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The Londonderry Sifter
South Londonderry, Windham County, Vermont
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In Kingston, Pa., miner Daniel Egan fell 900 feet to the bottom of the Woodward shaft after a hoisting bucket malfunction, resulting in his body being terribly mangled. Colleague Edward Devans survived by catching a cross timber.
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Frightful Fall of a Miner to the Bottom of a Shaft.
While Daniel Egan and Edward Devans, miners at the Woodward shaft, Kingston, Pa., were being hoisted from the bottom of the shaft the other morning, and when the bucket conveying the men was nearly at the top, the pin in the reversing lever of the engine fell out, which made it impossible for the engineer to stop the engine, and the bucket went through the top of the headhouse. The men jumped, and Devans succeeded in catching hold of a piece of cross timber, but Egan missed and fell to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 900 feet. His body was terribly mangled.
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Woodward Shaft, Kingston, Pa.
Event Date
The Other Morning
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egan fell 900 feet and his body was terribly mangled; devans caught a cross timber and survived.
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While being hoisted from the bottom of the Woodward shaft in Kingston, Pa., the bucket carrying miners Daniel Egan and Edward Devans malfunctioned when the pin in the reversing lever fell out, causing the engine to not stop. The bucket went through the headhouse top, the men jumped, Devans caught a cross timber, but Egan fell to the bottom.