Bisbee daily review., 1903-10-18
BERT WARNER THE HERO.

Heroism does not belong to the oa' GeGeld alone. Bravery does not nv
 alone within the breast of him wh' , faces the cannon's mouth. rear seath is not scorned alone by the mai who goes down to the sea ir ships The brave heart exists not aione II the breast of the fearless fireman wh' climbs aloft the ladder and enters tn' aery room of the burning house. car wing a tender child safely to th' street. Manly. brave and fearless Hearts are met with when least ex sected. Never in all the history O
 the world was a braver act performed 1an was shown right here in our very midst on Friday afternoon. The ac' a heroism was all the more the act oi q brave aud fearless man, when hours after the accident which horribl, 1naimed two human beings, the hero himself, awben called upon by the Re
 view representative for an account oi the accident, with a modesty unex
 t:elled, failed to relate the incident and the facts, and but for the mention of it hy one of the injured men while lying upon the operating table of the hos pital, the incident might have forever remained a closed, and unspoken sto- ". Brave and noble Bert Warner, ;- ic D sQupg man whose name should be em- lIazaned in worde of fire on the tablets us irradicatle fame. The news cor
 eIans of the Review toiu the story of
 fte terrible accident which occurred <, the mine Of the Portage Lake conl-
 aany near Bisbee Friday afternoon.
 Two miners were in the bottom of the s:saiu Their last work was about done fo- the dsy The powder was in fave been on The top Of the shat
 Standing, clear-eyeo, at the collar or sse shaft was Bert Warner. tearing Iaat he would not get the signal alright, Sstching The bell rope which was to s.gnal rom his companions below t.Ieir readiness to ascend. Suddenly tLere came an explosion. One shot echoed up the shaft. The keen ear ard knowledge Of mining tcld Warner what had happened. Not a moment dsd he hesitate. Graspins the hoist i1g rope. he slid down the steel rope i5G feet to pumping station, and called to his fellow workmeS down the saAft. Only his voice echos3 back his e72 Down again went cs>e intrepid nan Reaching the bottom. what sight would have met his gaze. bul S::.a smoke and darkness prevented his seeing the men, and. he could only srope with his hands in his efforts Ca Ind them. Lying there, bleeding 11I. torn, both men with their leg: Broken, one unconscious, the othel ;.,st able to speak, and with watel rushing in on them, poor Tom Kint .:aic to Warner: Roll this rock of ny shoulder This done, the shat tered wreck of humanity at his fee said to Warner: My God, man, don c1a know there are seven shots in thi
 shaft which have not yet gone of?
 ..nmindful of the. warning, what di
 Eert Warner do? Rush to the rop
 ..:.i signal to be hoistea aloft, an
 lpave those two poor fellows to ci rerribiy? No. With the knowledg S.aS at a moments notice those feal ,r. explosions might occur, brave Ber Warner terderiy picked up the wound eu King. who still preserved his sens
 5dIty. placed him in the bucket an
 -eat him to the top. Still unmindft .-r his owE danger, he remained unt i5is bucket again came down, and the ga.hering the senseless, torn and brui
 cE s.z- .. his feet. ..-~cI Aiii in 5f Racket and sent him to the top. al si,ea as 3 marble statue awaited the r
 sairn Of the bucKet.into which he c,in' -d and was taken to the top, reachir there but a moment before the thrt ..Iots exploded of which K ing ha warned him Men go to battle touchir s,i;ow to elbow. They are out un s5nong thousanas, and their very COT sanionship quells fear for themselve [, certain extent, but tnere, workin ir the attempt to save the lives of hl -eiios. iuan, stoDa> aCDie he-L N..I..S absolutely oblivious of his own da
 ger. and feariessly facing death whil 'S:y;ng to save others. The pages history records no h-aver act. Tn
 sraye heart .that there beat beneat s<c shirt of the hard working youn