In September 1926, a mine shaft at Ironwood, in the Upper Peninsula, collapsed and imprisoned 46 men. Forty-three survived more than five days underground in what still is considered one for the greatest mine rescues. Families wait outside the Pabst Mine for word of the trapped miners. 43 men who were entombed 129 hours in the Pabst Iron Mine were sleeping peacefully in the Grandview Hospital at daybreak today and by night most of them will be back with their families with the long underground ordeal of suffering and privation but a memory. Today this mining town is in the midst of a thanksgiving celebration in which everyone is taking a part.
Rescuers dig through the rubble of the collapsed shaft toward the trapped miners.
As soon as they appeared from below, the miners were taken to the first aid car of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, where they were given stimulants. Then they were speeded to the hospital, after they had an opportunity to greet their families. Scenes of great confusion were enacted as the miners came out of the cage. Wives, mothers and children leaped into their arms. Sons and brothers rushed forward to shake hands.