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Watertown Republican
Watertown, Jefferson County, Dodge County, Wisconsin
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Fire in Calumet & Hecla Mine near Hancock, Mich., worsens on the 13th, with flames spreading and efforts underway to contain it by isolating shafts.
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The Fire in the Calumet & Hecla Mine Not Yet Extinguished.
A Hancock, Mich., dispatch of the 13th says: The fire in the Calumet & Hecla changed for the worse yesterday. Miners reached the No. 3 or burning shaft at the sixth level, the place where the fire is supposed to have started. They found an immense amount of timber burned out and the fire is thought to be burning above and below. A shaft in the mine has drawn the flames toward No. 2 shaft, and to-day there was surface evidence of fire in this shaft. A six-inch vertical hole is being bored toward No. 2 shaft and will strike it between the first and second levels, being sunk to the ninth level of No. 3 shaft. A force is at work in the mine putting in gates which will shut off No. 3 shaft from the north part of the mine.
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Hancock, Mich.
Event Date
The 13th
Outcome
fire still burning, immense timber burned out, flames drawn toward no. 2 shaft with surface evidence, efforts to bore hole and install gates to shut off no. 3 shaft.
Event Details
The fire in the Calumet & Hecla Mine changed for the worse. Miners reached the No. 3 or burning shaft at the sixth level where the fire started, finding immense burned timber and fire burning above and below. A shaft drew flames toward No. 2 shaft, showing surface fire evidence. A six-inch vertical hole is being bored toward No. 2 shaft between first and second levels, sunk to ninth level of No. 3 shaft. Force at work installing gates to shut off No. 3 shaft from north part of mine.