Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-05
FLOODED A MINE.
an Awful Disaster Near Crystal
Falls laish.

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Ewe.k Ssappsrt. dive wayaAnd the Mlchl-
n ganame river Pours eIntD the ATans-
field Shaft Twenty-Eisht
Miners Perish.
DROWNED LIKE EATS
CRYSTAL FALLS. Mich. Oct. 9. =
With a roar and ruah the waters of the
Michigamme river broke through the
Mansfield mine shortly after O'Clock
Thursday night, drowning twenty
eight of the employees at work directly
under the stream. The eighteen men
who escaped were employed in the
lower levels. The accident occurred
between 9sand 10 O'clock but did not
become known until later. None of
the bodies have been recovered and it
is believed it will ben cessary todiyert
the channel of the river before they
can be secured.,ss r. So :.
Following is correct listof the dead;
Sam Peters. married; James Strong.
man. married.: W. n. Pierce, married;
Swan johnson. Mike Harrington, frank
| Rookie. Al Torresani, Frank johnson,
Sam johnson. Shellimo Zadra, Peter Turry,
Mtcelo lFontant, Charles Pohl. married; John
Regula. Ole Carlson, married; Joe Kola mar.
ried: John HolmstrOm. Rose. Fortunate, John
kisshe, John Randalass John Warner, Oscar
Lundquist, Chris Arcangelo Anto Stefano,
August Cologna Q. CONSTANT, Vigilis zadra,
CeIesu Negri,
The Mansfield mine is situated on the
banks ofsthe MiehiGammesriyer, about
8 miles cast Of Crystal ais, the county
seat 81 Iron! punty. 1T bassbeeh work
ing between three and four years and
has shipped about SO, 900 tons Of Bes-
semer ore. The ore lenses dipped rap
idly beneath the stream and for more
than two years the chief work
ingsS have been directly under the
bed of the river. There has baen
much trouble with water and predic-
tions have not been wanting that the
river. would some day break through
thesrpof of the mine.
- The first level was IS, feet belowthe
bed Of the river. The lower levels. five
in number, ran parallel with the first,
the sixth, or: bottom level, being 428
feet below the surface of the water.
In the process of.mining all the levels
save the sixth have been stopped out,
leaving. only titnbers and pillars of ore
to bear the weightHof the floors of ore
above. The generally accepted theory
asst osthe cause of She disaster is that
the timbers on the fifth level gave way
and allowed the levelssabove and at
last the river to crash down upon the
| fated men.
The night shift had gone down, and
| though some one noticed that more
water than usual was coming into the
mine no special alarm was felt, as the
pumps seemed to be alberto keep the
| drifts free. So the work went on in
it's usual course until the roar Of water
made Il the first announcement of
danger Sosfasts came the flood that it
is doubtful 1.-THE men IN the upper
levels were able to reach the. shaft at
sall s
Most Of the survivors were at work
on the bottom level, which was not
| stopped out, and therefore did not cave.
Andrew Sullivan, night boss, was
on this level and heard the crash
above. He OWNED what had hap
pened and called to his men to
follow him up the ladder-way.
The draft caused by the cave
extinguished their lights and the men
were compelled to feel their way
through the. darkness. All but four
men on tbs level reached the ladder.
way in safety and the ascent was be.
gun. When the men reached Z the
fourth level torrent of water poured
down the shaft. The men could
proceed, but could breathe only al
the landings as the several levels were
reached, so great was the pressure
caused by the influx Of water. They
were nearly dead when they reached
the surface Their four comrades re
manned on the sixth level, their avenue
of escape having been cut off by thu
4 water. ~. zss5S 81 s. 81
Tony Buletto, the skip-tender at tn.
fourth level, was, standing near ths
shaft with Frank Rocco, night boss
or foreman, when the first crash came
They knew what had happened ant
anticipated the results but Rocco hero
ically refused to go up in the skip unit
he had warned his men of the danger
imminent He went back into the drift
and persisted with~his comrades. Bullet
to came to. the surface in the skip anl
is the only man who went to work or
the fourth level last night left to tel
the story.
The scene at the mine location ha!
been heartrending. Weeping wome1
and crying children have crowded UP
to the gaping pit to view the last rest
ing place of husband and father. Th,
spot has been visited by thousands 0:
curious people throughout the day, anG
the tragic event Isl the one topic Of dis
cnssion in the Lake Snperiory country
No specific censure of the mining com
pany is being manifesteA
MARQUETTE, Mich. Sept. 3O.-Joh1
M. Longyear, of this city, is one Of tn,
chief owners of the Mansfield min,
property. He said that; the land hal
been leased to Calhoun s. Tenney, 8
Chicago, and that they had formed tn,
Mansfield Mining company Mr.: Long
years belief is that the disaster wa!
caused by ''robbing" the mine; that is
by working in reckless manner ant
tearing down pillars Of ore in the. upper
levels that should have been left to sup
port the roof.
The mine Inspector of Iron county
will conduct a most rigid investigation
to ascertain the cause Of the. disaster al
the Mansfield mine. SIS sSs 81
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
The Murderer of an 11.Yenr-Old Cir
Commits suicide. 2
CINCINNATI, Oct. 2-At Williams.
berg, Clermont county, o., Thursday
night, Milo Wilson, laborer. shot
and killed Iva Warman, aged III
years, because her parents objected
to. his attentions. to the child. The
murder was deliberately done in the
| presence at the girls mother, and the
body of the murderer has been found
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