Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-06
Scene From Geo, M, Cohans Rural
 Musical Play "50 Miles From Boston"

don was a brakeman, but on this oc- casion he was not working, and was a passenger to the mine.
 Refused to Jump When the fire was discovered, the fireman pleaded with Garcia to jump. No" said Garcia. You get off and save yourself. I will stay with her. If I quit her, she will slip, run back and blow up the whole works. It is better for one man to lose his life than hundred.''
 A finer example of human devotion cannot be conceived.
 In the terrible strain of the mo ment, Garcia did not remember that the catastrophe might occur along side the section house which they were approaching.
 As fate would have it, just as they were whirling by the house the fright ful concussion came.
 ''Tio" York, who was eating at restaurant in Nacozari, a mile away, states that it shook the dishes off the table, ...
 Mir. Gaughran, who was at the Nae ozari Consolidated ten miles away, states that he heard it distinctly.
 The effect, as might be presumed, was terrific.
 The section house was blown toI kindling wood and several women and children torn to pieces, the diff ferent members of human bodies be- ing scattered over a radius of sever al hundred feet.
 Twelve people were killed, includ- ing Garcia, and one profoundly pa thetic detail appears in the fact that two young girls lost their eyes and are pensioned now by the Moctezuma Copper company, which was disting- uished for its sympathy and generos- ity all the way through, at the hands of MT. James S. Douglas, the general manager.
 The explosion developed many freaks from the standpoint of science, objects comparatively near by being immune, and others at a great dis tance being destroyed.
 Scene Slaughter Pen
 The section house suggested slaughter pen after the mighty roar subsided and the debris had to be cleared away in order to recover the dismembered bodies of the dead.
 The engine, strange as it may ap- pear, was still on the track, and the body of Jesus Garcia was found with in 20 feet of it, burned and crushed almost beyond recognition.
 He was carried to Nacozari and in- tered in the old cemetery just below Placeritas, the local name for that city.
 James S. Douglas, on learning of the sad affair ordered a special and flew from the city of Douglas to the city of Nacozari.
 Both personally and on behalf of, his company he advanced every spec ies of assistance and relief which means could cammand.
 He personally attended the funeral of young Garcia and demonstrated his profound sympathy and regret on that occasion.
 The company along with the city government, subsequently raised the necessary sum to erect the monu- ment which will be unveiled on No vember 7th.
 The event impressed not only the local community and the Mexican population profoundly, but the Ameri- can colony joined in the universal feeling of sympathy and regret and contributed in every possible man. ner for the alieviation of the injured and proper disposition of the dead bodies of those who fell.
 A veteran engineer would never have coupled up to open cars loaded with dynamite.
 Had the conductor been there he would not have permitted it. Again, old engineers who have grown grey in the service on standard railroads, state that he could have saved his splendid life by throwing her open and jumping, and even if the train threatened to roll back it could easily have been derailed.
 It is a profound pity that this noble young man could not have had the necessary experience to have availed himself of. these facts and saved his | life. As it was heroism made up for | his inexperience and his noble inten- tions, carried out as they were en- [ title his name to be emblazoned on the escutcheon of immortality, and engraved on the memory of every one who honors him who died for others, even as he who made the same sacrifice on Calvary. Another Pathetic Side Another pathetic side, reflecting at once human heart throbs and hu- man philanthropy, is the fact that every month the old mother seceives her sons check, and every month. while grateful for the indispensable source of existence. her heart is sore ly wrung.