The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-10-04
A NINE HORROR.
Terrible Disaster in the Orc Re-
giors of Michigan.
The Mansfield Mine Caves In Upon tho
workrrcn and Twenty-elsht Livesare
Lost The Mine Flooded and AL
Escape Cut on.

IsHrrsuYG, Mich, Sept, 9o-A heavy
fall of ground occurred at the Mans
field mine, near Crystal Falls yesterday
morning, entombing sixty men, with
but little or no chance Of escape. The
water at this mine raises fast the ore
being soft and the chances Of rescuing
any of the unfortunates alive are very
poor. The situation is awful, and the
scene around the large caye-in is heart
rending. A rescuing party is doing
everything possible to reach the poor
fellows, with little hope Of reaching
them
A dispatch from Crystal Falls states
that the Mansfield mine is seven miles
east of that village on the Menominee
range. The main shaft Of the mine ex-
tends under the Michigamme river, and
when the CAVERN occurred 1t turned
the stream into the mine, flooding II
almost instantly. There were sixty
men working in the mine when the dis
aster occurred, and Of this number M
teen made their escape. II Is not
thought possible that any OF the re-
manning forty-five men can be rescued
alive.
EscANABA, Sept. SO.-The latest ac-
counts from the mine say that forty
1--we miners were at work in the mine.
Ofthis number twenty-eight are known
10 be dead. The cave-in Is about $50
feet in diameter and the mine is en-
tirely filed with water TO the river
level and it is impossible for any one
TO be alive.
A message from Iron Mountain says;
The mine caved In and the water
rushed in, flooding the mine. Fifty
men were working at the time and only
three were saved. They were working
In a shaft and the force Of the water
and air brought them to the top Most
of the drowned men are Italians and
Welch, all married, as the single mer
were all laid off early in the season
The mine was being worked by Corri
gan, Ives & Co., of Cleveland.
IRoS MOUNTAIN. Mich, Sept So-
The latest information from the scen'
Of the mine disaster states that the nc
cident occurred during the night anC
when the water OF the Michigamm'
river came rushing into the mine tn,
men at work were entrapped like a 10
of rats II Is not possible that any es
capped. Most Of the victims are Cornish
men and nine-tenths of them are mel
with large families. This fact lend
additional horror TO what is one OF tn
worst disasters which has ever befalle
the mining industry in the upper pc
rinsula. The number Of the victims
now placed ut thirty-seven. Manshel
il an isolated station on the Chicago
Northwestern road. The greatest 81
citement prevails and IL Is almost In
possible TO get connected details Of th
disaster. The wives and children c
the buried miners are rendinR the ai
with their cries and wailing.
J. NJ. Longyear, Of Marquette, is th
principal owner Of the Mansfield iro
mine The mine was the only actiy
one in the Crystal Falls district on n,
count Of its being q producer OF hig
grade Bessemer ore. 1t had a produ
ing capacity of about 10000 tons p'
annum and gave employment to aoo'
100 men. The Mansfield mine hi
always been considered dangero'
one TO work in and disaster has ofte
been predicted.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Sept 3O.-Tl
mine inspector Of Iron county will co
duct most rigid investigation TO n
certain the cause of the disaster at Il
Mansfield mine. The vein Of ore W
only sixteen feet wide and the natu
Of the ground was such that exper
say IL was easy 70 afford an easy su
port to the hanging wall Of the min
II will be impossible TO ever recov
the bodies Of the men, who died Ii
rats in trap. The Mansfield mi
syas flooded in the lower level by wat
last spring, and while in this conditi
the ore pillars in the upper levels we
removed, II is alleged by order Of
superintendent. This no doubt HI
tened the collapse and prevented ma
OF the unfortunate miners from escI
ing. Already talk Of suits for damal
against the operators by relatives
the dead men is being heard. I
money loss will be 5000, 900.