Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-25
REoUIEscAT IN PACE.

Will ne cOHSluefdDlg HcfedScu ny
s the time the entire mine has been s
s searched These men have gone, s
s they have paid the price Of eX-
: perience for the company, and
! probably paved way for ade-
! quate fire protection in the flu
s ture II is more than probable s
s that Legislation will be passed at s
: the present session that will com /
I pei all mines to carry sufficient
{ fire helmets" to obviate repe-
{ tition of the fearful calamity that
5 has put the entire camp Of Tono-
; pah in mourning. According to
; the best informed had there been
I two helmets either in Tonopah or
s Goldfield, the loss Of life would
5 have been reduced to a large ex-
s tent, and probably no workman
: would have crossed the Great
I Divide as result of the small
s blaze. whose property loss was
s practically nil
: The men who lost their lives
: were sacrificed on the altar of
I greed When the fire was no
s ticed in the shaft Of the Belmont
5 mine and was believed to be so
s bad that it was necessary to low
: er a human cargo of 70 down the
I sister-shaft Of the Desert Queen,
! work should have been stopped.
5 If anybody was to brave the dan
: ger of the mine it should have
: been some of the "higher-ups
! of the mine. However, the former
{ course was pursued and after the
5 mistake was made every effort
: was put forth by Superintendent
! Bradshaw and Foreman Fitzger-
I aid to reach the imprisoned dead.
s Roy King of the Belmont com
5 pany also Bonded every effort i'll
: the work Of rescue. These three
Z men deserve every possible lota
! Of credit. Their efforts, while
{ proving vain so far as recovering
5 live men is concerned, were noble
{ and heroic. A vote of thanks is
3 their due from every citizen OF
I Tonopah, from every citizen OF
s Nevada, yea from every citizen
s of the world
s In the words of Tennyson:
'"TheirS not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die ]"
And die they did, all in the
noble cause Of the bctterment of
s mankind. As there can be abso-
s lutely no doubt but that the good
; ensuing from this catastrophe will
I be of worldwide benefit to the
I mining population.
Shining as Il constellation
s among the noble band who went
s down to death in the disaster is
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
4 hell, +" bringing to the surface on
( each occasion cargo OF human
I freight of more value than 1000
) Belmont mines. On the third trip
5 down from which the poor fellow
never returned until brought to
the surface a, lifeless corpse by
I fellow workmen, he was asked if
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. lie
martyred himself to good cause
Peace to his ashes
Il Scores Of others are equally
as brave as "Big Bill" but wer,
not afforded the opportunity o
exhibiting their nerve and dar
4 ing Probably it is as well tina
such was the case, as furthe
sacrifice of live would have beer
useless, unnecessary and CHASTITY
Hearts of the living were loya
to the dead, all were willing an,
anxious to become a portion 0
~ the rescue" party. But it wa
Is possible only to use a selecte
few. That few saw its duty an
- performed it with the Drawer
4 that has made famous the name
of such men as Napoleon, We
II lington, Grant and Washington
There names will never emblazo
1 any of history's pages, but the
will reap a better harvest, the
will have forever the love an
honor of that large army :
miners and their progeny who al
to follow. The tombs of the dea
will in all probability bear n
marble shaft, but the groun
above their ashes will be o
moistened with the tears of tho'
IL who live to mourn the loss I
comrades loved Of yore an
revered in death.
rs Seventeen are known to
dead.