Show eighteen kilei pa leb 4 A accident occurred at janesville t hia morning whereby eighteen lives were boet loet the accident occurred in slap 10 operated by J 0 hayden co the working ia situated immediately under tb old workings known as no 8 work d out some five yeara yo and with water ohp cause of the disaster dia aster was due to the drilling of a hole through a pillar which liberated the immense body of water confined ia the old workings and alche men in that portion of the mine william brestlin one of the seven men alo escaped from the says I 1 lie felt the wind coming when the men broke through into the old slope hr yelled to his companions to inn for their lives or all would be drowned in a moment the rush at water came and brisden henry gibbon john noline john boyla charles boole william boyle ana patrick call barely escaped the water loie lo ie rapidly and before any attempt coula be made to rescia the rest of the workmen the water flowed in and in leas etien anve minutes the slope which is 62 1 feet deep was filled to the mouth and eighteen men who but a few hours before with light hearts left the bright sunshine and aay to descend into the dark cavern were buried in a abery grave several of theof men were married and leave families th news 0 the disaster created the wildcat excitement and the mouth of the slope was soon thronged thron ged with people the phenes of anguish that ensued cannot be depicted the weather which was bitterly cold did not have any effect toward diminishing the crowd and it was only after the terrible result was made plain that none of the entombed men were livin or could possibly po sibly be reached until the water was pumpe dout of the slope that the chief stricken friends of the unfortunate men could be induced togo to their homes 1 the firm of hayden fe co will pump i the lafr out as rapidly as the machinery placed in position can do the work how ion it will take is a question since no definite idea of the volume of water can be ascertained some of the miners says it will take four weeks many theories are advanced as to the bauge of the great disaster some charge it to notify the workmen of the dangerous proximity of water |