Pinkney, Tennessee
Mine Tipple Collapse
May
1897
TEN PERSONS KILLED.
Fatal Collapse of a New Ore Tipple in Tennessee
A terrible disaster occurred at the Pinkney
(Tenn.) ore mines. The new tipple, or ore dump,
sixty feet high, fell, killing ten white men and
boys outright and seriously wounding several
others.
The killed are JOSE
REMINGTON, “CALL” KILBURN, “WILL” KILBURN, “JIM”
BROWN and his eleven-year-old son,
“CAL” HARRIS, LANDIN HARRIS, RICHARD HARDWICK,
“MATT” CROW and “JIM” CROW. Nine men
were seriously injured, and at least half of
them fatally.
All of the killed and wounded were on top of the
tipple when it collapsed. Only two escaped
without serious injuries. One young man, seeing
his danger in time, jumped twenty feet to a
tree, and escaped with slight scratches. Another
jumped to the ground, turning over several
times, and alighted on his foot, only spraining
his ankle.
The cause of the collapse is unknown. The dump
was a new one and was tested with twenty cars of
ore less than a month ago. There was only a
small weight on it when it fell. The mines where
the disaster occurred belong to
J. Craig McLanahan.
The Cranbury Press New Jersey 1897-05-21
Submitted & transcribed by Stu
Beitler Thank you,
Stu!
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