Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-28
TELLS ABOUT FIRE
 IN OLD DOMINION
|. N. kINsEY RETURNS FROM GLOBE WITH HIS FATHER
 AND MOTHER.
He Gives Graphic Description of the Fire in the Globe Mine.-how the Brave Miners Sacrificed Their Lives.

Douglas. AriZ., Feb. 27-(SpeciaD . l. N, Kinsey, who for several years was connected with the c. & A. smell ter in this city, in the office, and who prior to leaving Douglas became in terested in the Daily Dispatch, arrived on Sunday from Globe, where he is now located.
 Mir. Kinsey was accompanied by his father and mother, whom he met at Benson. MT. and Mrs. Kinsey live in the state of Illinois and have been on an extended visit through Califor. mia. and are now enroute home.
 After taking look at the wonder city of the southwest, they went to Bisbee this morning, and from there will be accompanied by their son to Fl Paso, from whence he will return to Globe.
 Mir. Kinsey stated that when he left Globe on Saturday morning the Old Dominion mine, which took fire at the ninth level week ago, eaus' ing the death of three miners, was in an improved condition and graphi' cally described the manner in which the three miners lost their lives in an attempt to put out the fire.
 The fire started in a drift at the ninth level of a shaft which was orig inally used as a working shaft but which in recent years has only served as yentilating shaft. When the fire was discovered five miners who hap pened to be on the surface, got hose and started down the ladder of the old shaft, hoping to be able to reach the fire.
 It seems that when the fire started the flames, instead of ascending the Shaft, were drawn down the opening and into various parts of the mine After the men had started to descend the shaft with the hose the draft was suddenly changed and the flames smoke and gas quickly turned towards the surface, making a roaring chiul' ney of the shaft, in which the men were caught.
 Two of the men who were nearest the surface managed to reach the tor of the shaft. One had only descend ed the shaft some fifty feet when he discovered that the fire was ascend ing the shaft. He easily reached the surface. The second man was just able to reach the top of the shaft ana in an exhausted condition was haulet to safety.
 By this time the shaft was full o smoke, which was rushing to the sur face. Brave men peered over the tol of the shaft, but could only see : few feet thnoush the dense smoke and she awful heat. The third naI was seen struggling uD the ladder and two men were ready to pull hin cut and shouted to him not to siys up the struggle. He came within tws feet of the surface and wls seen tt fall backwards into eternity
 Three brave men lost their lives and when the fire burned the timber. of the shaft thousands of tons of roel and earth eaved in and sealed th' opening.
 When Mfr. Kinsey left Globe tn, pumps were running on the tentf level of the mine, but men were onl! remaining in the mine for ffteel minutes at time, because Of the pre- |ailing gas. No men are in the mine except those who go for a short spae. of time to care for the pumps.
 It is believed that the fire {, is out but that cannot be definitely ascer tained until the bulkheads, which wer, put into the drifts to prevent the fir, from entering the working shaft O the mine are removed
 Advices received yesterday at Bis bee were to the effect that the condi tion of the Old Dominion continued to improve.
 Dr. Ricketts, of the Phelps-Dodgt company, left New York on Wednes day for Globe, and is probably there HOW to direct the work of repairint the damage. Until the fire has beer extinguished and the air shaft opened up, the work of extracting ore canno proceed in some portions of the mine while in other sections work may now go on undisturbed as soon as the ga, disappears.