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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. MONDAY. JULY 17. 1911.

PUBLIC HEARINGS START TUBS II SOU' WESTERS Manhattan Survivor of Canadian Forest Fire Bears First Tidings of Brooklynite' Safety SEE AMERICA! From picturesque Colorado and wonderful Yellowstone Park comes the call. The personally conducted tour of the Pennsylvania Railroad affords an opportunity to visit Colorado Springs, Denver, and the Yellowstone Park under the most favorable conditions. Tour leaves by special Pullman train on August 26. Round-trip fare covering necessary expenses $2.25 from New York. Full particulars of C.

Studds, D. P. 263 Fifth Avenue, New York. men went down except Mr. Weiss and myself.

The superintendent refused to go down until the last of the group had retreated to apparent safety. Then he descended 1.10 feet below. Try to Tear Down Wooden Shaft Heading. "We tried to tear down the wooden heading to the shaft, but had to retreat before we could complete our task. "When I started down the ladder I grabbed an old rubber miner's coat, with the intention of using It to put out any fire that might catch on to the ladder and thus burn away our only means of exit from the shaft.

I went down oly about thirty-five feet. The heading caught fire and I crawled up the rungs to try to beat out the flames. As I reached the top I inhaled a breath of stifling hot air. "I began to realize that the twenty-five of us were In a living grave. I came out of the shaft an dtried to upset the barrel of water near the heading over the burning timbers.

This did but iittlo good, and I had to beat a quick retreat to the shaft. "An old miner named Tom McCam-bley crawled up the ladder behind me. said he, 'this place la sure death I think we can get to the "I yelled down to the others and then had gone to the boarding camp. 'In answer, we heard a groan, and going behind the shaft near the power house we found a young fellow, John S. Taylor.

He was alive but horribly burned. We carried him to the swamp and laid him where the ground was not so blistering hot. Taylor died the next day in- the Llsteard Hospital. Back behind the shaft we found seven bodies' burned to a crisp. These seven had evidently climbed out of the shaft after us but had started to run the wrong direction and fell before the flames.

Down the ladder, we later found hanging by her clothing half way from the bottom, the body of Mrs. Burt. Outside was William King's body charred and blackened. "Of the gang which went to the boarding camp Hamilton and twenty others escaped the flames and Joined us. Tho next morning I was practically blind.

The mud in the muskeag pools had affected my eyes. Splendid Management of Relief Work "One thing I want you to publish," Mr. Tracy said to The Eagle reporter, "is the wonderful manner In which the railroad officials of that wild north country managed the relief work over the entire Porcupine district. They took out the Injured, transported those refugees who wanted to leave, and rushed food and supplies Into the camps for the others, in marvelously quick time. The same was true of Manager, Gordon of the Cobalt Lake Mining Company who, at Cobalt, provided money and clothing for us destitute refugees and also sent in ten days supply of food to the survivors at West Dome.

"From Golden City to Toronto I was transported under the guidance of a young Virginian, M. L. Fairfax. On that train were hundreds of others, many badly burned." Speaking of the extent of the disaster, Mr. Tracy would not hazard a guess as to the number of lives lost, but said there were over five hundred men within a radius of only a mile and a half of West Dome.

If the ratio of survivors Is no better than the BO per cent, at his camp, he Imagined the loss of life, when finally known, would mount into the hundreds. As for the property loss, Mr. Tracy believed It would be several millions, as tho mining machinery alone In the many camps wiped out was worth big sums. The two nearest towns to the West Dome camp, South Porcupine and Potts-ville, were wiped out. Golden City escaped the fire of Tuesday, but was partially burned by a bad fire two days before.

The only other New York men who M-. Tracy knew were In that section and who escaped were Robert Walsh, Charles Mentzol and an engineer, C. B. Flynn. Percy Nelson Escaped Deathr in North Woods, Says Tracy.

