The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-04
BURIED ALIVE.

, fearless as TO any danger being neai
them. For 200 hundred yards They
sank Into the bowels OF the earth, anC
then each went TO his appointed task o
heWing out coal, 30 that the steam en-
CINE should be supplied, that the so.
cIal hearth should be cheerful, and thu
many wants OF civilized life should bl
supplied. 5Tsa ~ sr-5s -.
al half past ted o'clock, a. usual
they. drew 10 one spot to have theli
supper in company; no danger Their
threatened, but each were Joyous In bill
own peculiar way, and the laugh wen
round Till the time came for them 4
separate again for work. At O'CLOCK
on Wednesday morning the engine.
minder noticed an uprush Of vapol
from one Of the two shafts belonging 4
the pit. Something was wrong-bu
whatH Obi oil thought II was thI
dreadful and subtle Are damp again
the collier's foe, that has slain thou.
sands
What's to be doner Done why
there are two brave men, careless o.
self, who eagerly volunteer TO descend
the pit TO find out the cause.
The skip was lowered-but take
cRreI Yes, there they 20 | but 30 ca
geFly are they let down that before
they are aware, and with only time tC
shout up the pit, 'Raterg they are Inn,
mersed eleven feet deep In the PREACHER
Gus element. They were soon drawn
up half drowned; and thenlthe full Ger.
tainty was known; the pit was foil OIL
water, and thirteen fellow>crealures
were down there among the rising
suggest r-yl s
WHATS to be done nowH What's 60
be donel why, everything and any.
thing that ingenious men may suggest
and that wealth can purchase; and woe
to that man who at such time could
be lazy or niggardly. should the noble
owner otthe pit, Earl Dudley, know.
Swift men and swifter horses ran oil
ways; the overseers We're fetched out oil
their beds, and Earl Dudley's agent,
Mr.. Smith, was soon on the spot. And
then began the struggle. Nature pour.
cd In from her hidden channels vol.
umes OF water. Men with steam en-
gines worked hour after hour 10 draw
the water out. And why2 Oh, there
was one little gllmmer Of hope; like the
small stnr 10 the wearled traveller, n
cheered them on.
In some parts OF the pit the coal lay
high mp. and therefore some parts Of
the workings were likely to bsdry az.
ter others.
Pump on, lads, the poor fellows, may
hap, have betaken themselves TO the
high ground, and We may yet help them
But no chance WAS LEFT untrIed, for d
peighboring pit or shaft was begun, I'd
that 10 one way failed, yet another
might succeed.
Wednesday and Thursday went on,
aud the large multitude almoat ceased
to hope. Friday, passed, too, but With
little TO cheer at first; the water seemed
to rise; and then, with all the efforts
made, 1t only sank at the rate Of two
and q half inches In the hour-yet It did
sink now, they were sure OF that. Cheer
up, lads; work with o will I And work
they did. But 1t began to rain, aud
should those torrents penetrate through
the earth, oil was over. But still iron
engines and manly slnews worked on
with vlgor-it was q race for lifel /
By noon on Saturday the water was
low. enough 10 see the entrance 10 The
working part OF the mine. An exploring
party descended, land found that there
was space Of twenty inches between
the water and the roof, and that COM
municaLlon was restored between the
TWO shafts, 90 that q supply Of fresh all
was forced In. VI tT7tErE. fu /
But the space was not sufficient be.
tween the roof and water for any per-
son to penetrate the workings. AT
O'Clock In the evening another effort
was made, but the foul air drove the
explorers back. Again &C 10 O'Clock
another EFFORT wa, made, headed by the
principal agent; still the entrance tc
the mine was too small for any one Il
enter. They shouted one name amer
another, but no answer came along The
waste Of water; Hll was still as death
Again the choke damp came, and those
brave men were near losing their liV o.
In the noble edort 10 save others.
All hope was gone now; nearly -four
days had passed, 80, 1000 tons OF water
had been pumped up-could II be pos
sible that any were alive2 The most
chilled. -.-,'.-r,--.'----' -
Sunday came. a dull and cheetIess
day; q Il thoughts Of saving HE were
over, but yet the bodies must be Iet ched
up.O Tho6BAhbG or people wgpgiNud-
denly Assem6l around the phi ca rly
INIT ha ;nrolnipg i and nlany sorrow iil
faces were peertng down intl1l he black.
nees of darkness; ;fot:t 2 1Iga IuG
Hafk What's that 'tTelp n cried
d. voice 'let the bouk downli .,.I7
What | a man alivel Yes, that feeble
cry had neryed brave men afrssh, and
many, were eager to be let down. The
'sklp had got but \ short way down
when, the cchoke.damp again drove
them back ;i5llme,CWasr thrown down
Then, after o time, the brave seekers
again went down, taking with them q
rAft. NIL E.Iag
Pushing through narrow ways, they
came upon two men seated upon q wall
OF coal lust above flood lime. They
were soon taken on the raft TO the skip
for another voyage, and q, lad was dis
covered. With these three they as
cended; there was u solemn silence "a
the poor fanished creatures came into
the presence OF day, and then loud
cheer broke out, ~ much for the savers
as the saved The first words OF The
lad, al he awoke TO oonScl ousness were,
Have you sent To- tell my mother,' ~
2 Halt an hour later three more were
brought up. -Four daya The poor fell
lows had been hidden from sight, with.
ou. iood Or light; no no wonder they were
Without food. did I say Well, not
exactly. Sankey (the LADY said that
Tim Taylor gave him bread aud hut.
Ter when be was In! the pill and went
without himself, Oh, noble Tim Tay.
lor when was such b sacrifice made be.
fore1 You had food, and who was San.
key2 Only q neighbours lad don't
know, thee, Tim, andyet I'd 20 q dozen
miles 70 press they hand, because you
fed the lad 9ankey. 51Ft 'sTfT
II was 'one jesus who taught thee
that sentiment, though It is 90 long
since thy good old mother or Sunday
school teacher Impressed the divine
command upon thy mind, thou hast
forgot the time; but never mind, Tim
you did IT. -ss-r,
But this was hot all that Tim, Taylor
did. Two days before he swan 70 the
mouth ofthe pit, and shouted up-bui
no one heard him, and he swan back
again through those swollen WRterf
with o sGdened hear, : for hope was
gone now. -lyyrg - Hq,.t - r
Back Into lhe darkness he swan, fol
the candles were used up by this time
but while there was light, one man
Hick man. had written and placed In.