Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-08
CREMATED
Forty Persons Burned
to Death.
CAUGHT IN A BURNING coPrER
HiINE.
A HORRIBLE DEATH.
FIRE BREAKS OUT IN THE osCE-
OLA COPPER NINE AT cALV-
MET. NIon-
No Efort Can ne Made to Rescue the
Men From the Eisry
:, garuaes.
A HORRIBLE DEATH.

4
SPe
o'clock this afternoon hre broke OUT
IA the SHAFT OF the Osceola mine and
Al "a AZ thIs ttma more Than probable
-. -. ,,.a,,
that forty men anu boys nave peeii
burned 70 death or suffocated. The
names OF the men known 10 be In the
,,i,. a. a. ,oiin,a.
niine ~ US tono"s'
TRoMBATCH. mine boss.
RICHARD BICKET.
Nttct4AHst Iot4n,eoNy
MlShAE. JohNsoN.
RICHARD GRbNfELL%
MICHAEL SCHULTZ.
John MASTEN.
,,-r,TtA., ppvAn,r
~ ii-l-itA." on ANt'
FRANCIS LANDER.
ALEX DANWDLb-
JOHN CuDLlP.
THOMAS CURTIS.
ROBERT JOHNSON.
PETEk MARTIN.
gosEPH SAGHTE.
LANES HAhltiN9ION.
WILLIAM DONALD.
BARNEY ELGORE.
ANTON sCIEzWAK.
All miners.
PETEk STANGARD.
WAITER DOHLE.
Drlll boys.
Is used TO carry the miners to the sur
broke out all Of the men and boys em-
ployed IN the mine. about 200 In NUM-
Der, made rush for the shaft In the
hope OF being taken 70 the surface, The
hre was TOO rapid for them, however,
and the chance OF escaping by the
ahait was entirely cut on by flames
and smoke
The majority Of the imprisoned min
ers made break for u cross ,ut and
~ THIS way managed to reach another
shaft rom which they were taken
TO the top.
Forty were missing when the roll was
caued. within short time after they
had reached tho surface smoke began
pouring from all the shafts and the
escape OF the men below was entirely
cut on. The men In charge say now
there Is not the slightest chance for
any OF the men now In the mine to
escape with their lives,
III the are not burned they must have
been choked by the dense smoke within
snort time after the nre started.
fortunately the mine 10 not as
heavily umbered ms some OF the mines
IN TINS locality and II VIII not take Il
q great while TO burn out, As the
tnlhs now t'AuNh there IN not tho
tlienleat thihf ihat can be done FOR
the men ana 20 p'tort vs. being made to
49,
lhtl7 "a nAththi Ahown OF how the
his PrAlnNltd
thr sir7 uTske out In the twenty
Ysnth l.Fel Tho osceola Ia cop
per nilne located two miles from Calu-
Mft' AZ captain Richard Edwards was
hiakins his way TO No. shatt he
smened wood burning, but some OF
the miners working N the leyela there
: would not believe there was fire In
HE mines, as they could not smell any
smoke nor hear flames cracking, on
heerlnE NO. smart. Capt Edwards
met Capt. Trenbora and q party OF
lnen who were looking for the IRE, and
on reaching the ahnft they found "A
iisSrse quantity OF losglnE on hre. Capt
Irenpofs anc q party OF men were 70
nght the hre below, while Capt. Ed
\ wAfuH went TO tho nurIace TO get a
ne5e, nut when he returned he found
the smoke had made an updratt In
STEAD or down, ana IN consequence
ne had 10 come 5uck 20 the surface c.
iast as possible. Word was imme-
aiately sent to men IN the mine Cor AL
Them succeeded In doing 80, but there
Nnaihs IN the dry house thirty suit
OF eiothes, ana u " supposed that thai
n,uniper We're unapie 70 get out u
time, and afe entomhed twenty-sovet
no possible avenue OF escape
felAunhttiyf lntIe ~ very Httle tliu