VIVID TALE OF HORROR Victims Trapped in Mine Shaft Suffocated by Blast of Flame. Percy Nelson, the only Brooklyn man known to have faced the flames that swept the Canadian north woods, devastating the Porcupine mining district on Tuesday last, is safe. News of his escape from the death which overtook, in the space of an hour, several hundred miners, mining experts, their wives' and children, was brought yesterday by one who, to use his own words, "came out from his own tomb." Joseph Sloan Tracy, who lives on West Ing from the south over our camp at tho West Dome Mine. I hunted up our general manager, Robert A. Weiss.

I said, 'that fire is coming our way, Kind looks he answered. 'You better get the books and papers from the office and take them to the heading of the By 1.30 o'olock the eighty-five men, three women and one baby of the camp gathered around the entrance to the shaft, saw the pumping station on the shore of the lake catch fire and burn down. Mr. Weiss ordered the general foreman, Frank Hamilton, to take all of the men but a score and go to the boarding quarters to fight the fire. The rest of us stayed to watch the power plant and the shaft heading.

'The fire wa) coming toward us with tremendous rapidity, driven before an eighty-mile gale. We soom realized that we were powerless to save any of the property. Mr. Weiss then ordered us all to go down into the shaft, the women first. "William King, one of the miners, then took baby Ariel and descended the wooden ladder into the mine.

Mrs. Weiss followed. Mrs. David McQueen, wife of one of our mining engineers, went next. Mrs.

Angus Burt was the last of the women to descend. Her husband, also an engineer, lived at Oneonta, N. and his father, I understand, is professor at Harvard. After the women, all the out of twenty-five, sought refuge in the shaft of the West Dome Mine, near Por- cupine, came out from the tomb before suffocation "overtook them and fought their way through the fire to a nearby swamp, where they lay flat, but safe, in the muddy ellme until the fiery blast Tracy, eyes were shaded with heavy black glasses. The muskeag water and he was only now oeg i ng to recover his full sight.

sees xire Approacn tne west Dome Mine. i 115. fiftVwifr MMUV MJtt I .4 Ztt SV 17' PR I SfSbA 1 "v.1 tW 'A'Al 1 'X' MiffGMJ ISI-J' Sgtfj ll llSM' Wm WTWi WMJfMSCT 1 IK 1 1 tJSE i Small Fleet Starts in Series Events Owing to the Rain. WONDERFUL MARINE PICTURE. Harbor Brilliant With Craft of All Sorts Motorboats Are-Prominent.

(Special to The Eagle.) Larehmopt Yacht Club, X. July IT After a day of rest the racing Corinthians, who are gathered off the Larch-mont Yacht Club, were up bright and early this morning preparing for the second regatta of the club's annual race week. Judging by former years, the floct at anchor off the hospitable clubhouse is a peculiar one. There are no big sloops with towering topmasts to catch the eye of the rocking-chair fleet, as they sit and criticise everyting and everybody connected with the annual classic. A few schooners are at anchor, but they are cither cruising craft or else measure Into the smaller claHHcs.

Powerboats are seen everywhere and the harbor is a wonderful picture of marine beauty. The absence of large craft Is more than offset by the great number of boat3 that are taking part in the regatta. Duo to the energetic work of II. K. Boucher, chairman of the race committee, and his able assistant, Butler Whiting, tho high-water mark of 114 starters, was passed on Saturday, and although it is doubtful If the figures will be eclipsed to-day, every Indication points to more than 15 boats starting In Wednesday's race.

To-day is given over to series races alone. This year, however, series prizes have been offered tor ail classes, Includ ing the schooners, which means that the regatta practically will be an open one. The early morning hours did not promise any too good a day for the sport. Long Island Sound was hidden by a fog that would have felt quite at home In London. By colors, an east wind had blown the scud off to the westward, and lien the regatta coniinltt.ee boarded its tug at 10: SO o'clock tile green hills of Long Island wero plainly seen.

