Bisbee daily review., 1913-06-08
TWO KILLED UNDER GAVE
 IN THE GAR
w. T. Menear and Albert Hodge Smothered to Death Bodily Injuries Were of Minor Character.
NOT MISSED UNTIL.
 HOURS AFTER DEAD
Search Discloses Tragedy Inquest to be Held Tomor-
 row, When Mine Inspector
 Arrives-Funerals Tues.

Sometime Friday afternoon, prohab- ly about o'clock. a cave-in on the 300 level of the Czar mine resulted n the death of w. T. MereaT and AL bert Hodge That the two were dead was not known until early yesterday morning and it was not until about o'clock in the morning that the first body. that Of Hodge, was recovered.
 Roth men went un at 7:2O o'clock Friday morning. They were taking ont old timbers and worked at least up to the noon hour. as their lunch
 buckets, empty. were Sound near them when a rescue party finally un- covered the bodies. Ordinarily their shift would have ended at 3:30 o'clock For some time Menear has been as- sisting in checking and was in the
 habit of qiutaing 50 minutes early in order to go to the change house and
 give out rChecks. Friday, En0gever. waE pay day and the men left imme-
 diately upon getting off shift. The absence of the two was not noticed.
 A brother Of Menear. becoming
 alarmed at Nis coTft' 'lUed absenVs
 went 70 the Car about H. He found
 that Menear had left no cheek and
 he notified shift boss Cass Benton. A search was instituted and the cave in was discovered.
 In the triftnwhere the cave occurred the rock is loose and il is believed that the removal of the timbers caus- ed the cave in as there had been no blasting in the vicinity. A consider able mass of rock and earth had faI- {. len.
 Work on recovering the ibO6i ~G
 started immediately. Coronor Thom-
 as was called end hastily summonin& jury went to the mine. It requir-
 ed hard work for more than an hour before the body of Hodge was reach
 cd. Though the body was bruised ana
 cu4 no boues had been broken and 1t
 i, believed that death was due to
 suffocation.
 < large shift was kept at work re-
 moving the fallen earth and rocks
 hylt. with the fastest work it was fm-
 possible to get to the body of Menear
 "rtil nine hours later. He had evi- lently been working near the end or
 the set that caved while Hodge was not far from that part of the root
 which remained intact AS in the
 case of Hodge. the body of Meaner
 showed but comparatively slight in-
 iuries and suffocation in his case too was probably the cause of death. Both men had resided n Bisbee for about five years. and had been en- .aged in mining during that tune.
 W T. Menear was 32 years old and is survived by wife, son and daugh- ter and a brcSher. The family resale on School Hill Albert Hodge was 2t years old and single. He has rela- ttives living in Australia Both had excellent records with the company.
 The news of death came as a great shock to many friends in the district | Owing to the absence from the city of Deputy Mine Inspector William Farrell. who is at Nogales. Justic" ! Thomas did not hold the inquest yes | ,arday The jurors have viewed the remains and the time for the holding [ os the inquest has been set for I lc'cIoct- Monday afternoon. when 1t is heIseved that Mir. Farrell will have re- tprned to the city He will make an : inspection of the scene O fthe accl- dent and will then report to the Jury. The funerals Of the two victims or the accident will be held on Tuesday afternoon. Hodge was member or inc Moose and that organization Will
 have charge of the funeral service
 The Yeoman lodge, of which MT Nenear was a member. will meet dt inc odd eFTlows hall to conduct serE- ices. Both the funerals will be held : at o'clock in the afternoon.