Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-02-10

toda%, following the narrow escape
from death yesterday of crew of
rescuers who were almost buried in an
avalanche of falling coal and rock
while trying to remove five bodies
found in the passage way south of the
airshaft.
Rescuers have seen many other de.
composed bodies lying about. hut Il
Is predetermined when the work of
rescue can be resumed. The work of
rescue eIidangers lives. So poisonous
are the gases in the mine that the
least scratch causes an liberated sore.
II will be necessary TO remove the
saline Iock and plank up the passage.
way before IT viii be safe for res.
cuers 10 invade the mine
PRlA ERO, Colo. Feb. THE bod
les of four more victims of the terri
BILE coal mine disaster which occur ed
here just a week ago tonight, were 10.
Gated yesterday afternoon in the
wrecked workings. but have not yet
been removed to the surface. This
brings the total number of bodies re-
covered to date 10 sixty-two.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7-Rt Rev. DIR.
Cortlandt Whitehead, bishop of Pitts.
burg, VIII not have unanimous sup
port of New York clergymen for his
suggestion that reading of daily news
papers be included in the Lenten
self-denill list Bishop Whitehead
Il would advise you to do without
newspapers during the Lenten season
and replace their scandals and their
mess of ill-assorted information with
more edlfying work"
New York pastors when asked for
their opinion on the bishops sugges.
ton shoe k their heads doubtfully. Few
support the bishop.
PHOEiIX. Ariz., Feb. 7.-Heedless
of the warning of the foreman in
charge OF eXcavating operations along
along the line of the private motor
road from Kelvin to the Ray copper
mines, the motorman of gasoline
car containing six passengers ran his
car close to a suffering fuse of a
heavy chtrge of dynamite yesterday
afternoon and the car and its seven
occupants were blown 10 atoms.
The xii ed are: ]. b. Joyce. A. S.
Bieber. C. Griffin, civil engineers
employed by the Ray Consolidated
Copper company; II. p. Coleman OF
Salt Lake City; w. H. Freeland. Wal.
ter C. Frenz, mining engineers. EN-.
ployed by Henry Krumb and engaged
in sampling and development work AT
the Ray mines; w. H. Lyall. motorman
OF The car. Joyce's home was in Den
yer, Bieber's in Cleveland, and Krenz'
in Berkeley, Cal, The others are not
known The bodies will be brought to
Phoenix today.
SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. S.-Three
Nome merchants. who Just arrived in
Seattle, having travelled from Nome to
Fairbanks and Valdez on snow shoes
and by stage. report that the winter
in the north is the most severe ever
known. They left Nome Dec. z, en-.
counterinE continuous bad weather
with the temperature often 10 degrees
below Zerp.
On the Valdez trail they reached
Miller's roadhouse just before the eli
max of the storm, and on entering the
house found four corpses. those of Joe
King. an cid miner, frozen to death
Mrs. III. A. Rockefeller, middle aged
woman, wen known in Nevada, who
died on the stage from heart affection
due 10 the cold. and an old man named
Taylor, who was frozen to death, and
Mrs. Miller, proprietress of the road
house, who had suecumbed to pneu.
monia.
AT another point on the trail an
aged man named Franz Glebet had
been frozen to death while driving to.
ward Valdez with one-horse outfit
Newspapers received from the Yu
kon valley tell of miners losing hands
and feet that had been frozen and
fears are entertained for men showed
in on creeks with insufficient supplies
NEW YORK. Feb S.-Rita. the
| smallest dog in the world is dead
| She was twice winner of the blue
ribbon at the Madison Square garden
dog shows. Rita met an accidental
death at tine hands of 2 waiter II a
New York hotel The dog. which
weighs less than twenty ounces, was
sleep in her mistress muff on the
able where she was dining A polite
| waiter started TO hang up the mufi
snd the dos fell to the floor bI eaking
her neck. The dog, valued at 81 900
was owned by Maud Townsend.
PUEBLO Feb. S.-A snowstorn is
prevailing in Pueblo today, although
the fall is not heavy. Snow began
falling early this morning and was
| arcompanie by sudden drop Of tenn
perature. IT showed In Denver this
morning, bui the storm ceased at room
NEW YORK, Feb. S.-Meat prices
| ar, higher than ever In this city to-
| dag. Dropping for a time a while ago
for elimination of meat from diet, the