James Fezzey

Monday morning last, July 15th, a portion of the roof left standing, supported by rock pillars, after taking out the mineral from the prominent deposit known as the "ash-bed", in the Copper Falls mine, gave way at the seventy-fathom level, and fell a distance of nearly two hundred feet, producing a concussion so great as to not only extinguish all the lights in the portion of the underground works, but also those in the "Change-house" on the surface, which is connected with the mine. Sixty men were in this part of the concern when the accident occurred, forty- six of whom reached daylight without serious mishap. Of the remaining fourteen miners, eight were taken out in a short time, four or whom were uninjured, three badly maimed, and one man named Charles Burrel dead. Our latest advices from the scene of disaster. - Wednesday p.m.- state that the bodies of Owen Sullivan, married, and Matt Ballas, single, have been recovered, leaving in the mine dead, in all probability, Thomas Bray, Patrick Burns, James Fezzey and Henry Hart. The two first unfortunate men leave wives and families.

"It is reported that the condition of the mine, where the terrible affair occurred was known for months to be very unsafe. If such is the case, we think the present superintendent, Mr. Eschweiler, of the Copper Falls, ought to court a rigid examination into the cause which resulted in this mournful calamity. The damage done to the mine is considerable, and it will be several days before any estimate can be formed as to the extent the of underground work is crippled."

Since the above was in type, we learn that the body of one other man has been recovered.