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Show SELECTED. MIXING CATASTROPHK. We are called upon ;h; iv. .rniii.i: tc chronicle aootlier ui iho.-t.' .-ad u:ita?;ro-phes u:ita?;ro-phes which are ol'o l'rcuonr ncour-renee ncour-renee in the minice hi-tory of Montana this time at Gold Liiil, L iijrim Bar. On Wednesday evening the day .-hilt of workmen on the claim of Mr. John Kodgers had retired, and the nizht shift, coD?i.-unp of Julm Bulcn. (better known as "Bugler,' : ) BeDjamen Xupent , and Henrv Landuskv. had taken their j places for the night. On Thursday morning, at the usual time for the shifts to be changed, the nipht hands did not return, and suspicions that something unu-ual had happened, were .aroused. An investigation was immediately imme-diately made. Arriving at the claim, Mr. Kodgers aDd party found that an embankment some seventy feet in height at the head of the claim had caved off and completely buried that portion of the claim upon which the i nieht shift had been enat!c-d in work ing. Not a soul of the night shifc were in sight. Without leaving the remotest chance for escape, and without with-out a moment's warning, the hutre band of gravel had falien upon ihe unfortunate miners, burying them beneath hundreds of tons of earth, and in an instant shutting out light, life and hope, and u.heriug their souls into the presence of their Maker. With that quick, energetic yui pat by, which is the universal characteristic char-acteristic of the gold miner, nearly the entire population of the Bar hud assembled as-sembled at the scene of tiie disaster, each anxious to lend tho hand of aid to their buried companions. A stream of water, consisting of nearly the whole available force, was immediately turned into the claim, in order to wa.-di away the cave and di.-cover the bodies. An hour'8 work, and the body of John Bolen was exposed and taken from near a pile of boulders, behind which he had evidently sought refuge. The body wa3 stark cold and still', mil but little bruised. Tho bodies of Nugent and Landusky were recovered at about 11:30 a. lu. The former, terribly bruised and mangled, lay close lo the head of the flume, where he had been overtaken by the slide; and the latter in a similar condition about thirty feet further down tho boxes. The following facts were developed at the coroner's inquest held yesterday afternoon: Benjaaun Nugent'was from New York, aged 2S years; John Bolen a native of Mount Sterling, Kentucky, aged 32; Henry Landusky was a native of Washington county, .Missouri, and about 21 or '-2 years of age. Deer Lodge (M. T.) Northw(st. |