Evening star., 1923-02-09
Small Hope Is Held
for 113 in Shaft
at Dawson, N. M.
RESCUERS TAKE OUT
ONLY SEVEN BODIES
Two Miners Walk Out
Unhurt; Greeted
By Cheers.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DAWSON, N. NJ, February 9.-Seven
bodies of miners, entombed in mine
No. / of the Phelps-Dodge Corpora
tion here by an explosion yesterday
afternoon, have been recovered, and
the company has announced that
there is very little hope" of rescuing
alive the other 113 men, who were in
the mine at the time Of the accident.
Two miners walked out unassisted
this morning. AS they neared the mouth
Of the mine they met rescue party
coming in.
The men were Charles Candale ana
Filihi Martinez.
They were in the fourth south tier
of the property when the terrific
blast came. They Immediately put out
the lights on their lamps with the in
tention of saving these for use in
making their escape. This act ur-
doubtedly saved their lives, mine Of
ficials pointed out. as it eliminated the
chance of an explosion in their VI
cinitS.
In Mine All Night.
Candale and Martinez remained in
the mine all night, afraid to venture
from the tier where they were stand
ing when the explosion came. Today
they decided to risk the danger of
possible gas and walked out OF the
mine.
The escape of the pair caused re-
newed hope that other miners inside
were alive.
As the miners stepped from the
workings of the property a cheer
rang out from the eager group of
watchers at the mines mouth
The two miners declared there were
four other miners alive in the vicinity
h =, hAn fy>,yN yNr~y cNv, cd hr1
company officials said they thought
this statement probably was erro-
neous.
Candale and Martinez told a dra-
matte story of how they avoided death
in the thick suffocating coal dust
that filled the mine after the ex-
plosion. They kept from strangling
by wetting their sweaters on a water
soaked wall and placing the sweat
ers over their faces
The men were within the mine for
nineteenaandssDssh shsl1slsg9gse<tert the
explosion, but eor1nakk1Is lciais de-
clared medical examination showed
no injury had been received from
the experience.
Shortly after 8 o'clock this morn
Ing a temporary morgue was opened
In an Office building near the scene
of the disaster. 1t soon was filled
with relatives OF the entombed men,
eager to identify the dead A num-
Eled and, according to the company,
no complete identifications have
been made and no list of dead is
ready for announcement.
Delay in Rescue.
There was a delay of an hour in
the rescue work this morning while
improvements on the mine fan motor
to increase the ventilation in the
mine were made. Officials said this
betterment of the fan would make
sufficient ventilation for rescue
crews to explore all parts of the
mine without danger of being over
come.
Two bodies were recovered a short
distance inside the entrance. The
DINERS We're found mile or more
from the mine portal Identity of
only two of the bodies has been an
nounced.
The explosion was of such force
that 1T toppled cement walls which
formed the exterior of the entrance
and hurled large timbers so to 100
feet.
Women Rush to Mine.
The explosion was heard all over
DAWSON. and the Jhud brought
group of anxious wives mothers and
other relatives to the pithead. The
women, some hatless. despite the
wintry breezes. others tightly wrapped
eyed, while others were sobbing and
hysterical, waited for some sign to
indicate whether their "menfolks"
would be brought from the mine The
news quickly spread that the miners
rad small chance to escape alive.
Early this morning the body of A.
j. English was found almost com
pletely buried in the debris. Fur
ther on the searchers expect to find
his son, Albert English, jr, foreman
of the mining shift.
With the arrival of the mine res
cue car sent by the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company from Trinidad,
Colo, rescue work was pushed with
redoubled energy.
The work of entering the mine and
excavating through the caved-in
tunnels is a task which presents no
little risk. The fumes in the mine
still are dense.
During the night and early today,
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