The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-28
ACCIDENTS AT BUTTE.
Two Miners Narrowly Escape Being
Killed.

Charles Warner fell four floors il
the Bell mine about 4:30 o'clock yes
terday morning and sustained injurie:
which will probably prove fatal. say.
the Anaconda Standard The acciden
occurred on the fourth floor of the 900
foot level, where Warner and his part
ner, John Hyland, were working on the
center ledge. There was a chute neal
/ where they were at work and there
were two 10-inch blanks across the
opening, on which the wheelbarroN
was run, leaving an opening about Is
inches wide on the footwall side an6
two feet on the hanging wall side
The men were waiting for tally al
the time and Warner was sitting or
the Dlanks on the footwall side, with
his feet dangling in the chute His
partner reminded him of two sticks OF
powder that had been brought up, but
not used, and he started to get up and
go after them. He raised himself or
his arms and in so doing he lost his
balance and fell straight down the
chute. His partner FASTENED to the
chute opening and informed the men
on the 900-foot level of Warmers fall
There were about two carloads of
waste in the bottom of the chute and
this had TO be taken out before the
man could be reached. He was found
head downward in the chute and was
perfectly unconscious when taken out.
There is an offset in the chute at the
first floor, so that Warner only fell
about four sets. 1t is supposed that he
struck the offset on his feet and turned
over and struck the waste at the bot
tom of the chute on his head.
He was removed Immediately to the
Sisters hospital, where an examina-
ton of his injuries showed that he was
very badly hurt. He sustained a
partial conclusion of the brain and
severe internal injuries, which. it is
thought, will result in his death He
was splitting blood all day yesterday
and the physicians have very slim
hopes of his recovery. Strange to say,
no bones were broken and the only
external injury was a cut on the back
of the head and bruise on his Shout
ders where he landed on the pile of
waste at the bottom of the chute
Deputy State Mine Inspector Frank
Hunter investigated the accident i'm
mediately after it occurred and he
found the facts to be as stated above
He attributes the accident to Warmers
own careleSSneSs. He was working
his first shift on the 900 and had pre-
viously been working on the 1000.
Warner is about 45 years old and has
been boarding at the City hotel in
OOulI Butte he is not KNOWN 10
have any relatives in the city.
Joe Polkinhorn fell seven floors,
distance of nearly 80 feet, through a
chute in the Mountain View mine a
little after II o'clock yesterday morn
ing, and while he fell nearly twice as
far as Warner, he escaped fatal in
jury. He was working in a stope
seven sets above the 700-foot level and
he was going off work for supper when
he fell. There are two offsets in
the chute, one at the second
floor and another at the fifth, and
these broke his fall and doubtless
saved his life. DR.. McChimmon at
tended him at the mine and he was
taken to the B. & NJ. hos
pital. He sustained two broken ribs,
two scalp wounds on the back of his
head and a badly bruised back. He is
about so years old and lives in Walker
Vile Deputy Mine Inspector Hunter
the accident and secured
the information given above.