Show FALLS FEET IN A SHAFT eureka dec 1 an accident occurred here today at the snowflake mine which in the death ot matt and serious injury to J H chann it beom that after these two men had finished their round of holes in the bottom of the shaft they loaded their drills together with mhd burleigh machio and bar on the cage and gave the signal to the engineer for the foot level where they left the machine and bar they then rang the cage for tho top about feet from the top ono 01 ol the drills evidently caught on one of the wall plates tearing it out and at the ame time throwing both men off the cage sund dulst falling to the bottom of tho shaft a distance of about feet while chinn was caught between tho wall plato and the cage chann who was suffering from a compound fracture ot the left leg and from several severe bruises on other parisot part sot the body displayed great presence of mind and gave the the necessary signal so that he could release bis leg he then took the remainder of the tools which had not been thrown from the cage by tho shock and stacked them safely on one of the wall plates and gave the signal to engineer joe alien to hoist hm to tha top chero he was at once attended to by dr J A hensel and removed to his home A body of men then down the shaft and after removing the debris and drills which had fallen took out the body of which was literally a pulp and carried it to the top of the cage |