The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-20
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
Andrew Rosette Lost His Life in
the Original Mine.
THE CAGE CABLE PARTED
The Unfortunate Miner Wa Dropped
$50 Feet to the Bottom of the
Shaft-ais Back Was
Broken.

A terrible accident. the first of its
kind that has happened in h camp
for a long time, occurred yesterday
afternoon in the Original mine and cost
Andrew Rosette, one of the mine en-
ployes, his life. The cable of the cage
in which Rosette was riding to the sur
face parted and dropped hin $50 feet
to the bottom OF the shaft. breaking his
back. He lived about three hours. The
accident occurred about 2 o'clock in
the afternoon. Rosette was a timber
mans helper and had just been down
to the I.100-foot level, the bottom of the
shaft, with a load of timbers. He start
ed back with D.. Hancock, a pumpman,
who was going to the LOCO. The cage
was stopped at the 1000 to let Hancock
off, and Rosette then rang for the sur
face. The skip went up the incline SHAFT
till il reached the $50, where the 1-inch
round cable parted. The safety clamps
failed to work and the age dropped
back to the bottom of the shaft at
terrific speed.
The miners working on the LOO
heard the crash of the cage striking
the bottom of the shaft and rushed TO
the station. They knew Rosette had
been aboard and expected to tind him
mangled and dead. To their great sur
| prise they found the cage was not de-
molished, as they expected to n IL,
and Rosette had hold of the handle
bar trying to crawl out. He was con-
scious and said he was not badly in
iured but felt sick. The miners thought
a miracle had happened and thai be-
yond being shocked Rosette was not
badly hurt. They put him in the skip
in the adjoining compartment and sent
him to the surface, and DR.. Wells hos
pital was notified by telephone. DIR.
Wells was engaged in an operation at
the time and sent DIR. Lobb TO the
mine. DIR. Lobb found the injured man
lying on his side on The floor of the
shaft house. He was almost pulseless,
n the doctor readily saw that his
condition was much more serious than
the miners supposed. He administered
a stimulant. which increased the respi-
ration, and he then ordered Rosette re-
moved to the hospital in the ambulance.
At the hospital an examination OF the
mans injuries was at once made. There
were no outward signs of injuries, aside
from a few bruises, and, except the
spinal column, not a bone was broken.
The spinal column was badly fractured,
however. and where the fracture oc-
cured the vertebrate was separated an
inch and a half. Even with this the
hospital surgeons thought the injured
man might have lived but for the ter
rible shock he received. He was given
stimulants, and everything possible was
done for him, but the shock was toe
great for him to urvive il and he died
soon after ) o'clock, after being at the
hospital about two and a half hours.
When Resette reached the hospital he
was unconscious, but recovered his FAC
ulties before he died n talked OF the
accident. He could not, however, give
any idea as to what was the cause OF
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ployed at the View, was no
titled, and went at nee to the hospital
The injured man realized that he coul
not live and told his brother n the
others about him he was going to die,
Soon afterward he passed away very
peacefully. The body vas removed to
Richards undertaking rooms, where
an inquest will be held this evening.
Rosette was a native of Norway. He
was 20 years of age and single. His
brother, Hans, Is the only relative he
has in this country. He has a mother
two sisters and another brother living
at Bergen, Norway, his native home.
Deputy State Mine Inspector Franz
Hunter investigated the accident. H'
stated last evening hat he found
where one of the guides had been splin'
tered about two feet and then for abou
five feet carried away entirely. In hi
opinion the cage coming up struck tn
splintered guide ana the pressure thu'
brought on the cable was greater thar
it could stand n it gave way. The
splintered piece of guide sticking in tbs
top of the cage. he thought, might hav'
had something to do with the failure
of the safety dogs to work, but it die
not prevent them from working en-
tirely, as the teeth of the dogs were
filed with wood. showing they a no
failed entirely. and he is of tls opinion
that had dogs been used of the kinC
which have deeper teeth, the cage
might have stopped. The working o.
the dogs and the piece of splintereC
guide dragging against the side of tn
shaft doubtless accounts for the Gag,
being foun intact without S o much a.