Show COMPRESSOR COMP SOR SOR BREAKS AY MINE MINEAn An accident occurred a e May Day Dav property Friday morning Which necessitated necessitated necessitated the closing l ing down or of the mine though the expectation is tha that work with wIll wIllbe be resumed d today toda Without a suspicion of anything being wrong the heavy hea y inch forg forged d steel piston rod in inthe the bl bi compressor compres or snapped in two and l left company without power to operate Its hoisting machinery machiner or power drills It so happened that the engineer was at his post and had his hand on the throttle wren when the accident happened so ho he was able aole to cut off the steam and stop the big machine before any additional damage was done Within three hours after the accident Superintendent H M Eakin had the shaft at the big machine machin shops of the Centen company c where Its repair will be done by the mechanics there la expected e to have everything running again by tonight or tomorrow morning |