The wind was not particularly strong in tho early hours, and although the sky Is overcast, it Is a question if tho boats are going to have enough breeze. Haiti was in thjp air and oilers and sou'westers are tlft principal dunnage that the Corinthians took aboard their craft prior to tho starting signal. When thu signals were set at 11:28 o'clock the wind hail freshened and was coming out of the southeast. The signals indicated that the bouts were to sail southeast Vt east for 3 miles, followed by a leg north west for 3. and then west by south 4 south for '2 miles.

As tho wind came the craft would have a beat, a run and a reach. Although prizes had been offered for schooners, tho two stickers were still at anchor when tho signals were set, and the only large craft In the big fleet that was hovering around the committee boat wero Leo S. llerzig's Gardenia, National Yacht Club; Avenger, which belongs to Daniel Uncoil, Seawanhaka-Corinthlan Yacht Club, and Dorello, K. Barclay Henry, Corinthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia. The boats are all of different sizes.

Avenger is tho largest and in the class. She will meet Gardenia, an boat, on time allowance. The latter boat will meet Dorello also In a match raoe on corrected time. Tliree Classes Get Away Before Noon. The first class to fill was classes and X.

They went away nt 11:45 o'clock In a breeze that was freshening considerably. At that hour big black clouds were banking up in the north and promised dirty weather. Gardenia was the first away. Tho craft slipped around astern of the committee boat and crossed on the starboard tack almost on the gun. Avenger was at the leeward end of the line and was ten seconds late.

Dorello followed the plan of Gardenia and slipped Into the weather position ns they stood across the Sound. A strong tide set them to the eastward and as a result the boats all were able to lay a course for Hemp stead Harbor, where the lirst mark is anchored. Brooklyiiites Start in Class. The class was the next division to start. Among the fleet of tiny craft the new boats looked liko America's cup defenders as they came down on the line.

Commodore W. lb Cliilds, the Brooklyn yachtsman, was at tho tiller of Joyant, his latest craft. On board the boat was seen W. Drown, Benson-hurst Y. another Brooklyn tar.

Joyant being on the line ami crossed on the whistle. Windward followed to weather and then came Corinthian which is now owned by H. C. Smith, and not a syndicate of Scawanhaha-Corinthian members. The Portland boat Sayouara was the last awity.

An exceptionally fine fleet of 30-footers were sent away at 11:55. Juanita, the property of C. II. Hunter, led the division. Then came Duhlndu, Caprice, Nautilus, Rowdy, Alera, Phryne, Carllta, Xepsi, Ibis, Carmollta and Yolande.

The first of the lower bay fleet started at noon. It was Commodore Edijar F- Lui kenbach Suelew in the class. In the division there were also Princess and More Joy. The handicap boats from llravesend Bay followed at 12:10. Joy led the division.

Then came Miana, La Cubans Clare and Essex. Following the handicap class came a fleet of small boats that were too tiny to be recognized from shore. Rain fell as the final classes were starting. It also began to thunder in tho northeast. MARRIAGE LICENSES Issued in Brooklyn for Twenty-four Hours Ended at Noon To-day.

Samuel Poritsky, 26, UH Yark-t at, Llllie Ijowensteln, IS, lit aret at. Nathan Abnurimvitz, iu4 "Pumpkins av. Polloy Knum'r, IS, tMt (iatcs av. William H. L'l, Bush irk Bertha L.

l.uhirxky, l'X Montrose av. Nicola Baldo. Fifth uv, Kiinliu Lepr. is. s''2 Fifth av.

Fmlurirk 37, Sovcntv-thir-J st, Helen P. S' hneiil'T. lJ Martin W'ar'-i-lonik. JS, K-nt av. Karollna Kzt-rzkowska.

-4, Ki-nt av. John M. Mr'-nnaii, Asti.ri;t. Mary A. Met 'artin.

-4. 1'4 I'kiu'e Hurry Weinik. 4 at kins st. Tolka I'earlmiKkr, Sackman st. Morris Siointn rr, l-'i Uraham av, Clarfc Schwartz, lit, Hartlert M.

