The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-10-24

.o ~ pa,o thi. morning with him
wa, his son. Walter Douglas, general
manager Of the phelp, Dodge mining
properties iu this section.
eve can ouly hope for me L.st,
aid Dr. Dcuplas. Ills face was care.
worn ." ! have only mengcr Information
Ut the di,u,tcr, and 70, sure ! could not
:. dd to any that you already have. Dr.
Douglas aud Walter Douga, were met
~ the union station bv II. i. simmons,
General manager of the southwestern
Iailwav. aud Gcurrm |npcrintenden;
Hawks. VINO accompanied them on the
special To Dawson
Fourteen Known Dead.
Fourteen dead, - alive, was the
count Of life aud death a. it stood 81
I o'clock Thursday morning. Rcscuers
working all night had recovered Is bodi-
- from the mine before daylight this |
morning. Twenty three living had also
been brough, to the surfaco--a total Of
- miners accounted for out of about 300
who went down into the mine yesterday
afternoon, q. f. Hawks, general super
ntcudcnt of the h. +. 4 ). v. railway,
had received information at $3.50 o'clock
Thursday morning.
Chance for Escape.
+. g. ~earlc OF the Dawson Fuel Sales
company, IN IL raso, IL an official
statement gave assurance there was nope
tnat all the miners, the majority Of
whom are Italians, could Se rescued.
Tie said;
Several means Of escape are offered
from mine 40 which is connected with
nine No. by tunnel driven through
tnc mountain aud also connects with an
/ air shaf, driven from the top of ,ho
mountain down into the mine. This air
shaft is equipped with steps and lad.
dcrs, upon which the cntombed men, ii
they are able 10 reach the air shaft can
make their escape 10 the top"
Believe Men May Escape.
Local officials OF the Southwestern
and stag Canyon company say that the
miners who are cntombed in the No. =
mine have every chance of getting ou'
alive unless they were caught by the
falling rock aud coal. The No. = mine
: 4 -. NJ. hN tnnnaI
which places he hogback mountain
into wich the mine drift. Vt the apex
, q: th. hr1harh there is An airsh,tt eN
fcudiag down 10 the level Of the tunne
which connects 'hcse two mines. Thi'
air shaft was sunk al point one mil,
north uf the entrance ~ me No. min,
a number ot wears ago and measure
~ bv - feet in the clear and is 25l
feet deep. \ tan Of large capacity wa
Installed nt the 'op OF this air shaft an,
turrcs fresh air down the air shaft an,
. into the connecting tunnels.
. Three Avenues TO Escape.
D This air shaft makes it possible 70
the men 20 escape in three directions
, They may be able o climb out this air
{ shaft hv means Of ladders on its sides
they may be rescued from the No.
mine by way Of the tunnel, OF may b
reached through the entrance 20 In NJ
' > mine itself
J. Have Effective Rescue Crews
: The first aid corps aud rescue crew
; At the Dawson mines are among IN
: most efficient in the southwest. Thes
" 'rrws are organized from among tn
miners of the various mines eomposin
: the Dawson group, and they are paid h
he company 10 attend nightly drills an
ms rurti0nS by the chief surgeon an
hi, assistants. These rescue crews al
= equipped with oxygen helmets, pulm
" 'cr,, first aid kits aud other life saviu
- appartus,
=, Foremen and Bosses Americana.
All forrmrn and drift bosses in Il
No. mine are said to be American
and there are number of Americs
miners at work in this mine. There a
lN nationali,ies represented at Dawso
-, the majority being Italians. There q
j.. Slavs, Bulgarians, Mexcans, Japanes
), and many other north of Europe n
tivcs employed at these mines, besid
the negro colony
The stag Canyon company has 40
m. tons Of coal on hand here at the pr,
mn cut time, which is expected TO supp
n the local demand until the other min
h, can he rcopened The average dai
Nh output of the mines is given as 10
~. tons, Of which the No, 2 mine produc
IA, one. fourth.