The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-02
Cave in the Diamond Mine on
Prospect Mountain.
Two Tons of Dirt Fall Without
Warning on Two Men in
the Bergman Pitch.

noon, Aug. 80. 1905, that crushed the
life out Of John Flavin aud impsriled
II. G.. Goss' life.
The accident occurred about 10 o'clock
in what is known as the Bergman
lease and about 2l00 feet in from the
mouth of the tunnel. At the end of
the 90o-foot %tunnel, a drift running
north 800 feet leads to a 400-foot up
raise. Flavin and Goss were working
together in the uprlise. aud at the time
were engaged in widening the man-way
between two pi lars leading to the ore
body beyond.
Buried Under Two Tons of Earth.
Goss had been working an hour when
Flavin came to work. The latter was
working about a quarter of au hour
when without warning his pillar gave
way and he went down under the mass
of earth that fell. Goss was also felled
and covered up to his knees with two
feet of dirt.
John Baroni was working in a stope
near by and he heard Goss' cry for help.
He hurried to the scene and then sum-
moned other assistance. AS quickly as
possible all the men in the mine were
engaged in the work of rescue and in a
few minutes had Mr.. Goss out of
danger.
Despite the rapidity with which the
men worked to reach their buried COM
rade it was ab)u ten minutes after
the accident before young Flavin was
taken out of his living grave. He was
alive but unconscious, and a mes
senger was dispatched for DR.. w. +.
| Burnett. His rescuers worked over
him until the doctor arrived, hoping
against hope that he was still alive. but
he was past human aid when DIR.
| Burnett reached the mine. The body
was taken to the surface. where DR..
| Burnett made an examination. He
found several bruises aud Commissions,
but no bones broken. Death was evil
IDENTIFY caused by internal injury or by
suffocation.
GOss' Miraculous Escape.
The doctor made an examination of
Mr.. Goss' injuries and found that he
suffered only a few slight bruises and a
strain of the limbs from the weight of
/! the dirt that pinned him to the ground.
| He has entirely recovered from the ef-
fects of the accident.
Mr.. Flavin's body was removed to
the happy home made desolate in one
brief hour. His b.ide Of a few months
| was Frustrated by the news that her
| husband was dead, and kindly ministra
| tions were rendered to assuage her
grief.
John Joseph Flavin was the third son
| of Mr.. and Mrs. John Flavin of Ruby
| Hill. He was a native of Ruby Hill,
| Eureka County, Nevada. aged 81 years,
0 months. 81 days. He lived all his life
here and was one of Eureka's sterling
young men. His good living. courteous
manner and industry made him many
| friends and the news Of his untimely
death fell like a pail on the entire COM
munity. On Dec. "a, 1904. he was
married to Miss Emily ]. Sudden, a
niece of Ell Bergman, foreman of the
Diamond mine. Besides his young
wife, he leaves his father and mother,
a sister, Annie Flavin of Ruby Hill,
and three brothers, Ed Flavin of Ely.
White Pine County, George Flavin of
Reveille. Nye County, and Will Flavin
of Ruby Hill. About three years ago
he went to work at the Diamond mine
and about ten months g he went to
work for e Bergman in the Berry
man lease.
Work was suspended in the Diamond
after the accident and the mine re.
manned closed unul Friday morning.
The mines on Ruby Hill and in Eureka
closed down Thursday afternoon and
nearly al the miners in Eureka district
were present at the funeral. The long
funeral cortege that accompanied the
remains from A. o. u. W. Hall in Eu-
reka to the resting place IN the Catholic
cemetery was a testimony of high re-
gard of the deceased and attested heart
felt sympathy for the bereaved.
The Cor0ner's Inquest,
Coroner l., w. Cromer held an in
quest over the remains of John j..
Flavin at Prospect on Tuesday after
noon. A jury was i%mpineled. consist
ing of Eugene Geraty. Eugene Rice. A.
Borgna. Peter Repetto. Joseph Franohi
aud John Moyle. r. G. Goss. who
was working with Mr.. Flayin, aud j..
Baroni, who was working near by,
gave testimony at the inquest. the
latter corroborating the evidence of
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