John a ran 'km, 'Sj'j Fulton at, Carrlo Robertson. -I, 1.1 ti av. Anton Miller. JJ. 773 I'uiuaru av, Margaret Dunn, 441 Ht-iii av.

HuKer J. Mahnin, Tntten vi S. Klara Kristianstn, 'Mb Fourth av. I'hilio HlatsiiK. Harris, ti place, Eliza beth 11.

4 Moroni av. Philip Becker. US, 1-7 Uli'kn st. bailie Marshall, (11 anriiire st. Leu Ituland.

r.4." '1 hroop av. Catherine Mc-t'ann, -S. S'-t Haricot si. William Manhattan av. Flor ence M.

KevKcr, X). Putnam av. Uohert i. Mackay. l-) Oak st, Agnes M.

lit, Norman av. John Hergonriah, L-4, Iti-U Third av, Alice J. Johnson, IS, -I'i'l Third av. Mb Sir.iprw.'M. k7 Havmeyer st, IbKina Herbu, S.

S-voict st. A I re Cr.r:t"fl rscii, -7, ft -fourth St. KkoTini Thorpe! J4' 1'i y-f Mirt St. Denis Uoufrhfrty. Washing, av, Margaret O'.

oni ll, 57'1 Wash on av. Mkhuel Gormky. 419 Ai-lphi st, Mary T. Mc 'onnack. Prompt av.

Joseph Hurk, 4 14-4 Putnam av, Maria (hiNZort. 41, 14J4 Ptunam a v. Jacob Coh- ri. 11 Louisiana, av. Hose Spieler, 417 Chester Pt.

Wolf, VoIintz, LT), 47 Manhattan av, Crossi.tau, Hi. is Moore st. Gaspare Canltnale, Humboldt st, Maruv 21, bio Humboldt st. St'iTilslaw Pa 'liila. .1.

(shorn st, Sophl i Marei.ikiew ic Pitkin av. Herbert V. 'Ji, Huntington, L. lobelia H. Urtun, 4-1 'llurwcaUi st After Preliminary Work, Investigation Is Postponed Till Next Week.

CLARK WILLIAMS TO TALK. Former Bank Superintendent Will Be a Witness More Important Evk dence Discovered. The public hearings on the Union Bank Investigation to determine the responsibility for the conditions discovered by the State Banking Department after the second failure, were officially Inaugurated to-day. 'Assemblyman Louis Goldstein, after being sworn in as special attorney to assist the State Banking Department in the investigation, announced that it had been impossible to secure the attendance of several important witnesses who were wanted for the opening hearing. He asked that in view of this fact and his necessary absence in Albany during the rest of the week, the hearing be adjourned for one week, and after formal organization had been completed this was done.

Announcement was made that on next Monday, Clark Williams, superintendent of banks at the time of the first failure of the Union Bank, will go on the stand to tell what he knows about the circumstances connected with this failure. Edward Lane Dodge Presides at Opening of Hearing. The hearing this morning was held in Part VI of the Supreme Court, In the County Court Building. Edward Lane Dodge, representing Superintendent of Banks Van Tuyl, as special deputy in charge of the affairs of the Union Bank, presided, and announced the oQlcial opening of the hearings. He then admlunstered an oath to Assemblyman Goldstein ns special counsel of the State Banking Department faithfully to carry out the obligations imposed upon him by this office.

Assistant District Attorney Mitchell May, who represents the District Attorney's office in the inquiry, was also sworn to assist in the investigation to the best of his ability. Assemblyman Goldstein then stated that owing to the inability of his process servers to reach certain witnesses and his necessury absence in Albany for the rest of the week, ho would ask that a hearing be set for 10 o'clock next Monday morning, and Mr. Dodgo agreed to fix the second hearing for that date. "In Bpite of everything that was done to stop it," Assemblyman Goldstein continued, "this investigation has come about. Governor Dix and Superintendent of Banks Van Tuyl have complied with the wishes of the people of Brooklyn to give them a thorough public investigation of Union Bank affairs.

