Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1911-02-13
TELEdRAPHIC NEWS

two escaped Is todays story of an ex-
! ploslon last night In the Cokedale
mine. the property OF the Carbon Coal
and Coke company.
In the blacksmith shop at the CAMP
this morning which has been convert.
| ed into q morgue, are the bodies OF
A. E. Sutton and Robert Meek, two
rescuers who gave up their lives In
vain efforts to save some OF the If
teen entombed men, and beside them
lie the bodies OF four Of the entrymen
who were In the Inflated mine at the
time OF the explosion.
This morning the bodies OF four Pc
lish shot firers were brought to the
surface and the bodies of five more
had been located by the rescue party
Shortly before 5 o'clock the assist
ant superintendent, e. A. Sutton. who
had been directing the rescue work,
was brought to the surface. He had
been overcome by black damp and
died in a few minutes. Meek met the
same fate few minutes later.
All the men whose bodies have
been found died from suffocation.
They had evidently attempted to make
their way from the mine when over
come. Little hope is entertained OF
finding the six missing men alive.
1t is believed they were overcome by
gas within a few minutes after the
explosion.
| All the dead and missing are foreign
ers except the two rescuers.
| Superintendent Bayless this morn
/ ing stated that he believed the ex-
ploslon was due to the discharge OF
blasting powder.
| A. e. Sutton, mentioned in the above
article, was well known here, being in
charge OF the coal mine belonging to
the smelter for over year. and leav'
| ing Durango last June for Cokedale
where he and his wife have lived since
that date.
Mr.. and Mrs. sutton made their
home at the Strater hotel and during
their residence in Durango made
many friends. A telegram announc
ing the sad news, but giving few par
ticulars, was received by Fred Bal
com this morning. Durango friends
are glad to remember that Mrs. SUIT
toms father, mother and sister are
living in Cokesdale, so that she will
have the comfort of their presence
during the first terrible hours of hei
bereavement.
In days to cOme-not now, when the
loss is so keen-it will be sweet fol
his wife to remember that MT. SUIT
ton gave up his life doing his duty
That IL was an unsuccessful attempt
matters not. When he went to hi.
death, Mr.. Sutton doubtless knew VIVA
he was risking, and that possibly h'
was too late. But from what We know
of him we feel sure that neither argu
ment would make any difference. III
must do his duty at whatever cost ant
that duty was to try to save thos'
entombed.
To live well and die nobly, what car
a man ask more? One whose wore
may be trusted said long ago, Great
err love hath no man than this, tina
he lay down his life for his friends;
and by friends" we believe the Mas
ter meant, all mankind
Ell PASO. Tex, Feb. 10.-Althougi
it Is persistently reported that tn,
Mexican revolutionary junta and othe
representatives of Francisco s. Ma
dero have decided to deport Genera
Pasquale Orozco from the command
OF the insurgent troops in northern
Mexico, no confirmation of the rumo
could be had here early today. TIL,
report is credited In most quarters
however, and the general opinion IL
that Orozco has enacted to carry gu
the promises he gave when he frs
appeared before Juarez
Orozco's forces, which disappeared
from the hills across from the Ell Past
smelter yesterday afternoon. were las
reported at Rancho Flores. where hi
has effected junction with 800 in
surrectos under General Sanchez.
The revolutionary junta asserts tina
Orozco is merely concentrating mis-
forces for an attack on the 1000 fed
eral troops under General Navarro
who was last reported as being eight,
miles below Juarez, but the genera
impression here is that the insurrecto,
are retreating and have definitely
abandoned their impregnable position
west OF Juarez. Orozco retreated wher
he became convinced he could no
get provisions from the American side
although after he had reached Rancho
Flores the junta advised him that Unit
ed States Commissioner Oliver here
has decided that food could be takeI
across the international boundary fol
the subsistence of revolutionists.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-A direcl
demand that President Taft answer
whether he is now seeking to evade
responsibility for the Cunningham