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Show THE PARTICULARS. A Fall arronnt or How (he Daly Mine Accident Occurred. The I'ark City Record gives the following detail-of thu accidental the Daly mine, au account of which was given lu a News special yesterday: yester-day: Thu news that engineer Timothy V. Greenleaf and two miners named Jas. Wheeler aud Isaac .Snell ha J been killed at the Daly mine this morning spread like wild lire In I'ark City. As soon as the sad tidings h..J been telephoned to town it took but n few minutes before be-fore the subject wai one of general comment on tbc streets, each one expressing wonder and surprise at how tho thrcu men so unceremoniously unceremoni-ously met their death, and the many friends of the deceased men, who I realized the Indes cribabla nngul.-li and sorrow of tho bercaMxI families and kindred, expressed a hope that Providence would comfort and console con-sole them at this time. HOW JT HAPTltXED. j Shortly before 10 o'clock this I morning Engineer (ireenleaf and Wheeler and rfnell toardrd the cage In the east coniiarlmcut of thu Daly shaft to go to the bottom, where sinking Is now being done. The business of Mr. Greenleaf wns to at-1 tend the slnkiug pump, although It was worklug all right, but the other two were going down to help put In j a set of timbers. A heavy piece of . tltnlwr was attached to the bottom of the cage, as Is customary when sinking is under way. All went' well until tho llOJ-feot level wast reached, when the swinging timber caught agalust tho lioor of the station. This stopped the ' downward course of the cage, and I meaiiwhilo thu slackened wire I cable,wlilch Is very heavy,accurau- ' litedoutopof the cage. Just theii Mr. Greenleaf called to the station ' tender to ull the bell rojx- and signal sig-nal the engineer ruuner to hol-taud make Uie slack taut. Ilefuru lliu slgual could be gi eti the obstructing obstruct-ing piece of timber swung loose and dowrfthe cage aud all went with a fearful jerk and crah. This sudden strain was of such force as to break the four clamps at thu end of the cable and let the cage fall to tho liottoin of the shaft, nearly near-ly X) fcetfiirther. Thrccmenwtre working iu thu bottom of the shaft and on hcariug the noise above they iustiuctlvely jumped to one side, and thus fortunately escaped any Injury. In-jury. Immediately relief was summoned sum-moned and as quickly as iiossiblc Urn remains of tho uufbrtunate men were brought to the surface. They wcru frightfully mangled, and .specially .spe-cially Snell and Wheeler were scarcely rccognlzible. To all ap- pcarancea the threu men had had but an intrant to realize their dan-! gir and tho evident decree of a i frightful fate, and Uie next moment i came death, which was almost In-' stantaneou. Sheriff J. Ij. Weber and Commls-1 sioner J. M. Ccliea, acting In the caincity of coroner, having arrived allthn mine, proceeded to impanel I a Jury to Inouiic luto tho manner and cause of tho death of the three men. Gee. 11. Wfceman, Alfred C. Itccseand Frederick A. Fllndt were duly empaneled as tho Jury. After examining tho bodies of tho men and the cable, etc., in the shaft, continued tht-lfr Inquiries till 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, at tho City Hall. Timothy P. Greenleaf Icavrs a wife and two children, who liave lived the lost winterat 17a Third Street, Salt liake City, but they aero lust-prvj string (oconiu to Park City to make their summer home w ltli Mr. Greenleaf. He was about i 41 j ears of ago and Iina bein cm-plojcd cm-plojcd for the past three years as licadcnzjnceraud machinist at thei Dly mimprerfousto which be was ' In charge or the machinery at the, old Simton mine. He was an ex-' pert in his Hneand for several years Ufortt .coming- to-Park City found ' employment at tho leajing mines on the Comstuck lode. He was an exemplary mau aud ho was a favor- j He among his many friends. I Isaac Sncll w a.t about -13 years eld ! and an old aud faithful employe at the Daly mine. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Patrick Murray, 1 wralivis In Ontario Canyon, and ! also one in the old country. James Wheeler Is dn old resident miner, under fifty years of age, but It Is not definitely known who or whero Ills surviving relatives are. i ine remains or .Messrs. Greenleaf and SueJI will probably bo taken to Salt Like Wednesday afternoon for interment on Thursday, while the funeral of Jantus Wheeler will likely occur in Park City Thursday Thurs-day under the auspices of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the deceased being a member it Ontario JxxJgc Xo. I. |
