Las Vegas Age, December 18, 2003, NYE County, Nevada Copyright © 2003 Gerry Perry This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ LAS VEGAS AGE 7/12/1913 BUSCH DEAD IN DEATH VALLEY WELL KNOWN RHYOLITE MAN MEETS DEATH IN THE DESERT'S AWFUL SOLITUDES. P. A. BUSCH, a member of the firm of BUSCH Brothers, located for the past eight years at Rhyolite, met an awful death from thirst and heat in Death Valley Tuesday last. Having purchased a new automobile in Los Angeles, BUSCH attempted to drive the machine from there to Rhyolite, accompanied by a young man aged about 21, whose name is said to WHITE. After passing the Keane Wonder mine on the border of Death Valley they were warned by a sheep herder not to attempt the crossing on account of the intense heat. Not deterred, BUSCH and WHITE went on. The sheep man, thereupon telephoned to Rhyolite, advising that if the two did not make their appearance by evening a relief expedition should be sent out. When the travellers failed to appear, autos were started from Rhyolite and the dead body of BUSCH discovered in the road within a mile of the mine. Nothing was then known of WHITE. After bringing the body of BUSCH to Rhyolite the searchers returned to seek further. They found the young man, WHITE, at the automobile. He said that the machine had stuck in the sand and that he and BUSCH were unable to extracate it. The water in the canteen becoming low, BUSCH instructed him to go back to Stove Pipe Springs to fill it. This he did, leaving BUSCH at the machine. When the searchers found the body of BUSCH, WHITE was still absent on his hunt for water, but succeeded in making his way back to the machine with a small supply. It is supposed that BUSCH tried to walk back to the mine, but fell, overcome with the heat and thirst before he could make it. The body passed through Vegas last night, being shipped to Colorado for interment, accompanied by Frank BUSCH. A number of local Elks met the funeral party at the depot and assisted in the transfer from the L.V. & T. train to the Salt Lake Route.