The Weekly Elko Independent

Edward Fitzpatrick and Patrick Brannan were killed, and Thomas Fitzsimmons dangerously injured, by an accident in the shaft of the Maryland mine, Bodie, on Monday. The accident appears to have occurred, says the News, by the timbers to which the swing ropes of the scaffold were secured, not being securely wedged up. The weight of the men and timbers they were setting up being on the scaffold, drew the upper timbers from their fastenings, and precipitated men and timbers in one conglomerate mass 50 feet to the bottom of the shaft, crushing the back part of Fitzpatrick's head and tearing away the skull, breaking the left leg above the ankle joint, and completely crushing it to the knee, besides being otherwise mangled. His death must have been instantaneous. Patrick Brannan, who died shortly after being brought to the surface, had his leg crushed and his face severely bruised, skull fractured, left shoulder broken, and was a most pitiable sight. The extent of Thomas Fitzsimmons' injuries were not ascertained when the News went to press.