The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-27
The injured.

The Injured.
James Bullock, body bruised and
Bcslp wounds
In the main shaftiof the mine sixteen
Fuen were being hoisted in the cage
from the sixth, seventh and eighth lev
els. When the cage Tot to the surface
in the shaft house the engineer, for
some reason unexplained, was unable
10 stop the engine and the cage, with
lis load Of human freight, was drawn
up into the gallOws frame, where it be
came lodged temporarily. The strain
on the cable caused it to part, releas-
ing the cage, which went down the
shaft at a terrific momentum. Two of
the occupants Of the cage, however,
had become entangled with the timber
rods near the top of the gallOws frame
and one Of them, l. z. Jackson, was
crushed to death by the sheave wheel
falling upon him. The other, James
Bullock, had a marvellous escape from
death. but received painful injuries He
was rescued from his perilous position
By men in the shaft house
The shift boss and number Of min
ers later went down into the mine
through another compartment Of the
shaft and found that all the fourteen
men who started with the cage on its
wild fight Of 800 feet 10 the bottom
of the SHAFT were dead. their bodies
being scattered at the stations at DIFF
ferent points. Their arms and bodies
were mangled. their heads crushed and
their clothing stripped from their bod
ies. From he 700-toot level to the
bottom the shaft is spattsrcd witt
blood, with 1sere and the-e pieces Of
flesh cllnging 10 projections. At the
bottom of the shaft stands twenty-five
feet Of water, ard into AIS the caSe
of 4faa
RED with the cage into this stump
Manager Thomas Cornish was pros
trated by The news of the accident and
Is unable as yet 10 offer any explana-
ton of the AFFAIR.
4 SQUAD OF military has taken charge
~ the property and citizens viii not
be allowed 10 enter the mine or shaft
house until after a thorough examina-
ti5a Of The machinery has beeo made
by competent engineers.
Frank Gellcse. the engineer in charge
Of. the machinery when the accident
occurred. surrendered himself to the
military and was locked I'D in the
builpeu. He would not express any
opinion as to how the cage got beyond
control Ciellese Is a newcomer in the
district but is said to have been strong
Is recommended as a competent engi-
neev-
Victims Nearly All Newcomers.
Most Of The victims OF the disaster
we're strangers in the district having
coming from the Occur d,Aleue, the
Lake Superior mines and other dis
triets 10 take the places OF strikers
Sin Cripple Creek.
The bodies buried under the cage at
the bottom OF the stump nave not yet
been recovered
Nearly al: the men killed leave wild
ows and children. Harry GeOgen had
a wife and three children, who are IN |
Michigan.
*. 3. Collins was q Baptist minis
ter and preached on Sundays a. Cold
field. He was 38 years old and came
from Cornwall, England. @ few monThs /
ago
Edward Twiggs and Frank Cochrane |
were from the Occur 5'Alene.
The accident is believed TO have been !
due 20 "a defect in the hosting ngine /
brake connections, which are con-
trolled BIZ air.
The engine IS a first motion double /
reel and ihe two cages work as coun- 4
teF-baIances. The cages each weigh /
nearly two tons. IN starting The cage
from the G0o-foot level this morning 1
with the sixteen miners aboard. steam 4
vas used: but after the cage had gone /
upward q certain distance under steam i
pressure ;he steam was shut of BY 1
Engineer Frank Cellese and the weight 4
Of the counterbalancing descending /
cage IN the other shaft compartment /
was allowed to bring the load OF min 1
ers 10 the surface, as is the Gus i
tom
When the cage with the sixteen min /
ers arrived at the surface in the shaft /
90
discovered shat the air brakes would /
not Work.
Similar accidents IN which 20 lives 4
were lost haYz occurred twice before at /
the Independence with the same en-
CINE now In use there Expert engi- !
neers viii b. secured 20 examine the 4
engine aud determine the actual cause, /
e possible. Cor its failure 10 do its 4
work.