Srna,John
Delphos Republican, Apr 7, 1899 DEATH OF JOHN SRNA
Creede Colo. March 10. - Three men were killed and one man was probably fatally injured by a powder explosion in the Commodore mine at 10 o'clock this morning.
The dead are Robert Watson, Frank Hess, John Srna and R.G. Evlin was fatally injured. The accident occurred in tunnel No. 3 and the superintendent and others are at a loss to account for it. He says that every precaution was taken to protect the lives of the employees in the mine. Srna had charge of the powder and was entrusted with the distribution of all explosives, and apportioned them out to the miners, who in turn carried the explosives to the different workings. The explosion occurred at the 136 distributing station, and the shock jarred the mountains. The dull rumbling sound could be heard distinctly one half mile away.
The bodies of the three men killed were mangled beyond recognition, arms and legs having been blown off and the faces frightfully disfigured. Immediately after the explosion a force of men was sent in and work of rescue begun. The tunnel was filled with debris, but the men worked like Trojans, hope springing in their hearts that perhaps the men had escaped. The removal of the mass of rock and timbers disclosed the mutilated bodies of the three men killed, and Evlin lying near unconscious, but groaning. The point where the explosion was is about 500 feet in from the mouth of the tunnel. The first mine is the Bachelor, which extends 1500 feet in and then comes the Commodore, and it was about 500 feet from the dividing line where the powder exploded. The mine is a silver property and the company employs, all told, about 300 men.
Delphos Republican, Apr 7, 1899 DEATH OF JOHN SRNA
Creede Colo. March 10. - Three men were killed and one man was probably fatally injured by a powder explosion in the Commodore mine at 10 o'clock this morning.
The dead are Robert Watson, Frank Hess, John Srna and R.G. Evlin was fatally injured. The accident occurred in tunnel No. 3 and the superintendent and others are at a loss to account for it. He says that every precaution was taken to protect the lives of the employees in the mine. Srna had charge of the powder and was entrusted with the distribution of all explosives, and apportioned them out to the miners, who in turn carried the explosives to the different workings. The explosion occurred at the 136 distributing station, and the shock jarred the mountains. The dull rumbling sound could be heard distinctly one half mile away.
The bodies of the three men killed were mangled beyond recognition, arms and legs having been blown off and the faces frightfully disfigured. Immediately after the explosion a force of men was sent in and work of rescue begun. The tunnel was filled with debris, but the men worked like Trojans, hope springing in their hearts that perhaps the men had escaped. The removal of the mass of rock and timbers disclosed the mutilated bodies of the three men killed, and Evlin lying near unconscious, but groaning. The point where the explosion was is about 500 feet in from the mouth of the tunnel. The first mine is the Bachelor, which extends 1500 feet in and then comes the Commodore, and it was about 500 feet from the dividing line where the powder exploded. The mine is a silver property and the company employs, all told, about 300 men.
Srna,John
Delphos Republican, Apr 7, 1899 DEATH OF JOHN SRNA
Creede Colo. March 10. - Three men were killed and one man was probably fatally injured by a powder explosion in the Commodore mine at 10 o'clock this morning.
The dead are Robert Watson, Frank Hess, John Srna and R.G. Evlin was fatally injured. The accident occurred in tunnel No. 3 and the superintendent and others are at a loss to account for it. He says that every precaution was taken to protect the lives of the employees in the mine. Srna had charge of the powder and was entrusted with the distribution of all explosives, and apportioned them out to the miners, who in turn carried the explosives to the different workings. The explosion occurred at the 136 distributing station, and the shock jarred the mountains. The dull rumbling sound could be heard distinctly one half mile away.
The bodies of the three men killed were mangled beyond recognition, arms and legs having been blown off and the faces frightfully disfigured. Immediately after the explosion a force of men was sent in and work of rescue begun. The tunnel was filled with debris, but the men worked like Trojans, hope springing in their hearts that perhaps the men had escaped. The removal of the mass of rock and timbers disclosed the mutilated bodies of the three men killed, and Evlin lying near unconscious, but groaning. The point where the explosion was is about 500 feet in from the mouth of the tunnel. The first mine is the Bachelor, which extends 1500 feet in and then comes the Commodore, and it was about 500 feet from the dividing line where the powder exploded. The mine is a silver property and the company employs, all told, about 300 men.
Delphos Republican, Apr 7, 1899 DEATH OF JOHN SRNA
Creede Colo. March 10. - Three men were killed and one man was probably fatally injured by a powder explosion in the Commodore mine at 10 o'clock this morning.
The dead are Robert Watson, Frank Hess, John Srna and R.G. Evlin was fatally injured. The accident occurred in tunnel No. 3 and the superintendent and others are at a loss to account for it. He says that every precaution was taken to protect the lives of the employees in the mine. Srna had charge of the powder and was entrusted with the distribution of all explosives, and apportioned them out to the miners, who in turn carried the explosives to the different workings. The explosion occurred at the 136 distributing station, and the shock jarred the mountains. The dull rumbling sound could be heard distinctly one half mile away.
The bodies of the three men killed were mangled beyond recognition, arms and legs having been blown off and the faces frightfully disfigured. Immediately after the explosion a force of men was sent in and work of rescue begun. The tunnel was filled with debris, but the men worked like Trojans, hope springing in their hearts that perhaps the men had escaped. The removal of the mass of rock and timbers disclosed the mutilated bodies of the three men killed, and Evlin lying near unconscious, but groaning. The point where the explosion was is about 500 feet in from the mouth of the tunnel. The first mine is the Bachelor, which extends 1500 feet in and then comes the Commodore, and it was about 500 feet from the dividing line where the powder exploded. The mine is a silver property and the company employs, all told, about 300 men.
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