Show bad accident at the ray raymond mond illinois 0 the master wheel of the engine at the raymond illinois mine went to pieces yesterday afternoon and the cage 2000 ft of cable dropped over 1500 feet to the bottom of the shaft the engine was completely wrecked and the broken master wheel and other pieces of iron were scatter ed in every direction the drum and some of the pieces going clear through the roof of the shaft honse house frank beckstead the engineer escaped without a scratch had anyone been upon the cage when the big engine ft ent to pieces they would mould hae hane met with instant death manager J 0 sullivan had been hoisted out of the mine but a short time previous to the accident and the five men who were at work upon the 1500 level had to climb to the surface through the janwa immediately after mhd accident and before the men upon the 1500 leel ien el were allowed jio to climb out guhe mine manager je figu sullivan alivan had the ladders tested starting at the top because it m was as feared that the falling cage and cable might have injured the timbers in the shaft the laddell were found to be in good condition and the men made their way to the surface one of the miners was mas standing at the station on the 1500 level when the cage shot down the shaft and struck the water in the sump the cage is no doubt badly damaged but the cable is thought to be in good condition it will tal e some time to repair the ma chinery cage etc and while this work is going on the property will of course remain closed manager sullivan went to the capi tal this morning to try and e ma tenal for making the repairs |