Pottsville, Pa., Aug. 10. -- At 4 o'clock this afternoon a cage in the shaft of Heins and Glassmire, near Middleport, containing twelve miners, was precipitated to the bottom, 200 feet, by the giving way of the hoisting machinery.
The following were killed:
Thomas Quigley
George Stouch
John Roper
Jacob Kline
David Jones
John Matthews
Wounded:
John McGurnley, terribly injured
E. Manuels, terribly injured
Hugh McAunly, terribly injured
Albert Koch, terribly injured
William Matthews, slightly injured
Patrick Day, slightly injured
Several hours elapsed before the bodies could be brought out of the shaft. A temporary cage had to be constructed to hoist the dead and mangled bodies to the surface.
