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Cameron County (PA) Press
Thursday, January 16, 1902


                            BURIED IN A MINE
                            
                   Tons of Ore Fall Upon Unlucky Workmen
                   
               A Disaster at the Negaunee Shaft in Michigan
                   that Causes Death to at Least 13 Men
                       A Number of Accidents in Past
                             Years Recalled.
                             
              Negaunee, Mich., Jan. 8. - From 13 to 17 miners
            are thought to have lost their lives as the result
            of a cave-in at the bottom of the old shaft at the
            Negaunee mine yesterday. The names of the dead so
            far as known are:
              William Williams, married.
              John Sullivan, single.
              John Pascoe, single.
              John Pearce, married.
              Jacob Hunlalla, married.
              Hunlalla's body has been recovered. Dominio Basso,
            an Italian, was rescued alive. His story is as follows:
              "We were sitting around the pump at the bottom of
            the shaft when, without warning, thousands of tons of
            ore came down. I remembered no more until I heard the
            sound of picks and shovels in the hands of the rescuers,
            and their shouts. When they found me I was in a drift
            75 feet from the place where I had been sitting."
              Hundreds of men are at the mine, eager to help in
            the work of rescue, but it is thought the other bodies
            cannot be found within 24 hours.
              The Negaunee mine is considered one of the most un-
            lucky properties in the Lake Superior district. Much
            trouble has resulted in sinking and drifting from sur-
            plus water and quicksands.
              It was at this mine that $100,000 was recently ex-
            pended to sink a shaft to the ledge.
              The steam pipes leading to the underground pumps
            were so damaged that it would be impossible to operate
            the pumps even if they could be reached, and water is
            gathering rapidly in the shaft.
              The mechanics employed at the various other mines of
            the steel trust are getting other pumps in condition
            for operation, but it is problematical whether these
            can be put into commission soon enough to prevent the
            water from flooding the mine. The flooding of the mine
            would result in great loss to the company and would
            necessitate a suspension of mining work for some time
            to come.
              A big force of rescuers working in relays is making
            desperate attempts to get to the damaged level before
            the water reaches it.
              If the workmen are not rescued within the next ten
            or twelve hours all hope of getting them out alive
            will be abandoned.
            
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