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• I....Ten witnesses have been found seemed who swear that the -clergyman and rely a I* • Mrs. Mills, wif© of his cexton, fre-of Ar*! qaently sat on. the bench In ques* :q prove tkrn, which in in a dark, secludedfkene a« jpan of itie.tgitfc.istlgftUd ( ■ ■ - .LLLv CLVy IUJ Lii-OJIdates, Or else after a rendezvous at flome eott drink pallor, they stroll over to the shop for a hair trim and keep up conversation while the barbers do the work.RJ1Q II JgliIfiUWLtnthing else. If yon know anybody' who has lost one yon might refer him to_our choice collection, plain, fancy and in all colors, waiting to be claimed.’'led and Uh. He tive jut* ad thensister of nto the :or was t might : shownFirst Statement Of Argonaut Mine Fire Given By Man Who Discovered FlamesV»-ir?jurors m ti« during i session.imt. 26.— ■nU Who rile gefci-y night, it today, reed b y y bespit-his M-whefi he truck ed wide the rod(Clarence Bradshaw waa ..shift hosa on duty”at the Argonaut mine the nlxht the Argonaut tire started. lie urobably «-}]! ho the rCntrnl flftura in The coroner'* jnq»je*t, opening day. Bradshaw haa given this exclusive statement to the United Plena—the first. direct, fIxst person statement ft what occurred at theArgDjjRuL)SHIPSi deitroy trMy !■fleet us•the pre-IflfclDftOAce to «• al ship*, wanhipa 7p® and* pr*-Jut-By CLARENCE BRAOSHAW (Written ter th* United Preaa). (Copyright, 1922, By United Pre#*0 JACKSON, Calif., Soph 25—1 would gladly have been one of the men lowered lata their grave In Jackson Thursday if I could have saved the life of only ope of the men who died in the Argonaut mine. I could not do it.If my own f unity had been vat the bottom of the .shaft I would have done m more than 1 did.On Sunday, August 27, 1 went to work hi the Argonaut mine. 'going, down In Use shaft at fi o'clock.• Until about 11 o'clock 1 devoted my time to going over the mine, particularly the crosscuts, stojfes and workings on the levels from Use 4500 to the WO.-Tftft'Fatal- IwMng About 11 o’clock I.went to,thet* w*‘* 4/\w ♦HabackaU which casoe down s' few ttfcilUa later. fThe hoys all cam© out and etc lanch and after we had finished, the lUy toad an, Steve P*slick and Joko, came up to the 4(00 and asked what they aboiM do m every-thing-«■ top wae ftf!, meaning the waste mm4 the ekafte wen folk lt;I told them to go to the 3300 and lower the waste from there so .the 1CC0 waste cknto. 8itrt toldme that ctyiito also was full. I then said l would go to that 'chute apd drawflR- nnil for the two boy» to come'with me. I asked Sieve what the time was and he told me 11:25. , Getting on the skip the two skip tenders and myself went to the 42ClQ? station and drew the waste chute. While doing 60 Stove lost the step board down the chute and Joko took the measure of the board and went down to make another, going to the station.Discover Fire , After waiting for a few minutes for him to coma hack, Sieve and I wont out to tbe station, Steve walk lag ahead. As he reached the station he turned an ft said:' '- My God, Bradshaw, there is fireTo‘which 1 -replied that I thought there was and some place 1n the shaft.. Joko had not returned as be had gone to the 4300 level to get a mw,. I went over and looked up^ the shaft- and found 11 filling with atqpke. Not waiting for tho skip T storied bp the ladder, thinking I Saw the fire, but It proved to be ant* TtT.„n' V H upAbiMt 7(1 or 820 feet I heard the skip coming and called to Steve to wait'for roe which he did. ! then crowed over to ihe south compartment and got on the skip and started up the shaft,Ob reaching the 3*00 stotlo* f« stopped the skip. I got off and went to the telephone to call tho engineer and I toirt him there was fire somewhere to' the mine and to get tbe .superintendedt and U*o foremen feeme as soon as possible.I (hen went hack and got on the*kir» mH rflnf' for tho n«rlt;nw-r fn hoist as we want to find tbe fire and try to put it out If possible.Smoke More IntenseAs we went up the shaft the Braoke grew more a nil more dense until we went into flame and passed through two sets of flaming timbers just below the 30QU station, when we came to fresh air. I asked Steve to stop the akip, which he did, Joko left it and climbed over into the manway to get at the fire.I told Stove that it had such a atort that I was afraid we could do nothing to fight fire. Steve had suggested that we go ot the 2000 and see if we could find anything. We did this ami found, nothing -but a small extinguisher and vwc decided to go up an top and find something there. On reaching the top we started filling up water kegs and whatever we could find ihat would carry water and while we were doing thia Foreman Sanguin-stti came and helped us ftll the skip With water. Then we started down again—Sanguinottl, Steve and myself.We went down about as far as the 2600 and Joko called up, he having climbed up to the 3000. We stopped,, took. him bn and went down the shaft.We went as far as the 2800 which was as near the fire ns we could get MT the smoke was so denic we could do nothing and we all went back. We did ail we could.' eo help me God.IS SURE FESSEL DIED TRYING ID SHE DISnere tlona welc-nigh I MytI L-I of 1cof olwillJACK'S ON, Sept. 25.—Mrs. William» V r T. f-T,iary I Ito knrm deliv Ev quofc to 11 rivet Bej1 eset ult;):lvy usdied in an effort to save his comrades.She believes that he ledt the 4$ men behind their bulkhead and made Tits way higher in an eftort to open the gates of the Muldorm shaft to allow the gas to escape:It she could direct the search for her hush and she would confine efforts to the tnanways between the bulkhead and the gates.lie was Just that kind of a man,” she said. “He would never sit down to die.”Mrs. Fees el le still unstyung from the shock of the tragedy-In her cabinlike home over the hill from town, 1n full view of the ominous tower of the Jacks on mine, she watts the woTd from rescuers that does not cmiwv crying softly to her-*elf.| Friends havo offered comfort In vain.Two other widows are leaving Jackson. They want to he far from the scene of the tragedy, away from tbe sight oE mines and miners. They aro mtb. civ an ‘*** Vx*.*ifour children 1b quitting Jackson, and Mrs. Ernest Miller, who going to relatives in Kansas.the ‘i Nuna. rof \ auxi! P: iciscc' thei tiComcr oinganslaunWillhavlt;LeSIIToCAC*AGAINST TAXESWASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—Aaaist art Secretory of the Treasury Gil bcrt give* wanting that to impose additional (axe* to meet the fm mated deficit of moro then ffiOO.noO, 0W would be a natioial caUmlty.IfK
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Modesto Evening News
Modesto, California, US
Mon, Sep 25, 1922
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