Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-27
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{ the time the entire mine has been
: searched These men have gone,
I they have paid the price of ex-
s perience for the company, and
s probably paved way for ade-
s quate fire protection in the fu-
; ture. 1t is more than probable
: that legislation will be passed at
! the present session that will com
s pei all mines to carry sufficient
fire helmets" to obviate repe-
; tition of the fearful calamity that
has put the entire camp Of Tono-
( pah in mourning. According to
s the best informed, had there been
5 two helmets either in Tonopah or
{ Goldfield, the loss of life would
: have been reduced to large eX-
I tent, and probably no workman
would have crossed the Great
5 Divide as a result Of the small
5 blaze, whose property loss was
; practically nil.
There is considerable talk
s about the men being lowered
5 through the Desert Queen shaft
: after the smoke was seen pouring
: from the Belmont shaft Some
I cenSure and others do not 1t
{ is a known fact that the mine
5 bosses did not believe serious
: blaze could exist between the
; two shafts.
I If anybody was to brave the dan
s ger of the mine it should have
5 been some of the "higher-ups"
{ of the mine. However, the former
; course was pursued, every effort
I was put forth by Superintendent
{ Bradshaw and Foreman Fitzger-
s aid to reach the imprisoned dead.
: Roy King of the Belmont com,
3 pany also Blended every effort in
I the work Of rescue These three
! men deserve every possible iota
5 of credit Their efforts, while
s proving vain so far as recovering
: live men is concerned were noble
I and heroic. A vote of thanks is
! their due from every citizen of
5 Tonopah, from every citizen of
s Nevada, yea from every citizen
: Of the world.
In the words Of Tennyson:
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die"
And die they did, all in the
s noble cause of the betterment Of
mankind. As there can be abso-
: lutely no doubt but that the good
I ensuing from this catastrophe will
I be Of worldwide benefit to the
mining population.
Shining as a constellation
: among the noble band who went
: down to death in the disaster is
I Big Bill" Murphy Sinewy and
I strong of arm, also noble of in
s tellect Big Bill" made two trips
s through the veritable claws of
{ hell, : bringing to the surface on
: each occasion a cargo of human
I freight Of more value than 1000
5 Belmont mines On the third trip
5 down from which the poor fellow
{ never returned until brought to
I the surface a lifeless corpse by
{ ltllVN NOIhlntu, Ht WAS dSheu IL .
he could make the trip. Char
acteristic of Murphy and hun
: dreds of others he said: "Well,
boys, | have made two trips and
| am nearly all in, but [ will
try again" And try he did, but
the final effort was too much. He
martyred himself to a good cause
s Peace to his ashes!
Scores of others are equally
as brave as big Bill" but were
not afforded the opportunity Of
exhibiting their nerve and dar-
5 ing. Probably it is as well that
such was the case, as further
sacrifice of live would have been
useless, unnecessary and CHASTITY.
8 Hearts Of the living were loyal
to the dead, all were willing and
anxious to become a portion of
the rescue" party. But it was
{ possible only to use a selected
s few. That few saw it's duty and
s performed it with the bravery
{ that has made famous the names
of such men as Napoleon, Wei
I lington, Grant and Washington.
s There names will never emblazon
s any Of history pages, but they
: will reap a better harvest, they
: will have forever the love and
I honor of that large army Of
miners and their progeny who are
s to follow The tombs Of the dead !
: will in all probability bear no ;
; marble shaft, but the ground !
I above their ashes will be oft
s moistened with the tears of those 5
s who live to mourn the loss Of +!
; comrades loved Of yore and 5
I revered in death. !
{ Seventeen are known to be I
s dead.
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