Bisbee daily review., 1914-06-27

,fice OF their lives in the pursuit OF
their duties in the line Of protection
10 the lives of others. They had gone
brayely and without question upon the
first word of the existence Of dan
gerous condition to inspect that con
ldition and provide a remedy.
Their lights were seen in the stope
a moment before the crash. After it,
| the lights were gone. With this news,
Ihope went out A chance in a million
was conceded TO exist and prayed for.
that they have escaped by some mir
lacle of providence. but none could ac-
cept it as more than the shadow of
la possibility.
Yet the organized forces Of the G..
q A. management and the Junction
worked TO the limit of human endur-
ance in tearing into the cayed ground.
| No effort was spared, no moment lost.
no risk that was not instantly braved.
| TO the end of reaching the men OF
their bodies as quickly as it might be
done
The bodies We're found at 1880 in
the evening, side by side, under an inn
Imense boulder. They had been badly
crushed That death came TO each
! instantly, there was no room left for
doubt
News of the finding Of the bodies
circulated quickly in the evening but
added nothing to the quiet grief that
had come about The cup was full 70
overflowing before the final word In
lie. d A. general offices and among
linen of the Junction, Briggs and HOat-
son, there was no mistaking the pres
ence Of a personally felt calamity
These knew the victims of the acct
dent best-were most intimately as
sociated with them and best under
stood the fidelity to duty and to the
care of those associated with them
underground which cost their lives. In
drawn faces during the hours of the
afternoon and evening there was ey
erywhere among these men that man
ner of ageing which comes only with
shock and grief Of the personal kind
In her home, Mrs Drury was ad
vised in the afternoon Of the danger
lin which her husband was believed tC
be. She bore up with greater strength
than there had been hope for. Friends
p assembled about her quickly and also
. about Mrs Juliff who stood the shocl
bravely. For these most deeply be
reaved the heart of the district goes
b out
{ Following the recovery of the bod
les and their viewing by the jury o
gerous condition to inspect that en-
} and saw the bodies as tney wer
found. they were removed to the Pal
ace Undertaking parlors, where the,
will lie today Arrangements for tn
p funeral services will probably be con
- cluded this afternoon They may b.
, held tomorrow but Of this there wa
entire uncertainty last night One o
the saddest features in this conneC
b tion is the word awaited from Mri
Compton. daughter of Mrs. Juliff MI
and Mrs Compton left on Thursda
e with happy anticipation Of a vacauo
y in Colordo where they were going
Boulder News Of the accident whic
viii bring them sadly home, was wire
e. 10 them en- route last night
e OF the accident itself there is lttl
more TO be told than recited brief
~ in the first paragraphs Of this az
count The foreman and the shi
1f foreman went 10 the fatal workin
20 make an inspection. Two MOI
competent men never entered a min
So Yet they did not detect the instaI
by treachery Of the ground which awaite
them Following the cave. repo
was az once made. Investigation il
Pc stanuy started to determine wheth'
anybody had been caught Ii was u
known certainly 20 anybody that q
foreman and shift foreman were In Il
working when the cave occurred. B
'h On a short time everybody else WI
had been on the level was accounts
20 for Il was known that the two me
az intended inspecting the fatal worhI
re- while on the level. Then o man WI
found who had seen lights in Il
Be- ooved section just before The ca'
r- occurred. Meantime preparations ha