Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-10-05

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Wttha terrific ru<h the waters Of the
N~schigaaaee river hrol~ through Is bel
weakened ~ mining. inss the Mans
Eeld mine. between . and 10 o'clock
last night. drswniaE swenty~frht men
IL were ne work directly UNDER the
eavsfn There were ~sprsv-six us<n IA
the nins when the a@eil~us occurred.
but eixhte~a Of whom escaped
None of the bs.Iie~ have br~n ressyw-
erred aad il i believed IL viii be n<ers-
sarv ~ divert the channel II the river
before they can be secured
The news was slow In reaching The
outside world The n.ear~-s telegraph
osier = at Crystal FafIA six miles
away. and though a railroad track
runs into the Mansfield mine camp il
was only used 10 haul cut ore and to
bring in supplies A courier carried
the news 20 Crystal Falls late last
night. but not until this morning was
Il sent abrrad
IL II believed ~ have hsrn the worst
disaster that evvr o-scurred IA the lake
Superior frpu rexinu.
Whea The nixhs shin went on duty IL
WIS uesierA hat n,sre water was caus-
ing ints the nine than usual bat M
alarm was hels ~ those as the pump-
a. they managed 10 keep the drifts
frv~
Tbs msuer~ pursued their work ss ga
every aighf when they started tn TO
pass 4 twelve hoars unsE~r ground
e~arninx bread fpr their familix@
Sustieniv. a sew minutes after .
o'clock, there was a loud report AMI an
overDnsrerfnw rush ot water. and the
men teir themselves overwhelmed By
an avalanche Of ore and water. -
fast came the enss.i that il i aeubtfaI
whether the men IA sh~ uposr levels
had time - arvp their tools ansf run
tcr their lives to the elf shaft Had
any u them reached the perp~nsticu-
lar Spruinx. however. IL woulsf have
s~xailest them nothing. ssr shis shaft.
known A. ~ot.f w T. collapsed A.
~'ssa a. the water reached Il ani IN
dernninxd Is has<
This oeeurresf at prevfsely srs0. AMI
e WIS then known - tho=e in charge
q b rine that the useu IN the upper
ievsl bad been trapped and drawns,t
IKE rats By an 4ceisient whieh haat
hing b.~n eSp~etesE Had there
he~u time The men might hav.
dess~nsted ~ ssme a tg the
lygSer IeveGs ansf -eru-s~si a~er u
NN . but the tn~-rushing Bod came
toa fss. ansi 9 s Thought that mn-s
Of th<m met d-asA within i've minutes
AFTER tine hr~ak ass-nrr~st
The men a. work IN ne Issvxwr levels
were wawusd IN tirnse 10 escape n Sew
niaHre> after . srebusx they heard an
~ornfHaus raar. amt at ono. sFspeesing
shs eaus.s. aroppsst their picks amt fed
FIR their 8xeS The water. pursuing
A. IL 4af the devious course necessary
in running fru4m ons level - another.
was already ankle deep in the loxer
tevelS saen the msn rraehsss the shafs.
aad were dra xn up frum what seemed
certain dsath
The n%ws Of the disaster sped On
<wift wings shrvaghaaE the Little ham
les. n a Wild cry vf alarm was voiced
BY the Inhabitants a. shev rushed from
their hssxnes ant gathered about the
shaft jHst ~ the LAST a OF eighteen
men was brought 10 the surface alive
when the canse Of the accident was
explained Ia the ANXIOUS InquirerS n
cry Of horr0r went up a. they realized
that the long expected and much
Dreaded aerisient hail taken place at
last. anil brought with il the results
- b5u< feared By the wives and moth
sr~
There was a call for volunteers.
whieh was ut once answered. 70 de-
send the emily available shaft and sue
err. IL possible. any man who might
possibly be s1uad alive. But the Guar
age AMI strong inseas Of the hardy
miners was Of no avail. as the waters
had aIreudy reached the lower levels
ansI the angry roar which greeted the
would-b. ressuers as they Peered over
into the dark channel at oner pre-
eiuied all hope Of rescue. and the
sweuty-efght men were given up
All night the water poured into its
a%w-fognd bsst. and not until . O'Clock
this raoruing did il resume its natural
esurse after having effeetualiy filed
every cavity OF the great mine.
The death Of these twenty-eight men
marks the end Of the Mansfield mine.
for unless the river can he forced %
see< another channel the bodies can
not be secured. nor eaz rkis rich de-
posIt 0f irun Gre be worked again
The Mansfield mine Is sisuatesf on
the banks az the Michigamex river.
about SIX miles east Of Crystal Falls.
| the county seat Of Iron county. and
/ has been worked between three and
four years and has shipped about 81,
eco tons Of bsss@mer ore. The depres-
siou IN the iron trade has closed prae-
tiealty all the mines In the Crystal
Falls district. and the Mansfield was
almost the oaly one frum which any
ore was being raised. the fine quality
of it, product enabling il To keep on
working. The ore lenses dipped rap
idly beneath the stream. and for more
than two wears the chief workings
have been directly under the bed of
the river
There has been much trouble with
water, snd predictions have not been
wanting shat the river would some
day break through the roof Of the
mine
THE VI cTrNs.
The following IS a list Of the 10
men
w H Pierce Ole Carlson
; Johnson Joseph KoIlz-
n Harrington John Holistruun.
A Fordsandi b Fortinat0
$ Peters John Kirppu-
= Inhu<uu Ionu Rzufabn