Banking Department Gives Its Aid to Assemblyman Goldstein. "The Banking Department has offered; us every facility and given me every opportunity to examine the records that may bear on this investigation. "District Attorney Clarke is giving us all possible aid and has shown his keen Interest by designating one of his most able assistants to help us In this investigation. "As for you, Mr. Dodge, owing to the attitude you took at one time, perhaps, in response to instructions from your superior, you have been the subject of much unfair criticism.

But since Superintendent Van Tuyl has taken office you have been given free sway, and authorized to go ahead without any fear of possible consequences. It Is evidently the sincere de3ire of Governor Dix and Superintendent of Banks Van Tuyl to get at the bottom of this matter, conducting the inquiry without fear or favor, anad without endeavoring to protect anyone." When Assemblyman Goldstein concluded Mr. May was asked If he cared to make any statement, and when he answered that he had nothing to say at this time the hearing was adjourned to next Monday. Important Discoveries Made in Union Bank Records. Assemblyman Goldstein and his assistants are in high glee this morning as the result of certain important discoveries which they made in their yesterday's all-day search of the Union Bank records They found a good deal of difficulty in tracing certain dubious transactions through the bank's books, but yesterday they got the clews which enabled them to run them down.

Several process servers are now engaged in putting out the subpenas that have been issued for the men prominent in the administration of the Union Bank. The order in which these men will be called to testify will depend somewhat on the testimony to be given by ex-Su-porintendoiit Clark Williams on Monday. This' Is looked forward to with a good deal of interest because Superintendent Williams made an examination of the bank's affairs after the first failure, which convinced him that certain men connected with the management should not be 'retained: He also refused to authorize the reopening of the bank unless certain conditions were complied with. There is a difference of opinion ns to whether these conditions were actually met or whether the Banking Department was deceived, and, Mr. Williams may make some interesting statements In that connection.

Sigmund Markendorf. Signuind Markendorf, a dry goods dealer on Fulton street, died Saturuuy from heart trouble, at his home, 488 Wavcrly avenue. He was born in Brooklyn fifty years ago, and was a member of the Harlem Lodge, 0. B. A.

He is survived by twr sons, Edwin and Mnrk. Captain Charles Burgess. Captain Charles Burgess of 3G6 Eighth street, a commander of merchant vessels from tho port of New York for forty-five years, and the oldest member of the Marino Society of New York, died last night at the home of his son, John T. Burgess, at Montclair, N. aged 83 years.

He was born in Gothenberg, Sweden, August 15, 1828, and went to sea when 1.1 years old, taking charge of his first vessel in 1865. During the Civil War he was an officer on several transports parrying men and supplies to the Union Armies. He was on the Graham's Polly which started for Sabine Pass, carrying 1,000 soldiers and tons of ammunition. The two gunboats convoying her were sunk by the Confederates, but the Graham's Polly escaped. Just prior to the Spanish-American War, he was on the Bonnie Doon at Seville, Spain, being the only American vessel in port.

He raised the American flag to the masthead, despite the remonstrance of the American consul, who feared trouble. The flag there in safety for several days, though a great crowd gatherel on the shore, talking threateningly. During his forty-five years of service ns commander, Captain Burgess never lpst a vessel, and was counted most skillful. He commanded successively the Graham's Polly, the bark Amelia and tho Dark Bonnie Doon, on which he went to many ports of the world. His vessel was once struck by a tidal wave which washed four men overboard, but he made port.

He retired from the sea when 75 years old. Captain Burgess leaves a widow, two sons, John T. of Montclair and G. William of Hlooffleld, N. and a daughter.

Selma, who lived with him. Funeral services will be held at the Eighteenth Street M. E. Church to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Captain Georg-e H.

