The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-29
BURIED ALIVE.

Thrilling sccIdenf at the Hubbard
a. ~ Rtne--FOur Men Buried Alive
LarOr for their Rescued hey are GIL
Saved--WOnderfuI Fidelity of their
Dog.
Ne extract the following more detailed
account of the thrilling accident at the
Hubbard Coal mine, which we noticed yes
terdsy, from the Mahoning Register:
During the severe rain storm of Friday
night last, the stream of water that runs
BY the entrance of the MshOning Coal
Mine, in Hubbard township, overlooked its
banks and poured q deluge of water down
one of the slopes by which the mine is en-
tered. -Four men were ct work in the
mine at the time, John Turrill, Thomas
Bowen, Jacob Miller and Thomas Miller.
The slope where the water entered IS the
lowest place in the mine, so when they
we're spprised of danger, the avenue of e-
cspe was cut of. --r
1t wos near midnight when the state OF
sffairs was discovered on the surface. The
alarm was given, the flow Of water into
the mine was stopped, and the pumps
we're got to work. It vss found that an
immense volume of water had already
poured down the slope, but from the fact
that two OF the men were known 10 be in
the highest part of the mine, it was hoped
that thew were still alive. On Saturday
the work wss begun of drilling q hole
through the rock, q distance of fifty six
feet, 70 the place where Turrill and Bowen
we're supposed to be. Great crowds OF anx-
ipus people eongregsted from the neigh
boring country. On Sunday noon the
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there were no signs of the men until Mon
day, when 8 voice called up the shaft,
GWho's there? ?" It was found that Turrill
and Bowed were alive, but knew nothing
of their two comrades. Conversation could
be easily carried on with them, and pieces
of food and small bottles of brandy were
lowered through the narrow aperture.
They stated that as soon IS they saw the
food coming in they e~ndesvored to join
their companions, but were unable to do so,
the water coming up to their necks in that
part of the mine. They heard distinctly
the sound of the drilling on Saturday, and
mined through q column 10 reach the place
where the drill came through. Such quart
tiles of water came through the drilthole
that they corked it up, fearing that it would
drown them, but on Monday, the how OF
water ce~asing,they made themselves known.
We visited the mine on Tuesday, but
found no material change in the state of
sffairs since the day before. The two men
were amply supplied with food through
the newly drilled shaft and were cheerful
and even quite gay at times. A new shaft
WIS being drilled at a point under which
the Milers were supposed to have been on
Friday night. Powerful steam pumps at
both entrances to the mine we're throwing
out steady streams of water, and two
lines of men bsiled it up by passing
buckets up the slope. The work had
been kept up night and day with
out intermtssion. There were then some
hopes that the two missing men might
be found alive. Hundreds of people-men,
women and children-were N the spot.
Many of them, we were told, came every
m. rning and remained TIL late at night
~snxiously awaiting the denOuement of the
tragedy. Work at several Of the neighbor-
ing mines had been stopped, and the work.
men from them were on hand to render
what assistance they could.
A gentleman who left the mine On Tues
day evening informs us that the water was
lowering rapidly, and that it was expected
that an entrance could be effected by
Wednesday. There was no news Of the
two missing miners. The drill hole sunk
on Tuesday TO reach them struck q pillar
and was therefore of no use.
It will be observed hat when this was
written lone of the men were rescued and
the locality Of two was unknown. A To-
cal item in yesterdays paper gives further
details in regard to the matter. It seems
that after TurriIl and Bowen were rescued,
on Wednesday night a boat was rowed
into the mine in search of the two Millers.
They were both insensible from hunger
and cold, and were lying in an excavation
above the reach of the water. They would
not have been discovered, in the dense
darkness, had it not been for a faithful dog,
who kept watch over them, and who, we
sre informed, seized hold of the coat of
one OF the men in the boat thus
drawing his attention to his master. This
dog had also saved the lives of his charge
by keeping off 3 horde of rats who had
been driven by the rising water to that
part of the mine, and who, being rsvenous
with hunger, would have devoured the two
men as they lay ~insensible, had it not been
for the faithful care of their guardian.