The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-16
THREE NARROW ESCAPES.
BuIIion-Beck Directors in Wreck
Of Building.

| Messrs. Knox, Bamberger and Beck,
| of the directory Of the Bullon-Beck
and Champion Mining company, are
! back from their trip of inspection to
Eureka. The gentlemen made a
thorough inspection of the properties
of the company and came very nearly
making an inspection OF an entirely
different character. AS a matter of
fact, they had very narrow escapes
with their lives, this being especially
the case with Mr.. Banlberger, who is
now confined to his bed by reason of
bruises received in a fail.
As announced on Wednesday morning
the three gentlemen went out to
! Eureka on Tuesday afternoon and the
next day went over the mill properties
of the company and through the mines,
ending up at the old plant at Romans
vile, which is now being dismantled.
They had walked through tho building
which is hoored with 300 pound cast
iron plates, several times, but always
singly, and there Gid not seem to be
any danger except from overhead,
where the worllmen were engaged in
removing the upper portion of the
works. When about ready to take their
departure, however, the gentlemen
turned for a last walk through the
structure and this time Knox and Bam-
berger were together, with Beck not
many steps behind. Il was not known
at THE time that the workmen had re-
moved the brick piers which gave The
necessary support to the iron floor
plates and the combined weight of the
two gentlemen was too much for the
lickety old shell. Hardly had Knox
and Bamberger taken three steps, in
side Of the door before the several plates
in their immediate vicinity went down
r1-i+l oil IN on
borhood of eighteen feet. Among them
went Bamberger and then Beck, who
was unable to save himself, even when
he saw that a fall was imminent. by q
lucky movement Mr.. Knox secured hold
on the inside boards of the building
and thereby saved himself from a fall
AS soon as the great dust raised by
the fail had cleared away, Knox and
the workmen made a rush fer tha cell
lar, in which they found both Bamber-
ger and Beck down among the plates
and rubbish. The latter had sustained
no injury ether than scratched hand,
but Mr.. Banroerger was injured about
the head and body. Very fortunately
none of the plates fell upon him, or
his death would have been certain
Upon being extricated Mr.. Bamberger
was at once taken over tn Eureka and
his cuts and bruises received atten-
ton at the hands OF a physician. AS
a result of the fail the gentleman is now
confined to his bed, although it is
hardly thought that any of the injuries
are serious in their character. 1t is
more stiffness and soreness than any
thing else. The escape of ali three
gentlemen was extremely narrow.
The ore production of the Bec.a and
the Almo is being considerably in
creased. On Wednesday al previous
records were broken, 40 mine cars of
ore being taken out of the properties,
both of which are looking very well.
About one-third Of the masonry work
on the reservoir has now been com
pieted, and the excavation for the new
mill is progressing rapidly Part of
the mill site Will be blasted out OF the
solid rock on the hillside. The Rio
Grande Western is putting in its switch
TO the mill.