The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-07-31
WAS KILLED N L R0l MM..
LOUIS A. DuNxIE CRUSHED.

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Rosslana, b, c.. July 2S.-.Louis A.
Dunkle. superintendent OF the lie Roi
mine. was instantly killed by q cave.
IN on the e00.foot level OF the mine.
Two timbermen. william L. Mcdonald
and Daniel Gum. were buried In the
same mass of rock, hut were extrt.
Gated alive and practically unhurt.
Their escape was miraculous.
The Incidents attending the fatality
are OF the most sensational nature.
and the terrible event has caused 4
gloom throughout the city that 10 al.
most unprecedented. At the lie Roi
connection was being made between
the 700 and the 600 foot levels, ana tnA
men were removing the sill foor Of the
700 level The work had been under
way for several days, but the results
were unsatisfactory. Tho Slopes ON
the GOO foot level were filled with
Thousands OF tons Of loose waste rock,
left after the ore had been extractAd.
and this was bearing down upon the
timbering OF the floors beneath II an
ominous manner, causing the timbers
to thew and shift.
Instructions were saeued to bulkheAd
1t close intervals. hut even this did
not appear to have the desired erect.
It Was essential In order 10 save the
ore yet unstoped ON the TOO foot level.
that the siii hoor should be maintained
intact. and Superintendent Dunkle had
been underground for many hours per.
sonally looking after the placing Ii
position Of timbers. Al an early hour
this morning he waa on the aill nOor
OF the 700 foot level with three msn.
while gang Of ID men were doing
similar work on the twelfth Aoor,
about 20 feet below. Despite the tim.
bering, II became evident that the aoor
would not hold. and ~ 4 last resort an
effort was made to blast an opening
that would permit the vast to escape
through the waste shoot into lower
levels thus relieving the weight above
and STRENGTHENING the supports be.
meath. The shoot became thoked. and
shot was placed to dislodee the boul.
ders and timbers forming the ohtaurc-
ton. The shot failed to explode. and
Mr.. Dunkie went back with his two
men to rclight the fuse. stating that II
Il failed to relieve the situation he
would abandon the effort to save the
level.
While the trio were within the dan
ger sone the floor gave way and catA
clysm Of rock. timhcrs and debris
poured In upon them with Z roar and
crash that rcsounded through N,
miles Of mine workings. The mas
was not less than 100 feet long ant
contained thousands OF tons OF mn
terial. the AGGREGATION of years o
work In the upper levels.
The men were at the center OF stht
slide. and Mr.. Dunkle was caught Ii
the avalanche and crushed to death
, Mcdonald and Gum escaped practical
ly unhurt.
The men In the floors beneath heart
|. the crash. and the thrush Of air al
/. most blew them out to the station
! They Immediately left the workings
fearing that the straininE and cracking
timbers above amgured further cave
in. When II was seen that the timber
would stand the weiaht they returne,
and plans for rescue were immedi
= ately formed. MANAGER Mackenzie
Q was summoned. and Shift Bosses Jo
] Thorne and Fred Whitman headed tn
. relief marty. They set to work amids
1 the grinding mass. not knowing wha
= instant another and even more disas
| tro,,s avalanche would occur.
Manager Mackenzie discovered
:. small aperture near the footwall Of tn
I stope, and wormed his way In until h
heard a shout from the center Of tn
r great mass. Stimulated by tho know
edge that at least two Of the men wer
4 alive, the rescuers laborcj like mad
:. men. and three and a hAN hours CITE
the slide they took out Mcdonald an
Gum. The men were pinned lown
great timbers. several t0Inch halts =,
- curing to be sawh through at the In
!. minent risk of the rescuers' lives. Ne
= Their man was seriously injured.
Half an hour later Mr. Dunklc
!, body was discovered. but IL hour
q elapsed before II could be reached an
released. Death must have been Il
Simultaneous, from the nature OF h
wounds.
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