The Anaconda standard., 1895-03-03
M'GALLIARD' BRAVE DEED.
With Broken Leg, He Dragged Himself
Miles to succor III - Companion.

With Broken Leg, lilo Dragged Himself
Miles to succor HIS Companion.
Moab Correspondence salt Lake Tribune.
have just returned from trip to Mon
ticello and the Blue mountains, where I
happened to be when the recent accident
occurred in the Gold Queen mine, which
cost Lon Morton his life and gave Joe Nc
Galliard an opportunity to prove himself
a hero. 1t seems that the particulars
have not yet been given to the press, so
the public will be interested in tue story.
At the time the accident occurred Nor
ton and McGalliard were the only men
working on the mountain, the rest having
gone down into the valley to escape the
heavy SHOWS and await the coming of
spring. The story told by McGalliard is
substantially as follows:
1--WE we're working in a shaft or incline.
which was down about 30 feet; just before
we quit work on tho evening before the
explosion occurred, we put in three shots
in the bottom of the shaft. Tho last thing
before leaving our work for the night we
put oil these three shots, aud distinctly
heard three reports.
"When we returned TO work tho next
morning we found that one of the shots
had failed to break tho rock, so we de-
cided To put the hole in deeper and shoot
IL again. With this end in view Morton
put the drill into the hole and picked up
the hammer and began striking. After a
few blows were struck the explosion
came.
Both OF Morton's hands were blown TO
pieces, both his eyes blown out and his
whole body moro or less cut and bruised.
/ received heavy blow from a rock IN the
groin, which smashed my pocket knife
into dozen pieces, one of the small
bones in my leg was broken, and my face
was severely cut and bruised.
"As soon as / recovered from the shock
put Morton into the bucket, tied him 10
the cable with a piece of rope, hoistcd
him out of the shaft and got him to tho
cabin. l made hIm as comfortable rs
could and started for town to get help.
When left him, Morton was perfectly
conscious, bat did not seem TO realize the
extent of his injuries"
McGalliard had about eight miles TO
walk with n broken leg through deem
snow, and nearly two miles of the distance
was down a steep mountain, where the
trail is buried under several feet of snow.
About the middle of the forenoon on the
third day after leaving his cabin he was
found sitting by the road a few miles ont
AaNai III tNuduaNeu condition.
lie was picked up and taken 10 Verdure.
and party OF four at once started 10
Morton's relief. As soon as word could
be sent to Monticello, six miles away.
another relief party of four men also
started from there.
When tho party from Verdure reached
Morton they found HIM crouchcd in the
corner of the cabin IN an unconscious
condition. lie died 10 minutes after thrir
arrival, having been nearly G0hours alone
IN his helpless misery. The body was
brought down TO Monticello and buried.
When ii is considered that McGaIliarI
had reason TO believe that Ben Heywool
and party would reach their camp within
a few days, that they were well provided
with fuel and provisions, and tuaf ue
could have remained AT the cabin unlll
help arrived without any risk 10 himself.
and that his extremely perilous Journey
over eight miles of traCkIcss snow with A
broken igE, was taken solely for In.
STRICKEN comrades sake. 70 D., n pIeasan+
task tc vote h.m an houorcI place iu our
list ol living heroes.
To IS thought that the can rNrlp.lrr iY /
the fatal hole without putting OH tuc psw- /
der, which was frozen. The cap blow. tl, l
iaHp.u- ou; Of tHc ho.c, muA.us % look a, /
f.Hu-4 Jar shit hJl exploded without I
breaking the rock. So they must Ett. T
driven their drIu right into Juc charge OF |
giant powder.