Berry. Captain George if. Berry, a Sandy Hook 0iiot, and a member of the Sandy Hook ill sres: rz JUDGE'S CHAIR REMAINS HID Peripatetic Furniture Can't Be Photographed Till Justice Returns He's "Away" Now. Supreme Court Justice Scudder's $140 chair promises to be a bone of contention between the Supremo Court and the Finance Department for some little time at least if Controller Preudergast in sists upon photographing It as an x-hlbit to be Included with the voucher which is now In the auditing department of the Controller's office. To-day the chair is safely hidden from profane eyes In the Judges chambers, and is In front of Justice Scudder's desk.

Nowspaper photographers, getting to the court house early this morning, found the same difficulty that Controller Preuiiergast did on Friday Justice Scudder must be tesu before his chair poses before camera-Justice Scudder was to have been in town to-day, according to rumcr, and lit chambers, but he did not arrive, and anxious reporters werj tolj that he was probably at Glen Head or elsewhere. Some little Information of interest, however, was given out about this famous chair, and its wanderings about the court house. It appears, according to the court house wise ones that after Justice Scudder received his chair from the hands of the makers, it was placed behind the bench that the Judge occupied that month. Then, when ho moved to another nait. the chair was shifted, too.

Last month Justice Scudder presided In Part VI and the chair was in that courtroom. This month the Judge has no regular assignment in KingB County, but next month he presides in the ex-parte term, in Koom 37. By some mistake the chair was taken direct from Part VI to Part II, when It should have rested the month of July In front of Justice Scudder's own desk chambers. That is where it is now, and the next uiovo is up to the Controller. HELD ON ASSAULT CHARGE.

Jennie Plerman, 15 -years old, of 6G0 Wytho street, after suffering horribly yesterday as the result of her experience Saturday night, when she was kept out in a rowboat by two men, was brought before Magistrate Wilkin, in the Children's Court, this morning on an Improper guardianship charge. She had appeared as the complainant against the two men earlier in the Manhattan avenue court, where they were held In $1,000 hall each, and had not slept, she said, Binco last Friday night. The girl left home after dinner on Sat urday, and had gone to the recreation pier, at the foot of Metropolitan avenue. Her father began a search when there were no signs of her coming home. Ac companied by Detectives O'Connor and Fleischman of the Bedford avenue station, he went In the morning to the pier, where they, learned that a girl had gone out rowing with two men.

While at the pier, Plerman and the detectives saw a rowboat in the East River. The two oarsmen were pulling toward the pier. As they got nearer Jennie, who was In the boat, recognized her father, and cried: "Papa! Papa! Take mo home!" Her companions headed out from shore, but the detectives overtook' them In an other boat. The men were Frank Phil lips, 24 years old, of 41 Havemeyer street, and Joseph Vogt, 17 years old, of 230 Union avenue. They were arrested, charged with criminal assault.

The girl needed the attention of an ambulance surgeon. In court this morning Magistrate Wil kin held her for examination. THE REALTY MARKET Auction Sales To-day at the Eeal Estate Exchange. (BY WILLIAM H. SMITH.) Dfgraw st, 175 ft Court at, 30xlW.

Wyckoff Van Slclen et ai agst Fredk Vim Wyi'k et al; as Van Stclen, att'y, t4 Wall Bt. Manhattan; Kdw Kelly, ref. Sale adjourned to July 24. (BY WILLIAM P. RAE.) 81th st.

166.8 6th av, 60x100. Eugene jincBier asm BKelton et at Hunter Ick, att'y, 40 Court st; Francis McDlvItt, ref. Sold to the plaintiff for uin nr. jyu.oo nm av, la.sxw. Kdw on-nelly et al agat Bimonelll Pizza Co et al; David Wagner, att'y, Broad and Wall sts, Manhattan; Chan Carroll, ref.

Sold to tho plaintiff for 2,500 over mortgage of (BY CHARLES SHONUOOD.) North 10th st, 25 ft Kerry st, Mxloo. 1'atk McNamee agst Margaret O'Connor et al; tleo A Logan, uu'y, 44 Court st: Milton Ciewertas, ref. Sale adjourned to August 2. West 7th st. 360 ft Av I'.

