool
weather has checked somewhat the
rapid growth of corn. Reports show
that occasional light showers and .
COOL amount OF warm, snnshiny
weather, continuing until September
II, will insure this crop.
If these conditions prevail, tho Yield
will be we'll up to the average. In ali
OF the southern and southeastern coun.
ties the harvesting of small grains is
completed. In the northern and mid
die counties harvesting Is nearly over.
Reports Indicate that flax has been do
ing remarkably well aud Is nearly
ready for cutting. An excellent crop
OF milIet is everywhere reported.
~Stockmen report an excellent pastur-
z for the winter. The absence OF
high winds and hail storms during tho
past week has been noticeable.