Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-02-05
.15sMEN KILLED IN NINE
Hurled Fifteen Hundred Feet Iand Dash
Ii Il ed TO Pieces. s,. .!.,,is i!

'hi Victor, COL (Speciala by the falling
t!of a'cage in the Strattdn independence
Nine, heated near tho GenteF> of this city
Fifteen mo n are deah, and one Qther Sc q,
yerelyihUpred. @itangI 80 2nii.
D.: Inithe main shaft sixteen men iwen
being. hoiSted in a cagr from the sixth
. seventh and eighth levels When II thtn
|. cage. reached the suEfate lhle janglnfer.
+ for SONG unexplained reason, wa. unable
70 stop the engine, and4 the cage With II j
+; load OH human freight, was drawn IF /
into the galFows frame, where it became I
lodged temporarily. 1.-The Strain or tho I
Gable finally causod:.it to part, 4aild the
Gage; rclebscd, SHOT down the shaft WITT
:. terrific speed. .....! .s,..,tnr,a i - ErI
" Two OF the occupaIits. 1.9'P p jackson
and James BullbecE, lad become en-
tangled. III the timbefrods near the TOP
ofltAee gallows ira@oJ 81 Il 9nf} ..iJtII
Jackson was crushed .tP death b. /
'ihe sheaye wheel falling upon Inn
= while Bullock lad a 'biaryef6ds escape 1
irom .death, bit rcteived painful iiiJtrfe:'
before lid twas resulted Aroma his peril7'i
Gus posit ion. ,i1un' qinaiiG ogi(
,sA1hc other fourteen men were hNrlef. !
70 death down the i5oo:-iQot Shalt. , 4
sodd as p6!Sibfe itlfc Jliaft $685.
reod ii hun ber Of miners went d6An.iilt2
ct3elnpihe Through anothes eolapaFt aaent
S.,as s 4 Pp bedc! A tEb5 PA ' df5f Sa5
rpoihtslI itt!! L; nal, .4Tn1iD 9niq
I ,F7 + 4 1nd P9die34had eeeB t9Tpi haaf
crsfs ht'T and clothing sttrIIgRf{d .tTom tn
VICTIMS, From 'th9 '7odf65t "ieHis 'tt'
ltlit 'B5ttof n the bhaft vasI spattes edFA4lni
bblood, while hereipnA tba4e Ssrerfpqhat
tie4s' f I'll Si b35i5 81 vi f5 SE5
Staild$ ut twenty-five feet OF water, ant
Tits thiJ the oaseitpla1sad,q carrkns q
some of the. meqp insai thf4 NlS7FtssFrwAl+
tygh
. One O those killed, w. B. Collins,
was a, Baptist Understandable fpfaashe d1d
On n. s5!aHafyf at GqqId Field and aardinsl
tft6 WetklWorkcd II the mines. He was,
tBS slyaaqs; old ana'9canfe 'fr6iii CtBhil
t&gR h3land a ,aewtneaNls aad- M&stni
of tbs Yiftims had come hers from ,tlis al
Coesr q Acne. Lake Supefi66irs aid d1tfie3
tei take rtlaihaae pf1tha st-iko''
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,4pd aiflgfd examination will be made.
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charge bf eight .BBr35}nminefH" 55dpjfat.!i !
that then 1iidst'irtcadG H61He lei" b5tient1 +.
III their institutions Until t6rtaff'FbttiG.
Disadvantages art mddea Tfe jtospital: i
| mssigud are the Epg,swaAdn thsi R9St i
! Graduate, the West Side. the Chicago |
INV oiltatk the Homeopathic. the Elmer,
oseasmaIie Baptist and the IIAering -NThdE \
7iraI I,Gqllqge,. I'm issuing, orders that !
aainemi patients Be. admitted into; these
Ito stitd3 | feel 'th2t 7 aii{T 'git{hg Z
s1na s@ndbe time ior tho althrasi6h work.
q hlai0h5An soma .faffa. is not hfagfXaiil
aQonmAissioue Williams said.