Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-06
Superintendent Turner Gave His
Own Life To Save Those Of
His Own Men.
SEVEN BODIES WERE RECOVERED
Many More May Have perished in
The Fire-Property is Situated
At Summit, Montana.

Butte, Nor GA dispatch to the In
ter Mountain from Virginia city Mont.
says
Seven are dead, n number more
burned and perhaps sores lost in the
underground workings of the mine in "A
fire which started in the Kearsarge
mine, situated at Summit, eight miles
from there, this morning. The known
dead are Supt II. Ii. Turner, of the
mine, a miner named Tobln, and five
other miners, too badly burned to be
identified These seven bodies have been
recovered From SO to 20 men are still
down In the mine and may have per-
lshed from flames or smoke. The plant
employed 200 men. 1t is the property
OF United States Senator Millard Of Me-
braska, and was valued at about ST.
0OO,OOO; there Is no way TO estimate the
loss. The Ere. which started at Z
O'Clock this morning, as the shifts were
being changed, still RACES nercely and
the work Of rescue, hundreds having
gone from Virginia City to assist. will
be hampered, as there Is no apparatus
AT the mine. 1t Is not known how the
fire started
Supt. Turner gave his life for his
men. He Was at breakfast and partially
dressed when the alarm came. Dashing
into the house in his shirt sleeves with
another miner whose name has not
been learned, Turner made his way in
TO the main tunnel Here they found
everything ablaze. They groped their
way down and IN and dragged out five
bO1ipC inNlula TohIntc n,,I l., ,..,..l 81. +.
tempt they did not come out and later
were brought forth dead by the
reseuers the man who so heriocally
aided Turner perishing with him.
turner was acknowledged as the
leading authority OF cyanlding IN
America. lie was member of the
American Society OF Mining Engineers.
His father was formerly STATE auditor
OF Colorado. Turner had forbodlng
mat he would die before he was &c. as
a brother Frank Turner, met a violent
death In Arizona some years ago, when
Just 30 and other members of the fam.
lily have been killed at that age. Tur.
ner was within three months of SO. He
leaves widow and one child living at
Virginia City
The total number of dead may not
be known for some time and the bod
les recovered, all but those of Tobln
and Turner, are too badly burned 10 be
identified Physicians from Virginia
city, Ennis and other towns are on the
way. II the miners known to be in the
mine are dead, the list will foot up TO
go or 10. Some of the rescuers are bad
~ burned. The mine is s miles from
Virginia City and communication only
by telephone is difficult,
The shaft house, cyanideing plant and
tunnel are total loss, IL Is not known
how badly the workings of the mine
have been damaged.
The list of dead from Virginia city
follows:
II. b. Turner
VIM. Fleming.
James Powers,
John Tobin.
Ed, Laferty
George Allen.
Robert Donnelly.
These men were all from Butte as
were the entire force OF miners at the
Kearsarge No bodies had been recoy.
cred up to noon.
SENATOR WILLARD INFORMED.
Omaha, Neb, Nov 6,--Senator MIL
| lard owner Of the Kearsarge mine at
Virginia city, Montana, said he had
| been Informed OF the burning of the
buildings at the mine and of the IA
| talities attending their destruction, but
no details have reached him The min
ing property is owned by the senator
and several associates, mostly of this
| city, and Is very valuable