The Semi Weekly Miner

VICTIMS OF THE GALE.
Death and Burial of E. Costello.
Condition of the Wounded.
Incidents of the Catastrophe.

After struggling with his death wound for eighteen hours, during which time he remained unconscious and probably entirely oblivious of pain, E. Costello died at eight o'clock yesterday morning. His remains were followed to the grave by his grief-stricken brother and a few sorrowing friends, in the afternoon. The other victims of the disaster were doing as well as could be expected yesterday, but all complained of the soreness, which always accompanies the inflammation on the second day after the infliction of injuries of this nature. Nicholas Nolan, whose leg was broken below the knee, was placed under the influence of chloroform last evening, and the fracture reduced by Drs. Bacon and Bishop. Donald McCorkendall, whose face and lips were badly cut, suffers considerably from his wounds, but was able to sit up in bed last evening. J. McCorkendall, who has a fractured leg and wrist, was bearing up manfully, and expected his fractures would be reduced during the evening. Lewis Logg and F. Dawson, though suffering greatly from their wounds and bruises, were feeling cheerful, and their strong recuperative resources will probably bring them out of the sick room in a short time.

The MINER reporter learned yesterday that when the cyclone struck them, the men had just completed putting in a set of timbers and were in the act of going to the ground after another set. In one minute more, there would have been no person on the trestle. Foreman builder James Mayberry had been on the trestle and reached the ground a moment previous to the catastrophe. A new force of men were set to work yesterday clearing away the wreck, and the construction of the flume will be but little delayed by the accident.