Eureka Reporter | 1909-04-09 | Page 1 | Accident at Eureka Hill Last Wednesday

accident at eureka hill last wednesday last wednesday grove chesbro and emil jacobson were at work in what is known n as the lead I 1 between the and levels of the eureka hill mihe a large rock was loosened up causing some of the old timbers to fall and they came near losing their lives chesbro fell about twenty feet while jacobson fell nearly eighty feet upon an enceline jacobson was very seriously injured about the head and was taken to the st mark s hospital upon the afternoon train chesbro whose injuries consist of some bad bruises about the head and body bod was somewhat dazed by the fall but after shouting to his partner and receiving no reply he went to the station and gave the alam several of the leas ers ft ho are working in the mine and supt bupt charlie baker v ent to jacobsons assistance after considerable hard work they found him 11 was in an unconscious condition and it was about two hours after the accident before he was re moed fo to the tile surface where drs howell and gose attended him his ills injuries are very serious but the physicians at the hosl hospital ital are of the opinion that he will recover jacobson who is a nephew of charlie peters peterson on is unmarried mr peterson accompanied him to the hospital lo spital