Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-07-13
Scores of Unfortunate Victims,
Cut Off From Escape, Seek
Refuge In Shafts, Only to
Perish MiSerabIy.
STREETS OF VILLAGES
STREWN WITH CORpSES
Acts of HerOiSm Numerous
Among GrueSome Incidents
Of Catastrophe UnequaIIed In
Annals of Dominion.

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire
life In the Porcupine district from
yesterdays fires is known to be sew
Fral hundred, and the property loss
|will reach several millions of dollars
Only three Of the eighty-fonr EN-.
Dplcyes OF the West Dome mine have
eDeen accounted for and two hundred
miners muckers, etc, in the Dome
hine have been suffocated. The
|hincs burned include the Dome,
North Dome PrestoAa East Dome,
Ripond. Foley. O'Brien. Philadelphia.
nited Porcupinc, Eldorado, stand
trd Imperial West Dome, and Suc-
tess
Among the dead are Robert Weiss,
5nanagcr OF the West Dome, and his
kfe and child The Philadelphia
5hines loss is about $4,000: United
porcupine's loss, $4,000: EldoradO
Porcupine an buildings destroyed
Standard. about 100000; Imperial,
bout $4,000; Success, probably des-
royod Wcst Mines, about $4,000.
| only thirtY-siX employees of East
Domc had been accounted for up to
ate tonight. There is no means OF
Estimating the dead at Dome mines,
put the manager and Mrs. Meek, Cap
3an Lawson and Henry Hansan. mill
construction foreman, are safe.
All reports give but a vague idea
n the loss Of life and property in
1orcupinc camp, which probably will
Total millions of dollars and hundreds
" lives
In four short hours commencing
y yesterday noon the fire swept from
Ahe Standard mines to the shores Of
N @orcupno lake, where il destroyed
fouth porcupine pottsville and part
N Golden City as wen as many small
Buildngs along the lake front While
1onlc loss of life occurred in the
RlciGitY Of porcupine Lake. the great
$Sl havoc was wrought around tho
pam mines, notably West Dome and
Nig Dome
There the cntrappcd miners, cut off
From escape We're forced to take to
&lc shafts for safety and penned in
~ flames persisted. This was not
a &hy true at Dome and West Dome
3nes. At Preston, East Dome, an
Il 4nlmhcred SHAFT gave shelter, and
Done porished
n The streets of South porcupine are
''WH with dead persons, horses,
rs ana cattle Along the mine
&''uS are the charred bodies of those
'rcome trying to escape.
Il "l the STAFF of 800 at the Dome,
II lew were saved and at the West
YoHle but taree out of eighty-four
III X'pl"Nes are known to be alive.
'ohs the highway between East
oIne ana South Porcupine over a
~ onlparatircy open section were
~ una six charred bodies. In the
III HS OF South Porcupine were found
II Dodles of William Cochrane and
~ C'rK, MacSmith, Captain George
IA u"oaf and Tom Geddes.
III Early Yesterday morning the miners
"a dense clouds OF smoke to the
"a "'"Wrst where the fires were rag
NeN gave little heed. Later a
VI '"i y hlaze started in Lake View Of
" { Forcupine townsite, but it passed
ID nos' unnotced because Of the re-
NJ y, frequency Of bush fires,
v ~ was not Until noon that the
use smoke clouds began to roll over
Forcupine district Then the
'u'rs became alarmed and the
npS took on unusual activity.
'SSengers were sent out and soon re-
'Hed with warnings that the fire
u.s. udNeling through the forests at
p,u speed and was licking up many
wnships
4 '1ortly after noon the fire had COW
-" an area of twenty-five miles in
Sth ana two miles In width and
rs Hckng mp the base line of Tisdale,
eeplhs over the Standard and. I'M
val mines at DeIore, the Philadel-
la' shaw. Eldorado and United
mes IN Southern Whitney.
"A Nhen the seriousness of the situa-
was apparent the fire call was
unued with the Dome mine whistle.
.erS and women and children sour
apout in the dense smoke. pack
valuable and light baggage. In
an hour the flames were raging
,ne spot They swept over tho Fol-
brien mine, then passed to the
VS,oh East Dome and followed over
Dune. ''''' 80 ="
hundreds fled before the flames,
'he thick smoke hung low and
w progress difficult. Many fell