Show DAWSON EXPlOSION a IS FU FEARFUL FUl FUlIs I He Is One of Two Who Escaped From Work Work- ings Fear Is still In my heart Such was the statement made toda today b by Arthur Treasure one of or the two survivors survivors sur sur- of or the Daw sou New Mexico 1 mine explosion At the time of oC the explosion I was doing day work In what was known as the old workings 8 having ing previously previous been employed as a driver continued Mr Treasure I r had been 1 In It that part partI of the workings but II a short time when hen m my partner approached and asked me the time I 1 had as did dill m my partner a sarel safety lamp amp attached to my belt and looking at m my watch r remarked that Is was 50 I had no more than stated ted the time when something awful happened It seemed that blood vessel In evel every In my bod body was wall bursting My h watch was torn front from m my hands Although h there was little noise at the te time my partner and andI I 1 ll that Hut an explosion had hod occurred and as best besl we wo could crawled tov toward ard the opening of oC the time mine still In a dazed condItion condition con con- and gradually becoming weaker We Ve finally lost all ll consciousness and when we next er that we were wore all alive we ae were side by side Ide In to a com com- with many man kind attendants around This was el eight ht hours the after accident For Tor man many more houis hours w we 10 me- under the care of oC nurses and re-I re when sufficiently recovered T I decided to enter cutel the mine with the searching parties Thou hs of entering the mine made JIlt me weak but I pressed onward to the tho point where m my partner and I 1 had been at the thc time of oC the explosion Th The sights were beyond explanation The Time force oCth of oC th the explosion slon was so o great reat that the thc heavy steel ca earn at t the tho main point were flat flat- Although I hud hind no ho cause caus to fear tear at that time lime I became so weakened and horrified with an uncontrollable fear Cear which still han hangs s. s that I left the work work- In Ings g. g I 1 was sick In bed for ten da days work work-I 6 I r tt lt 5 seems ems a miracle that my partner an and I escaped death as dead were strewn around In III all direction At t the time of oC I limp HIP disaster r there then were men at work I 08 were Instantly killed as were also the mules 4 My 1 watch was nos never found A I remarkable feature of the condition condition of or orthe the miners l killed was waa the fact that In the majority of or cases shoes I clothing and even underwear wa was torn lorn from th the bodies bortles Mr Treasurer who has hils relatives Es In Salt Palt Lake City will remain for a n few Cew days daH and anal possibly nop Indefinitely |