Kohl Ward agst Domenlco Marrazzo et al; rhas Kyan, att'y. 26 Court st; Ceo IVitv, ref. PoHl to the plaintiff for over mortgage of THE COURTS. count corrtT. For trial July IS.

1911. Part I. Dike. J. Charles ttrass.

assault, degree; Pietro Cinnuepalino. assault. see-nnd degree: William lturns, burglary, third degree: William f-chlll, ontglary, third degree. Part II. Southard.

J. William Itrown, assault, second degree; Ignatius l-'ernandez. as-j snult. nrsi rngree: liatry Martin, grand larceny, second degree. New York Clearing House, died ycatenhiv at his residence, UU7 Fifteenth' str-ot, of disease.

He was born hi Xew York City, tho son of AlexamUr and Annie Graham, and was an old uiinhcr of the CVntral Presbyterian Chura. Ho' leaves his widow, Marg-ireMe Bishop. Betty Johnson. Betty Johnson, employed as domestic by Benjamin Uusscii or nyts siret-t many years, died Saturday. She was member of Holy Trinity Baptist Church, its Sunday School, the Pastor'B Aid Society and the Kind's Daughter.

She born at. Hie Depot, forty years ago, and will be buried there. Mary U. Dewea. Mary U.

White, wife of Abedi.e?o Dewes. died Friday at her residence, Macon street, from bronchitis. She was born in the Eastern District stxty-eiht years ao, the dauigitor of Ebenzer and Sum no Preacott TVnite, lived many years in the Nineteenth Ward and was a member of the First Baptist Chun-Ii, Loe avo-nue. She was a descendant of iho Whites, who came here in the Mbyiiower, a nece of William frescott, the historian. She leaves her husband, a sou, Charles, climbed to the top.

Behind me camo f. jfc JrW W'J tM, mg aed" "hope ffJaJ- lay in reaching the pools of muskeag ''wswaww mmfiK water In a little swamp a hundred yards vV'l s4 away. There was but Iittlo Are there. K'fooi 'V But between the swamp and us was a SWfcS( --KiM' veritable hell. mammM JJf Bush Through Flames to Haven In Swamp.

"With our arms before our head and faces, we crouched low to the ground and ran for it. We stumbled, we fell, we staggered, we crawled, but we kept on through that flying fire until at lust we reached the swamp and threw ourselves headlong on our stomachs Into tho friendly pools and half-buried ourselves In the mud. "The next thing we knew the fiery blast had passed over leaving everything burning and smouldering behind it. We went back to the shaft heading to see if the others were safe. I pitked up an Iron bar and rapped many times on lie drainage pipe running Into the mine to signal that we above were alive and ready to help.

I got no answer, Ail of the twenty-one were dead from suf- focation "We then shouted to the party which Gertrude Conover. i Gertrude Conover, wife of William It. I C. Conover, and daughter of the late Richard L. and Elizabeth Mary DeLis- Pilots Association, died yesterday, aged longed to the Veteran Association of the Xinety-flfth street near Avenue Ci-74 years, at his home, 378 Third street.

Twenty-third Regiment. X. G. N. and narsie.

Mr. Hartman was born iii Brook-He wns born in Liverpool and came to leaves his widow, a son and two daugh- lyn 72 years ago, and had alwavs lived Brooklyn with his parents seventy years ters. here, until two years ago. when hiq ago. Two or his sons Became pnois.

One of them, Walter was drowned In 1S95, when pilot boat No. 5 was lost and the other, James is still in ac tive service. He also leaves two daugh ters. Mrs. Frank liBnii nnu jun-jwr long a member long a member in mis uoruugn, uieu yesterday atjiuesuay evening at 8 clock at the fionne Terre.

Mo 1 homo hi n.u. Bonne Terre, Mo. t5ePArsvr 06'r. Jt, Mffr, Twer sj7-4 he w-ent to live with his son. William.

