Bisbee Daily Review January 3, 1914
DEATH DEALT AS THEY WENT TO GREET 1914
Friend Killed in Company With Camp Moore--Both Literally Blown to Pieces--Planned a Welcoming Shot
Companions Left Behind Shouted Approval, Which Later Turned to Dismay--Body Carried Miles By Men.
Douglas, Jan. 2.-(Special)-Borne over eleven miles of wild mountain trails on the shoulders of his friends and employers, because the trail was too rough in most places for even a pack horse, the body of Camp Moore today reached the El Tigre Mining Co. camp and now rests there.
This afternoon Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Rynerson, step-father and mother of the dead mining engineer, well known and popular throughout the Southwest, left for El Tigre to claim the body. They are expected to return with it some time tomorrow. The funeral will probably be on Sunday.
Later details which came out today only served to make sadder the story of the tragedy through which the promising young man came to instant death, probably without a moments warning. It was also determined that he did not die alone, ___ Velasco being killed at the same moment. Their bodies, torn and mangled almost beyond recognition, practically blown to pieces, were found near together.
First report that the accident occurred in El Temblor mine, of which Moore was superintendent, proved incorrect today. The facts as they now stand are that Moore with Velasco planned a giant blast for the midnight hour on Wednesday in welcome to 1914. With Velasco he left the Temblor boarding house after supper to place a number of sticks of dynamite in the mountain side well above the house. When the young men left, Moore was carrying the dynamite.
Some little time later those in the boarding house heard the explosion of the dynamite and shouted their approval, supposing that Moore and Velasco had put in the charge and decided to fire at once. When they did not return within the hour, alarm was caused and the men in camp went out to search for them. They found the terribly shattered bodies.
Just how the explosion came about will never accurately be known, but it is now believed that one or the other of the men stumbled and fell in the dark with result of the explosion.
DEATH DEALT AS THEY WENT TO GREET 1914
Friend Killed in Company With Camp Moore--Both Literally Blown to Pieces--Planned a Welcoming Shot
Companions Left Behind Shouted Approval, Which Later Turned to Dismay--Body Carried Miles By Men.
Douglas, Jan. 2.-(Special)-Borne over eleven miles of wild mountain trails on the shoulders of his friends and employers, because the trail was too rough in most places for even a pack horse, the body of Camp Moore today reached the El Tigre Mining Co. camp and now rests there.
This afternoon Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Rynerson, step-father and mother of the dead mining engineer, well known and popular throughout the Southwest, left for El Tigre to claim the body. They are expected to return with it some time tomorrow. The funeral will probably be on Sunday.
Later details which came out today only served to make sadder the story of the tragedy through which the promising young man came to instant death, probably without a moments warning. It was also determined that he did not die alone, ___ Velasco being killed at the same moment. Their bodies, torn and mangled almost beyond recognition, practically blown to pieces, were found near together.
First report that the accident occurred in El Temblor mine, of which Moore was superintendent, proved incorrect today. The facts as they now stand are that Moore with Velasco planned a giant blast for the midnight hour on Wednesday in welcome to 1914. With Velasco he left the Temblor boarding house after supper to place a number of sticks of dynamite in the mountain side well above the house. When the young men left, Moore was carrying the dynamite.
Some little time later those in the boarding house heard the explosion of the dynamite and shouted their approval, supposing that Moore and Velasco had put in the charge and decided to fire at once. When they did not return within the hour, alarm was caused and the men in camp went out to search for them. They found the terribly shattered bodies.
Just how the explosion came about will never accurately be known, but it is now believed that one or the other of the men stumbled and fell in the dark with result of the explosion.
Bisbee Daily Review January 3, 1914
DEATH DEALT AS THEY WENT TO GREET 1914
Friend Killed in Company With Camp Moore--Both Literally Blown to Pieces--Planned a Welcoming Shot
Companions Left Behind Shouted Approval, Which Later Turned to Dismay--Body Carried Miles By Men.
Douglas, Jan. 2.-(Special)-Borne over eleven miles of wild mountain trails on the shoulders of his friends and employers, because the trail was too rough in most places for even a pack horse, the body of Camp Moore today reached the El Tigre Mining Co. camp and now rests there.
This afternoon Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Rynerson, step-father and mother of the dead mining engineer, well known and popular throughout the Southwest, left for El Tigre to claim the body. They are expected to return with it some time tomorrow. The funeral will probably be on Sunday.
Later details which came out today only served to make sadder the story of the tragedy through which the promising young man came to instant death, probably without a moments warning. It was also determined that he did not die alone, ___ Velasco being killed at the same moment. Their bodies, torn and mangled almost beyond recognition, practically blown to pieces, were found near together.
First report that the accident occurred in El Temblor mine, of which Moore was superintendent, proved incorrect today. The facts as they now stand are that Moore with Velasco planned a giant blast for the midnight hour on Wednesday in welcome to 1914. With Velasco he left the Temblor boarding house after supper to place a number of sticks of dynamite in the mountain side well above the house. When the young men left, Moore was carrying the dynamite.
Some little time later those in the boarding house heard the explosion of the dynamite and shouted their approval, supposing that Moore and Velasco had put in the charge and decided to fire at once. When they did not return within the hour, alarm was caused and the men in camp went out to search for them. They found the terribly shattered bodies.
Just how the explosion came about will never accurately be known, but it is now believed that one or the other of the men stumbled and fell in the dark with result of the explosion.
DEATH DEALT AS THEY WENT TO GREET 1914
Friend Killed in Company With Camp Moore--Both Literally Blown to Pieces--Planned a Welcoming Shot
Companions Left Behind Shouted Approval, Which Later Turned to Dismay--Body Carried Miles By Men.
Douglas, Jan. 2.-(Special)-Borne over eleven miles of wild mountain trails on the shoulders of his friends and employers, because the trail was too rough in most places for even a pack horse, the body of Camp Moore today reached the El Tigre Mining Co. camp and now rests there.
This afternoon Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Rynerson, step-father and mother of the dead mining engineer, well known and popular throughout the Southwest, left for El Tigre to claim the body. They are expected to return with it some time tomorrow. The funeral will probably be on Sunday.
Later details which came out today only served to make sadder the story of the tragedy through which the promising young man came to instant death, probably without a moments warning. It was also determined that he did not die alone, ___ Velasco being killed at the same moment. Their bodies, torn and mangled almost beyond recognition, practically blown to pieces, were found near together.
First report that the accident occurred in El Temblor mine, of which Moore was superintendent, proved incorrect today. The facts as they now stand are that Moore with Velasco planned a giant blast for the midnight hour on Wednesday in welcome to 1914. With Velasco he left the Temblor boarding house after supper to place a number of sticks of dynamite in the mountain side well above the house. When the young men left, Moore was carrying the dynamite.
Some little time later those in the boarding house heard the explosion of the dynamite and shouted their approval, supposing that Moore and Velasco had put in the charge and decided to fire at once. When they did not return within the hour, alarm was caused and the men in camp went out to search for them. They found the terribly shattered bodies.
Just how the explosion came about will never accurately be known, but it is now believed that one or the other of the men stumbled and fell in the dark with result of the explosion.
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