Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-10-10
DEATH LIST IN NINE DISASTER MAY TOTAL 81

i out SunUstN anu SuluslN HlRnl 10 acc
/ complish the rescue OF the impris-
oned men, the difficulty OF overcom.
! ing the after-damp told upon the
temper of the rescuers, scores OF
whom gathered from the various
camps in the vicinity. and discour-
agement was read upon their coun-
! tenanees. They We're none the less
eager ana willing to continue after
! each rebuff
i A low rumbling sound and slight
earth tremor, resembling a seismic
disturbance noticed in Starkvillc sew
/ eral surrounding camps and Trinidad
five miles away, were the first evil
dences OF the disaster. Within a few
minutes thereafter Mine Superln
j tendent James Watson had organized
! the first rescue party, equipped with
! oxygen helmets and started into the
mine. on through the darkness the
men plunged for an unknown dis
tanee until Wilson, weakened by pre-
vious illness. fell. overcome by the
poisonous black damp. Carrying their
leader the party reraced their steps,
reaching the outer air just in time TO
prevent others from collapse.
BY this time the rescue ear, be-
, longing to the Colorado Fuel ana
Iron company, in charge of Tom
TWeeddale captain oI the helmet
corps, had arrived from Janson. He-
intorced by mine superintendents and
experts from neighboring camps, adj
ditional rescue parties were formed
and took up the work Of Wilson and
his followers. Foot by foot these
parties fought their way through tho
poisonous gases led ny such veter-
ans as General superintendent James
pbn1ppSou TTra6 IN xtlieg and Rarf
Lloyd. of Cokedaie, Charles O'Neill ot
Tahaseo; Wex Robinson of Englevillei
Robert McAlester of Engleville; G.
Chambers of Sopris, and Joseph
Haske of Primero.
All night long the unequal battle
continued. Shrtly after o'clock this
morning General Manager T.. n.
Weitzel Of the c. +. q l. arrived and
took active supervision of the work.
Little BY little the underground work
ings We're reclaimed and shortly he
fore noon word was brought to the
portal that a rescue party had
reached the junction of the old slope
and the first crosscut, a mile and a
half underground.
Further progress from this dircc-
ton was blocked BY the caye-in of
the old slope and the after damp
along the new slope beyond the crosS-
cut. until the portable fan had been
installed late this afternoon.
Before the morning was far gonc a
party had been sent into the Engle-
vile mine to break through the wall
OF masonry, erected several years ago
to smother a fire that broke out in
that mine. This was done IN the
hope that a suction Tan could he IN
EtalleG tn draw out the poisonous
"A
Many others joined the workers and
before nightfall this barrier was pene-
uated and the air found to he sur
prsingly good. BY midnight the
camp was practically de-
serted, men, women and children
to the portals of the mine
Eager queries for missing fathers, hus-
bands and sons were answered only
by words Of uncertainty. But as the
hours dragged slowly on, hope be-
gan TO die and fears strengthened |
into conviction that none OF the en- |
tombed men would be found alive.
The nights blacllness was pene- |
trated by the flicker of miners |
lamps, while the sky was lighted by |
the glow Of Starkville's $50 coke !
ovens in the distance.
Considerate OF the anxious rcla- |
lives of the imprisoned men the Of |
1icers who patrolled the mine en-
trance had little difficulty in main |
.aining order,
Upon the arrival of General Man
ager Mcntzel this morning orders
were issued to provide families OF |
the entombed miners with all needed
provisions
throughout the dav railroads and
lines continued to unload
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