Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-10-30
WOUNDS
HCARS PAIN OF WOUND
SILENTLY.

S.,crs' hospital Wednesday morn'
ink a. ( O'Clock, %. e result of ~"
inlmi,s received in pfrnaior" 'N'
rlo.ion of dynamite in tunncl 90 "n"
Of his company's claims, ~ au carly
hour. Tuesday morning Ft"I Nnd'r-
son. the lthcf miner injured m inc
explosion. ls ~ the hospital fh"'-
nix. and grave doubts are entertained
~ To- whether he viii survive his IN
urics
Iu conversation with o. .lo1rnal-
Miner representative concerning ~"
accident, Mr. Bunker said The
canse ~ the explosion and the "xnc'
time ii happened - still y mystery. !
will return 80 camp tomorrow night
ami make personal investigation. J
wa awakened hy Anderson shout
ing. about l.30 O'Clock. Tue sday morn
inc. hut did not hear NJ" sound of any
oNplo.ions before. IN the hurry 10 got
the injured men surgical attention. ]
did not stop TO make an Investigation.
I After being attracted by Anderson =
shouts for help | hurried 20 the mouth
/ II the tunnel. whore found him ~
/ ing on his back IN bench in the
! blacksmith shop. His face was hor'
rihlv disfgurod. ! asked him what
happened aud all could understand
from him was that 1t was all his fault
"'Wiih other miners wno arrived !
went into the tunnel, now about 49,
feet into the mountain, where Sayre
was found. living on q pile or rock. The
men wor" carried to camp and placed
in - wagon. and the ionrncv Ia Wen
den commenced \ messenger was
hurried for a doctor. who met us on
the way. ~ Wcndcn tn" physician
reached into Anderson = mouth and
took oui nll Of hi. tooth. which were
found in q broken mass ~ IN" upper
part 0f MS throat lIc had carried the
teeth IN this way for seventeen miles
10 Wcudcn aud had never made any
outrrv He never murmuicd M hi-
fate from the start and even in IN,
b while the surgeons were dressing his
. wounds. The lower part of his face
, ~ ontir"lv stripped "f flesh. aud Ice.
sides the teeth. on" rv" * entirely. lie
: stroycd. The attending physician'
have little hope of saving the sight
, of the other eve, In ease b" survives
, u Fracture Of the skull. which appear
. 90 hc the most serious injury. lii
arms. legs aud body were bruised hu
slightly hy the flying rocks lie Il
{ unable ia speak but appears to he
conscious. from the fact that hc oN
clhng'd the Miners Union gsp viii
me before ! parted with him in pnoo
uiv this morning.
" Anderson had been ~ work ont
eight days when the accident ACQUIRED
=. heard that he was from Nc'ah'. an,
On my arrival here tclophonod 10 th
o., union there aud learned that he wa
. not in good standing. However. IN
J.. officers If the union informed me- tina
incv would make mp - collection fo
, him and forward the amount to hin
;. H. - man Of medium height an
very strong build. aud has dsplave
. great nerve in his silent suircriugs
81, 'So far ! have been unable to IL
- cate any of his relatives. loarnc
A., after the accident that nine wears 40
he had brother living IN Salt Lake
g, hut telegram sent yesterday 70 hit
! has brought no reply.
"From the first no hopes were ~
NJ, tcriaincd for IN, recovery Of Sayr,
He was frarfully laeeratcd hy the cS
plosion. Ills left arm was blown con
pletcly off below the elbow. and hi
' face almost entirely torn away. II
leaves brother, joan Sayrc. sul
viving him. in Wickonburg, who wa
with him from the time al our arrivi
" there, after the accident. until III
cnd came.
From the fact that Anderson n,
niis the explosion was his fault.
> Am OF the opinion that botn men WEI
engaged IN splitting the loaded hol,
~ the breast III tn. tunnel when m
first explosion occurred. Only two ,
The four holes were found explode,
:. II may lee that Anderson spit one ,
W. lh' NV lfbfi VT
splitting fuse ignitc6 the powder
another hole and caused the cxplo
ion, disabling Sayre 80 that he coul
not crawl out, and inflicting the IL
lurics described on Anderson Unab
TO return To the npeSplodcd holes
pull out The fuse, Anderson must ha,
crawlcd 10 the mouth of the tunnel
give the alarm, and thus got b.yon
the reach Of further harm before n
second snot exploded. which inflict,
further Injuries on sayre while b. Ia
helpless.
while others agree with me- in tn
theory the true facts will have to
:, established by further investigation
Another feature Of the accident II tn
- 1t is not definitely known at win
- particular hour the cxplosion orcu