The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-03-13
A FRIGHYFUL FALL .
How Miner Anthony Horau
Lost His Life.
FELL DOWN A DEEP SLOPE
A Broken Bell Wire Caught tho Unfortun-
ale Mass Clothing and Dragged His
From the Ascending Cags-His CsmpAH-
isAs Were Paralyzsd by Terror.
Special to EVENING HERALp.

opcClal 70 EVENING - hhALD.
Boston RUN, March ia frightful
accident occurred at the Boston Run
colliery last evening. Anthony Horau,
well known and respected miner Of this
place, was precipitated down the slope and
his body was picked up shapeless mass
at the bottom.
The unfortunate man had a fall Of
about six hundred feet
The slope is of such pitch that cages
are used in it. The pitch varies from five
to sixty degrees,
After completing their days work
Horan and nine other men got upon the
cage to ascend to the surface and go to
their homes
The cage had travelled more than two
thirds up the slope and Horan was con
versing pleasantly with one of the group
Of men beside him when suddenly there
was a rattling sound like piece Of metal
striking against other metal. Almost
at the same instant Horan threw up his
arms, gave a startling yell that struck
terror to the hearts OF the other men on
the cage, and then disappeared down
into the dark depths Of the slope.
The whole thing transpired like a flash
the men on the cage seemed paralyzed by
the awful occurrence and were unable to
realize the situation in time to help their
unfortunate fellow worker.
Horan's body went whirling down the
terrible depth and was found horribly
mangled several hundred feet below.
The cause of the accident appeared to
be mystery for a time but after the
officials of the mine and the men who
were on the cage with the victim recovered
from the shock an investigation was
made and it was found that broken bell
wire had prOtruded in such manner that
| As the cage passed up the wire became
Ion offlrn nfri rial Nf1s m 1l,N
hlm from the cage.
Horan was a man about ~ years of age
and left large family
| Last night one of the men who were on
| the cage at the time of the accident said :
| "Horan was the last rlSr tu get on the
cage as we started up the pump slope He
| stood up in the little space behind the
| last seat. When we had gone perhaps
twenty yards up the slope the bell wire
was pulled twice and the cage stopped
The signal was probably given by some
miner below, as many have fashion Of
running up and signaling the cage to
come down without looking to see
whether it is on the upward or downward
| trip. This pull probably broke the wire
| for when we again started, we noticed it
was loose. After we passed the first lift the
broken wire commenced to twist itself in
the car wheels and a big loop fell over us
| All hands ducled their heads and bodies
| to avoid the wire. Whether HOran was
caught and pulled from the cage, or lost
his balance, | couldn't say it happened
| too quick.
Conrad Smith, who stood beside Horan
when the accident happened, could not
say what caused Koran to fall.
The deceased was born in Ireland and
! came to this country when quite q young
man. He married in Boston Run, where
| he has since resided and raised family OF
| eight children, four sons, John, Thomas
Michael and William, and four daughters
| Celia, Nellie, Mamie and Julia, whose
ages range from two to twenty-five years
of age.
Horan was a great favorite among all
who knew him and was a genial, honest
and would run up for pat on the head
| from the big, whole.soued man, as he
returned from his work every night.