The Alaska citizen., 1916-04-03
YOUNG MINER
 IS INJURED IN
 AN EXPLOSION
AXEL SUNDeERG WILL LOSE SIGHT AND WILL BE
 CRIPPLE FOR LIFE.

So terribly injured that it is very doubtful if he will be able to sur. ViEe, AXel Sundberg, u young miner, Is lying at the point of death at St Joseph's hospital as the result or injuries he sustained in an eX. plosion underground on the Niger head association claim last Satur- night over the phone from the hos pltal that the man Is now in semi-conscious state and that If al. lowed to talk he could probably tell of his terrible experience, but strict orders have been given against al lowing him to exert himself in any manner whatever.
 pr. H. J. McCallum is attending the case. He states that Sundberg may survive, but that he will be cripple for life and will probably lose the sight of both of his eyes. certainly the right one. He Is in- jured In more than 100 places. With the exception of the smaller digit all ot the fingers of the right hand are blown entirely away; bis skull is caved in on one side and there are two compound fractures in his right leg below the knee.
 Should Sundberg die as the result of his injuries, the causes which led up to the explosion in the drift where he was working will probably never be known. The accident hap pened about 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and the injured man was cbf tn 01Das h. afternoon train. He was very weak as the result of the loss of blood Dr. McCallum stated last evening that if he Is strong enough today an operation on the injured hand will be performed. So far nothing has been done beyond dressing the wounds.
 Sundberg is a partner in the ope- ratioCs being carried on on the Mig gerhead claim, on lower Dome. Vic tor kleinschmidt, one of the owners of the ground, and Jim Pearson, are interested in the, lease with him MT. kleinschmidt came to town with the injured man.
 AS nearly as can be learned, Sund- berg, John Knight and another man were working in the drift at the time that the explosion took place. Sundberg was engaged in blowing bedrock with powder at one end of the crosscut at the end of the tunnel, while the other two men were working at the other end. Jim Pearson one of the other partners had been working with Sundberg, but had gone on top on an errand.
 bo uhif4h qn r1v cost Sunuberg his life and which will leave him injured permanently was heard by the two men working in the opposite end of the tunnel from him. They thought nothing of it, however, as they knew what he was doing. Therefore. the in jured man was not found until about Is minutes after the explo- sion took place, or until Pearson returned to his work underground, after his trip on top.
 It is thought that the stick of dynamite exploded while 1t was in Sundberg's right hand, az that 'ne'' Der was practically blown away. By some who are familiar with the cir cumstances surrounding the case, it is thought that he fell and that the powder was exploded in that manner. Others think that Sund- berg was attempting to fix the explosive cap to the dynamite. Aside from the injuries already named, Sundberg's body is pierced In more than hundred places with small pieces of rock blown by the explo- sion.
 Victor Kleinschmidt, one of the partners in the ground and lease where the accident happened, states that Sundberg has been interested with him since last fall. Other in- formation from Olnes Is to the ef- feet that Sundberg had been work ing on ground in the vicinity of the creek city for the past two years. Beyond that fact but little is known of him He is about 23 years Of age .'.--