Show A miner mangled by giant powder oa saturday evening about john bolcs a miner work ing at tho C C shaft was shockingly mangled by the explosion of bome giant powder cartridges which bo was carrying in his band tho accident occurred on the 1500 level mr bowes had in his left hand four giant powder cartridges each four in by one and a quarter incites in diameter also fuses for tho amo with giant powder caps on the andi eight capi in all as two are used etli each cartridge in order to guard against a failure in exploding he hod passed up to alio second bloor of alio level and wis about to ascend tho ladder leading up to the floor when ho explosion occurred lie war carrying a candle in his rigan hand and it is Mip posed that when he wan about to start up alio ladder ho chanced the candle to his luft liand in which were taft cartridge fuos and caps in so doing it is thought that ono of alio picas of fuse swayed in such a way as to bring the cap on in end in contact with the lame of alie candle through alie explosion of ono or more of the caps alio cartridges were undoubtedly exploded throe of t lie lingers of mr bow es left hand were torn on the flesh of his left hip was badly lacerated and ho bone of his left thigh was broken in three place s there were two surgeons in at who dressed the wounds ol 01 the injured man alien ho was brought to the surface doing all that could there be done when lie taken to the sister hospital bowes has a wife and six children who reside on T street south of the sisters hospital so great was the force of lie explosion that two planks two indies gliick on which bolcs was standing ivero broken through as though a great mass of rock had fallen upon them this morning bolcs was in a vey low condition alie hospital hoi pital cian thought it would behest to cut oil tho injured leg but feared that the mans system was too to stand the operation very little chopo i entertained of am recovery T tr t aff |