Show FATAL ACCIDENT A Man Killed in the Great Basin MineD Mine-D A man was killed in the Great Basis Mine at Stockton on Thursday Thurs-day eveniHg Accidents are becoming a rather common occurrence in that property though it is possible that in all the cases no blame can be attached at-tached to anyone By the last accident ac-cident referred to a man named Henry Bray was killed About 730 oclock on Thursday evening he relieved re-lieved laboring partner Phillips and wet to the bottom of an incline in-cline at which he was working The incline is about seventy feet in length and dips 45 ° to 50 ° It is one department of a double incline in-cline and a car or barrQl on wheels is run up and down by means of a rope The car was in motion when a nut came off the barrel at that time contained about forty gallo gal-lo s of water and was being hoisted to the top by means of a windlass The momentum acquired by the weight of the barrel running down such an incline gave ita terrific ter-rific force and rendered it utterly impossible for Bray to help imself The barrel struck him with fearful force breaking one of his legs and I injuring him so seriously internally that he died about two hours and a half after the accident occurred He was carried out and every thing possible done for him but to no avail Bray was about fifty years of age and had but recently been married |