Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-11-27
Mass Funeral For the Men
Killed at Madrid Last
Saturday Afternoon viii
be Held This Afternoon
CAUSE OF EXPLOSION
IS NOT DETERMINE
One of the Victims Had Ar
ranged to Bring His Wife
and Children From ireland
Early Next Spring

Madrid, N. M, NOV. 2b.-Bodles
Of the seven miners, killed when
gas ignited in the Albuquerque and
Cerrillos mine here Saturday af-
ternoon, are to be buried here Mon
day afternoon at a mass funeral.
Five OF the dead miners were re-
covered from their 1000 feet deep
tomb Saturday and the two others
were recovered Sunday, following
! an all night working of rescue
crews Saturday night.
The dead are:
ALEC BROWN, foreman, aged
35 survived by a widow and two
children now in Belfast, Ireland.
ROBERTO BARRERAS, aged
"A; survived by a widow and four
children.
FLORENCIA MARTINI, aged
As; survived by a widow and four
children.
GEORGE ALEXANDER, aged
IS, survived by widow and two
children.
GIL GRECO, so; survived by a
widow and one child.
JACK o'FRY, aged 2S; single.
ANDREW KLASS, aged 81; wild
over.
Families of all of the dead, with
the exception of Brown, lived in
the mining camp OF Madrid. Brown,
who Is native Scotchman, had
been in America for a couple of
years, working to save enough
money to bring over his family.
Last week he made final arrange
ments for the arrival Of his wife
and children from Ireland in the
early spring.
Thirteen other miners, working
in the same mining section in the
anthracite mine number four, were
hurried to Albuquerque and all
were expected to live. The major
ity OF them were severely burned
by the explosion and one miner
was thrown against coal car and
had both hips broken.
The injured men, now in Albu
querque are: Grisweldo Rodri-
ouez, Rutilo Cassias, Florencio
Perea, Thomas Roybal, Esequel
Carrillo, y. II. Self, Solomon Bal
donado, Daniel Garcia, Jose de
Luz Campo, Soloman Narvaiz, A.
G.. Armijo, Juan Perea, Thomas
Mares, Charles Liesse.
The explosion, which caved in
75-foot passage in the sixth of the
seven underground levels, was
scarcely heard outside the one pas
sage.
One OF the less severely wounded
men managed to get to a telephone
and called the main office before
any news OF the disaster had reach
cd the surface. Rescue crews were
Immediately sent down and the
mine ventilation restored within
ten minutes after the call, accord
ing to Superintendent Huber. The
injured men were rushed to first
aid help and then sent on the
mines private railway to Waldo,
where train No. l was tagged.
They were all being treated in AL
buquerque hospitals by o'clock
Saturday night.
The explosion caused no panic
in the community. Before fami-
lies of the miners had learned of
the disaster, practically the men
dllu bpultG 4ltlh b'Nll LNNONNiNo tiAit
identified Although news spread
quickly throughout the four mines
of the camp that there had been
an accident, the majority OF the
men underground kept stolcally at
work until quitting time when the
man car" came down for them.
There was so little damage done
to the mine proper that work will
be resumed Tuesday morning, fol-
lowing the funerals.
While there was a feeling of
deep sympathy among the miners
and officials for the bereayed fam
lilies. old timers In Madrid and
veterans of many other mine disas-
ters, casually referred to the acci-.
dent as the quickest, cleanest ex-
plosion" they had ever known.
Attempts were being made Sunday
to determine the exact cause of the
gas ignition but no theory had
been substantiated. 1t was thought
possible that o flint-like spark
may have been struck, thus ignit-
ing the gas.
The Saturday explosion was the
first disaster in Madrid since the
White Ash mine explosion when ap-
proximately twenty men lost their
lives, nearly twenty years ago.
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