FATAL OCCURENCE AT THE CROWN PRINCE MINE.

Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 16610, 11 May 1874, Page 2

FATAL OCCURENCE AT THE CROWN PRINCE MINE.

A miner, named, Edmdnd Troutman met his deajth this morning injthe- Crbwn Prince"Q^apany's.M^e*^ It appear? ihat the deceased) with others, went to" work on the 12 o'clock shift. His place of work was in a winze on the No. 2 reef. 'After"a [little he told his: mates that he was bad inside, and would have to go to ,the closet., went,away, and was, absent so long that ,his mates called the attention of the manager of the shift to the circumstance, when an immediate! search was made for Troutman, and it appeared the unfortunate had gone .&own;:tc£ |he| lowest .chamber, where thej tip plat is.' He^was found by Mr Mitchelson, the shift boas; lying dead across the fulL<buCket^oa the<plat; he, with Me,Cormick,-; tried tosbring the, body/up, but the gas was so deadly that both men, bearly; lost j their lives; in,;, the attempt; .they made a rush for the ladders, but, in JMcCormick's case, almost 100 late. They came, up into fresh air arid made another gallant plunge for their comrade's body, Sw.hichthey succeeded jn bringing to the; surface, whenf It was carried to the BVijrai ißoru Hotel, : .where,j[t awaitsan; inquest. (Medical and police assistance had been promptly but of no;?avail to: save life. The 1 unfortunate deceased lost his life in^as about 3 feet high in the mine. i An inquiry. f jnto a the* circumstances atlending the death ojt the above deceased Iwas held ?at-the Brian Boruhme ( Hotel at jnoon to-day before Dr. Kirgour, v>'¥6roriei', land a jury of twelve, of whom Mr Robert jComer was chosen foreman. ; The jury having viewed the body, the [following evidence was taken. i .; Dr. Lethbridge, on oath, deposed—That |he was called about 7 o'clock this morning [to an accident at the Crown Prince |claim, r He examined tjie .body qf Edmond v iTroulmaii. H/'was '•^oiie dead. JTheid Iwere no marks upon the body except'a fslight bruise on thfe light temple, and there had.^ b«en ; bloodvii^m- the,-nose. Had sinc^ Wade-apost-mortem laminaItion of the body., ( Found the right lung [healthy, the leitilun^'ieeined- to be conIsid.erajbl^diseased.. jher.e pluera adfhesioiis^dv^nfee*wHole^^ siitifalsfe,'anfPlhe llung substance was ..much engorged. ;i Th^ sinttr^liurfabe;bf th£ L bronchial... much, inflamed, and filled., wfth^ k' rir6W "^ and fc " inucoua/ ° 'TH^r heart was small 7 and, deficient in fmiwcutaS :Astrengirt '^tfi^wis^lealttiy.' ICould^not.^detect .anything wrong ,wrtht |th*e other of the body. Made'a* crreful examination of .the cervical spine. ! There was no fracture or dislocation to be | found. The bruise on the forehead ap>; jpeared to be insignificant. The right jlungtwas not much engorged, l The cause ;of death appeared to have proceeded from I asphyxia wmch*pdsiibly?-wai by I syncope, to which the condition of the I left lung :W6'" I Captain Goldsmith, Inspector of Mines, Iproduced a plan^bf-th^mine, and pointed I out the workings with special reference Ito the scene of the accident. I *Kobert McCormick, miner, working fin the Crown Prince mine, on oath, I deposed—That he went to work at twelve o'clock. Deceased was working with^witness on No. 2 reef, iso: 3 winze. AFouT six o'clock this morning deceased l asked witness to heave him.up the winze, |as he was iHiiert Jal^in. HiHbve him up, and deceased went away out of witness' sight. About half an hour after a Mr. 4ajh^;ealne:ibyTin§»a3MsViisi£Q<i Mm £f ;be had seen his (witness') mate. JJ&, replied no, as he had been lowering down I timber. »iA^e'4i)o^t^j||r^ne^l>ind<bWth'^d) I not seen deceased. ' Witness got uneasy, | and was going to look for deceased when \he saw lUcha)rf ySEtchilsoS, 3ma%(ager of ; the shift. Told him, and while he went ; along the level to look for deceased witness went to TCOBkCtKKJanneFiJllßlitchel- [ son came running up, and called upon ; witnes3 to run out to the chamber. i Called all the men to ge^ deceaged up. Witness jumped down and saw the body there—just a glimse when his candle went ouiHVvJD^^dSiwaß?'^-across*' the bucket, with his trousers down. Witness reached down his hand and caught hold of tb& leg of which he did not let go until the body; was. Kusea. Witness., could, do. no njoM dn^aecounjt of the gas^ which'reached'^J to the chin. It was as much as witness could do to get out of the gas. Witne'sW went for Dr. Lefchbndge and for the manager, Mr. Beeche. Witness afterwards , n w,ent r ..dqw l n .the mine again, and found enabled witness lo see that deceased had eased, himself. ...,. ..... „ m the chamber before. Eichard rt ,MitcheJson rM WUliani rn Ashby and John OB; ißeecHe'''gi»veEvidence corsroborative of that given by McCormick as to the circumstances under which the deceased waslblirid.*' 1"*^i; The Coroner in summing up said there waa no doubt the, cause of death was asphyxia, induced by deceased's immersion in foul air while in the lower chamber rfl^e mine,; and a Terdfcfc'—That" deceasißd lost Eis life through entering the lower chamber, which was filled with foul gas; and the .cause of death w,as therefore accidental.