The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-16
Engineers Bllldsr
Killed Joseph Boiieau
at St. Lawrence
Shaft
I'm the Anaconda Mine. Me- MT
,yskcne. m BROKEN Guides Fell on the
Mead OF David a. acElr"y Who
May Recover.

The Butte Daily Inter Mountain OF
Tuesday, contains an account of a blum
der made by the hosting engineer at the
st. Lawrence shaft OF the Anaconda
mine, hy which one Joseph BoIleau, gen
orally known as Waters, was killed.
1t appears that Waters was the sta
ton tender, whose duty it was TO be on
the cage when the men were being low
cred to work-their being two cages, one
an each compartment az a counter bal
ance. The Iuter-Mountain says; The
east cage had gone down to the
1,OOO-foot level with a load OF men
and in charge OF Waters, while the west
cage was being loaded with men for the
same level Waters, after unloading his
cargo OF human freight at the 1,0OOfoot
level gave the engineer the signal to hoist
him 10 the surface Maloney, the engineer,
cIutched inand lowered the west cage
while he hoisted Waters on the east one.
When the west cage touched the chairs at
the l 900, the east cage was perhaps 20 or
rs feet from the surface. Maloney threw
the west clutch ont aud then applied
full head OF steam TO the engine. He was
apparently unmindiul of the fact that
the east cage was near the surface and
the next instant under the powerful pres
sure che cage shot up IN the sheaves.
The ascent Of the cage was suddenly
Il - .Nf fha upI-
lows frame and Waters was thrown
with frightfnl force against the timbers
and an instant later fell to the iron turn
sheet around the collar of the shalt.
Death was probably instantaneous, for
when picked up it was found his neck
was broken and bis head badly bruised
by having come in contact with the lever
that controls the chairs at the surface.
When the cage went up into the
sheaves, portion OF the guides was torn
away and one OF the pieces fell on the
head of David A. McEiroy, who was
awaiting the cage TO go down, producing
a conclusion of the brain. He was re-
moved TO the Sisters hospital and may
recover"
Here ia another death which might
perhaps, have been prevented if Walkers
patent attaching hooks, so much in use
al England, had been in use at the St.
Lawrence shaft
Ii il claimed by some that these at
taching hooks even if they operate sue
in Eogland, could not be used
at such shafts as the Tamarack and
probably at the Anaconda, where hoist
iug is done at such rapid rate. On the
other hand we are informed by people
who know how these detaching hooks
work in the north OF England, that they
would be success, even at such mines
as the Tamarack, for although hosting
while the cage is at great distancefrom
che surface is certainly much swifter than
in the coal pits OF the north OF England,
IL is not when the cage approaches the
surface, and consequently il Walkers de-
Caching hooks are found to work well in
England they would at the mines here.
IL their is any sort OF a chance of their
being a success here they should be
worthy OF trial, for a mans life should
cot be put in the balance against the
cost of trying how these hooks would
work at these swift hoisting mines.