St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-15

Cameron was son of Capt. Cameron,
In charge. Cooking was single, support
ing a widowed mother. Pope leaves
wife and one child; the wife was at the
mouth Of the shaft with his dinner, and
saw the terrible fall of her husband and
his comrades Odgers leaves wife and
several children. Hicks was single, aged
twentv-four. Edno's age was forty, and
he was married Wuopia leaves wife
and three children. Levitto was
widower. Trevni leaves a wife and
three children. Sullivan was single,
aged forty. Thousands Of people were
around the shaft all day. No inquest
has been held as yet.
Thesmen were aboard a skip used III
hosting rock, and when the load OF
hunau freight reached the surface, the
engineer did not stop it in tins, but it
went to TIN! top of the derrick, when it
broke loose and went back with crash
TO the bottom of the shaft. There is no
way of reaching the bottom nor getting
the dead men out except by going
through another shaft half mile away,
30 that 1t was nearly three hours before
the true state of affairs could be ascer-
tanned. and it will be towards morn
ing before tie bodies can be
brought to the surface. 1t is necessary
toShoist them $50 feet by ropes to reach
the level of the next shaft, then carried
nearly half mile through the drifts,
and then hoisted by the man car.
Twelve wont down this morning, but
one of them was attacked by sickness,
and was sent up, accompanied by one
of his comrades.
Sunday at tEae Mines.
Never in the history of copper-mininR
has so serious an accident occurred as
that which happened at the Calumet
and Hecla mine today. Sunday work
in the mines is only done in the line OF
repairs to machinery and timbering uE
the walls on the shaft, to admit
miners to drill and blast week days
The ten men killed today
went down in the morning to tim
Der, and had worked all the forenoon
When noon came they stepped into the
skip to be hoisted 3, $50 feet to the sur
face to get their dinners. The time II
being hoisted is only minute by the
powerful engines used. Ernest Tullln
very reliable engineer, says his lndI-
Gator showed 750 feet more to hoist. L
must have failed to respond. The cage
went crushing through the roof OF thu
shaft house. There was crashing of tim
bers. SoIhething must give way. The
coupling tin to the wire cable broke
and some of the miners must have beer
crushed. IThen the bucket fell will
lightning velocity over 5000 fee
to the bottom of the shaft. Although
thousands of miners and persons
of all trades and profession
gathered around the fatal shaft, al
was painfully silent. The terrible ia
tality seemed to have OveraWed them
1t will be another day before Mine In
spector Hall and the cOroner's jury ca
gather the evidence required and max
the investigation that the miners eH
pect shall be made. General Manage
Whiting and Superintendent Dunca
feel terribly over the awful responS
biffty which this has thrust on them.
President Alexander AgasslZ, tn
great naturalist, is due here tonight O
his semi-annual visit, having just re
turned from the West Indian ocear
He will be waited on by the miner!
who know him to be deeply soil
citous about the safety of the miners
Did the indicator fail to work--fail
Inform the engineer when the cage ha
reached the surface, as he says, or di
he become careless and fail to stop tn
engine at the proper moment? Thes
are the questions that are being aSke
and the investigation is expected
determine.