13 Miners Drowned

The accidental floodingof the Americus and Sleepy Hollow mines at Central City, Colo. , caused the death of 13 miners. The water in the lower workings of Fisk mine, east of the main shaft, broke through the old workings of the vein that has not been worked for a number of years. It struck the Americus where two Italian miners were at work in the lower part of the shaft and they were both drowned. In its course the water diverted to the Sleepy Hollow mine, the easterly portion of the Fisk vein. Fourteen men were in the Sleepy Hollow, three of whom escaped. A courier was sent to the adjacent mines and all their workmen escaped.