Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-15
BLAZING DEATH TRAP MAY
HOLD LIVING MEN
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tOEN Ao&W " -
listen TO their frantic appeals. but fin
nIly he referred tho matter TO Johr
Quinby Of the top cage. Qnlnby hes
itated and ns Machinist John Chades'
ter entered Cowley asked Chadestei
what should be done.
Go ahead and raise IT, answered
Chadester, according to Conveys tes-
tfnnory, nobody IL alive down there
Gowley then brought the cage "a
the top but everyone OF the men In
the rescue party was either dead or
dying.
Cowiey defended himself on the
stand by saying he had received Nos
berR's order to await the bell signal
before moving the cage and TINT the
three men who demanded that it be
raised had no authority to tell him
what 10 do.
According 20 CONVEY, he feared IN
raising the cage he would risk injur.
ing some OF the men below and that
he might leave them without means
OF escape, should he lift the cage
while they were not In IL
cowley declared that after the final
cage with men in Il had been raised
h cage was let down and raised five
or six times with the chances that
ON Of the miners might reach the
shaft. Hc testified that lie lowered
and raised IL slowly every time,
One of the jurors asked why Cow
Icy could not have raised the cage
slowly when Powers, Howe n Lewis
appealed. Nosberg's orders again
were given as an excuse.
Previous TO the final raising OF the
cngc bearing the rescue party, Cow
ley said the bell signals had been UNI
usual and disconcerting. He received
one signal OF three bells 60 hoist
away which was followed almost i'm.
modiatciy by a four-bcll signal mean
Ing hoist slowly" Al a height of
eight or nine feet the cage was stop-
ped at a n bell signal and started
up at another.
Then came % siN-bell signal, "re-
verse the fan" and then two bells
lower"
Cowlcy lowered the cage IN answer
TO the signal, the last ever sent from
the doomed members OF the rescue
party.
The Jury adjourned after Cowlev.
John Rhisbeck, engineer In tho air
SHAFT and several relatives Of the dead
IN the rescue party had testified
The jurymen will meet again to-
morrow and more testimony concern
ing Conveys refusal TO lift the cage
viii be heard.
The inquest Is being conducted by
DR. A. II Main of Princeton. the cor
oncr, and /. NJ Eckcrt OF Princeton.
the Bureau county states attorney.
Jurors are; Peter Dolphin. marshal.
Timothy Mcdonald. farmer: j. e.
Thompson, lumber merchant. John
Stcnstrum. barber: Joseph Neidelchcr
stock buyer. ana W. |. Kendall. depu-
~ coroner
The excitement of the day ceused
With h discuntinuanoe of efforts To
explore the mine and the disappear
of the great crowd. Prepare
tons are being made for handling
the dead when they are found.
william Nickers. who was at work |
the face 81 the mine. was one %
the few Who came out alive For
over eco yards he cruNted IN thu, dark
on hands n knees, using the rain as
guide 10 the bottom Of the shaft. At
one point, he says. he met about G5
miners sitting in a row along The road
"ho had given M the struggle aud |
Mere waiting for death rcsigncdly
\ ana my partner were al work
IN the second vein level. when the |
'iarm of fire was heard. said wick
-r-. W. started for the bottom but
md gone but a few feet when our
lghu went out The entry was fast
ming witt smoke which filled our
and made n gasp for breath
several times We attempted 10
our lamps without success. AM
bout us We could hear shouts uf
ut comrades IN adjoining rooms. who
ourselves had been left In the
ark calling t. my partner 1 warned
I'm a. get close To the roadbcd and
1ysclf dropped t. my hands and
n"es and began 10 crawl along the
aiis. shouting at Intervals 10 my
artncr to ict him know where ! vas
Al ono point SIC PASSED about 50
NtAANE NA AMt NNNNNNNtr al i
'ost . n a stupor ! tricd g. arousc
ION N encourage them To- 70 on 8
~ they scented 60 have given Az au
'pc and did not stir { had no time
iose and continued on. expecting e.
nd back relief from the shaft. q
When within 100 feet ~ h min.
suth ! began 90 Erow faint from the 81
fccts % smoke and exhaustion The d
iohc was growing more dsnso aud Z
y courage was fast ebhing I pull. "a
my oost aboui my fac. and bend d
) eiS~eiy - the rall ! struegied on D
, escaped death BY just three q
nutsa When I arrived az the bot. a
y - fhs shan the iast csse wat. q
ga o. r-cend shouted a. the %