Show mammoth hoist A badly adly T damaged the clutch upon the big hoisting engina at atthe the V V ammoth in ne broke last wednesday morn igind engineer arthur fisl er being unable to hold tl e engine w th the brake the cage loaded with nith two cara cars of ore went to the bott in of the shaft causing a most serious accident the engineer n g neer was hoiting ore aej an the dou double b e e d ed ca cage cae e had reached i p int near t the he 70 cheh the accede t happened aid the big engine ran awa wa corn com NN wrecking reeking itself mr air fisher sta staged ed at h s po post pot t P and ud tried to control tl tt e engine until the mach nery nerv went to p ecea and then he ade an effort to get out of the shaft house huse As he was leaving the b uld ng he was struck b bi some of the smaller p aces of met i dustall it 9 some painful but not serious injuries dr 1 aar beille at tended him As the cage age dropped to the bottom of the shaft and the cable un tin round itself from the b g drum dru n the momen turn increased to such an extent that pieces of the machinery were thrown n through the roof and sides of the shaft house th the e timi tim t era ers in the shaft ni were ere di mazed I 1 it sl ghaly it will no doubt tat e several weeks to replace the mad mael anery but samuel mcintire jr the superintendent ii tends to install a shill shall hoist on the tunnel f level an ani I 1 v with ith this it will be poss ble to carry on work to a depth of 1 0 feet As soon as this 1 can be in installed it will be possible to put a i Y port on of the regular force to work again tl e cost of making the necessary repa rs and replacing the pieces of machinery machu machi ery tery alich were enair i ie le stroked ed will about i r to about 50 0 at the time of the ace dent a i of the day shift men were in the mine f some efti of ti em eta being as far as 2100 feet underground and their task of getting to the surface was not an easy one by a ay iy maans those who were at upon tt e lower beels ien els came up the la ciders to the and then went through to the grand central where they were ho sted to the surface I 1 ii e with the Pe reporter porter today supt amuel says fc that he does not expect the repairs to p cost lost more than 50 0 the most ex pensive pei sive parts of tie tte big engine will S not have to by bu re laced the shaft I 1 ouse wa A aurnt alm t cut in two tso by the flying pi c a f machinery but the 4 timbers lu iii were not damaged to any great extein t sapt supt Ic Intyre has been doing some very r important work in the lower e 0 rat months and what wb at h ht regrets grets re most in connection w the accident is the dela lela that it t will cause c he is of course unable to say just vl what hat length of time NN will ill be necessary necea aary to make the repairs |