The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-15

assisted by labor AOrs Of acknowledged capacity In
settled, and only waiting the adjustment OF pscSniAry
matters in order that the enterprise shall be irAu-
gursted.
Four Men Buried Alive.
PARTICULARS OF The RESCUE -sREAr EXCITEMENT
IN THE AUsKINaUM VALLEY.
Prom the Columbus OHIO, salesman, Nay H.
gum valley and will give Jou account OF the burial
and resurrection Of the four who have been for
over fortnight shut up in one Of the Blue Rock hills
morning The caving Of the coal bank BY whish they
were shut In took place two weeks last Friday At
Into the bank very early In the morning Of that day.
that they have been shut out from light and air for
shut Ss Of
had with sixteen Others ct great risk barely escaped
o Sss had su little Of IT, 6ns # Ss men
swallowed of ths oil to relieve his throat which had
become very from drinking the oopperas water So
two weeks deprivation of TODD and good air. and not
very bad condition either, considering
the highest pitch al along the Auskingum, from Zanes
vile 70 Marietta There has never been less than Eve
On The up to the
two thousand people st the From every
rm house along the road eager enquiries are put to
tense fever the subject The prolonged
vibration between fear and hope, and despair and hope
yesterday that the men we're insssd out and ones more
IN the glad air, the whole city seemed alive with JOY and
The locality Of the accident Is ON the west side o, the
Hustirguna In ne Rock township, half mile above
what Is called Coal The bank IL owned by Mr..
the river and twelve feet above the ordinary stage
of the river. The bank opens into hill that IL some
The e.1Ds extended Ito t.. I h about boz s ns a.
lance; that when the work Of began the
were hundred yards from sunlight in every direction
The cause CT eavirg the unskful manner In which
the bank worked Instead Of working the vsin
which vas four and half feet vein-to the ordinary
width of about twelve fee and leaving at short intervals
pillars of ten feet square to support the superintendent
mass OF rock and sarlh-there we're large rooms made
.nS few 1s left d those "a small. SO that when the
sounded to the like thunder, II fairly puvsrizei the
pillars and crushed into fragments the rocks abovs Upon
tor Q mans leg ard percepti5y extending twenty
thirty feet down. Perhaps these crevces supplied the
themselves with comparative esse Again the csving
began ut the nou snd nwsrds, shut,ing in, per-
haps COMPRISING the air There Was considerable room
for the to exercise in tho extent of
the caving The persons who were thus entom6ed,
named Edgn, Savage Pearson and Getwood Pearson is
suffered most the boy lee st from exhaustion Edgn
and Pearson had ani les who constantly present
The work OF rescue q hercuean work. but brav,ly
undertaken and heroically consummsted. 1t was the
more difficult Is but about eight men could work At
and night relieving each other in g.ngs Th. progress
slow, and became slower the farther they into
the bank that spes s.S0. last not more than foot
rupted by the rock falling In, and By the impure air
which Sut cut the lights.
Let it be Known that these heroic workmsn we're in
constant peril OF their lives in all the forniehts work
" course they bsa prcppsd up With timber IS they
worked in, but 1t times the timber beat like reed
fragmentary condition Of the rock prevented the work
men from making themselves secure. They could not
work without gnt, and when, on Sunday they had Gu:
atmosphere and the covrsels Of ~ho 1t too
late to the men, they took vgor and hope
the wol knen arrested BY knocking within. They
paused and hnoed; again and again haoed, whsn the
voice OF the entombsd was heard family in responsive
hurrah!
The crowd without the river bank caught the
cheering news, and Hurrah hurrah" rent the air with
h joy awoke the echoes OF that beautiful
valley before The scene just then most thrilling
How differently it affects different men this rapture Of
wildly, as lunstics ! Some whoopea hike s,origines
Some capered and csvortsd like dansing Dervishes in
,heir insprston! It was rare scene sid no. dscse
ditstle 10 our fallen human nature.
The mex. thing in order Was to hold q c'nversAion
with the entorssd The rs. ineligible question pro-
pounded by the insiders was:-
"was anybody killed by the carinss" "Nons," said
the workman.
"Hurrahl hurrshm was heard frera within This
jubilee Of the ertoa bed reported outside to the
crowd vko responded to it By spon hurrah of
their own.
twenty feet within the rocky ssu-e aud enabled to
converse pretty freely The workmen warusd them TO
re tire WITHIN, as they we're IN imminent sger dyin
sale he wouidn't bulge TIL they tod them Sa. the
The workmen told him that be had only been in weak;
thatit Frday-teceiyipg him. they supposed, for
his gooe d that of bis companions. Eig'n then
told them to say to their families and friends that
ing made their peacs with god Egin th'n re ged ex.
claiming to the wortmsn most cheerful,
Gwen 60 in Work on boys! May Got oess you"
This dialogue gave hope to the wors aud they
labored until the bad air put out the Zig again,
when the WORK suspended or four h uss il they
sent to Zanesvlle tor ONE hose, below sad some
pipe by which they sent fresh air and the lights we're
relun,ed, and the work went until Friday nigh when
Arrangements were al made to receive them and
expectation again banked by ano'be ring in Of
the earth and rock. Friday night the tinusd.
Some six hundred people remained till OIL ck yes
terday morning, when the rescued ! It out to
the crowd with their faces covered and the lies very
much enacated and exhausted Their families not
perni ted Immediately to meet thers. Physicians
present TO look after their well being and everything
the preservation OF their lives Person. he older man.
had utterirg st the heart the others seemed TO be
@as well could be expected" Their faces covered
to protec. their eyes. The boy Savage Il is said made
rest az their families and friends They hai taken
sleep dry cirt which they had piled up for that
purpose but had idea Of the time that had elapsed
kotwitht iarding these men were thus tmbe1de1 10
the earth pehsPs their preservation from death 6y hun
ger prevented by that very fact In the English
mines have lived sxt teen days without food.
The very of light and free crcu alton OF air. t5e
moisture of their tomb together With the lack OF oxygen
had effect in preventing that exhaustion which
has accompanied hunger in the open air in aid plains
on the salt ocean Bat am going out Ct my sphere
TIE Turf.
VIRGINIA