While talking to his children yesterday, he fell back in his chair dead Apoplexy is believed to tinre h' The funeral services will be hid I s.u,,, cm. i tie interment will be In Evergreens Cemetery He is survived by a son, William, and a di.ughter, Henriette. James Gorman. James Gorman, an Iceman, died vester- day at his home, 217 Skillman street of ptomaine poisoning. It is believed.

John Wardi Wnrf1' aRP(1 31 nrs' (lletI the King? County Hospital, yesterday, frotil i fracture of the base of his skull. Hi3 residence wa3 at 722 East Eleventh street Manhattan Robert C. Nunn Robert C. Xunn. a member of Brooklyn 1 Frnlernltv II 4 n.i, I i -r, 1 erhood of Railroad Trainmen, died Sat- urdatr at Cpnnnlnti a Mnnnf uin NT I I 1 itir out j'oi ui iiib Hfir.

nt; uvtu hi ii Schermerhorn street, and the funeral wsss, wjeigat -900 zbs. crfpj. strvices and Interment will be at Belvl-dere. X. to-morrow afternoon.

Richard Holmes. Richard Holmes, retired policeman, for twenty-one years a member of the steamboat snuod. died Saturday at his home, 148 North Sixth street. Ho was born in Ireland, April 7. 1824; lived in minnisnurg ninny years, and was a 'member of Grace P.

E. Church, Conselyea street. He leaves a son, Richard, a police lietiti. nant. Kai herine 'Wipprecht.

Knthcrine Si htilthelni, widow' of John Adam Winproi-bt, died Frldav nt. her home. 231 Srhc fer street. She was horn on February 17, and bad lived in Brooklyn Imty-fivc years. She was one of the nlitcst members of the Henry Street Littiieran i nurcn and leaves daughter, and two sons, George aud William.

Mary Jane Lennox. Mary Jane Lewis, wife of Andrew W. Lennox, of 155 Bainbridge street, died Fridn'v. at Denviile. X.

.1.. from heart disease. She was for thirty-five years a resident of the, Hill district, a memh-r Of Ho ROfinrv anil nils mini ill .11.111 Hill III 11. oovemner 4, 1854. She leaves her father, John II.

ewis, hel. husband, and a son, Harry William Graham. William Graham, au Inspector lor (he Annie T. Berry. He was of the Tabernacle Baptist Church.

Walter L. Clarke. Walter L. Clarke, for many years a manager with the Huyler Candy Corn-pans', died Friday of apoplexy at 76 East Two Hundred and Thirty-sixth street, Bronx, aged GO years. Joshua W.

Sheppard. Joshua W. SM'Ppard, formerly of Brooklyn, and of tne firm of Erwln Russell, of this borough, died suddenly in the City Hall Park, Manhattan, Sat Elizabeth Halligan. Elizabeth Halligan died Saturday at her home, 161'4 Pacific street, after an illness of about three weeks. The deceased was born in County Longford, Ireland, 60 years ago, and at the age of ten years came to this country with her sister, Mrs.

James Farrell, and her htis- tvlirt In iha T. Ward. The latter two died some" time ago. Miss Halligan is survived by niece. Mrs.

Joseph Coates; a nephew. James farrell, and a grandniece. a iimn i uuiiius all of Brooklyn. A requiem mass will i be said to-morrow morning in the Church I of the Holy Rosary on Chauncey street. I The interment will be in St.

John's Cemetery. The deceased had lived 'in B- p- Eks; pi'Br'm Council, Pacific street house since she "ruer ot American Mechanics urday, of heart disease. He had lived at 217 South First avenue, In Mount Vernon, for the past twenty-seven years, where the funeral services will be held Tucfday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Mr. Sheppard was born In Xorwlrh, 75 years ago, and had lived In Brooklyn for many years, being treasurer of Company '( the Twenty-third Regiment, N.

Y. S. for five years, and previously a member of the Seventy-first Regiment, N. V. S.

lor (our yearn He be- brought to this country. William Hartman. William Hartman died yesterday morn ing at the home of bis son, William, East.