, 1879-05-01
RESTORED TO LIFE,
Tho Story pf the EntpnE,el Minors.

Tho story nf the f,ntpmI,e,l Minors.
DiSDateA IN Mo lnrt NtraIf,
W1LKEsnANHE, Pa, April :29.-This afternoon
tho Ierail correspondent called upon Patrick
and John Grcou.
"When lid sou first know Of tho fal!, aud
who told you iirstl"
"lt wRB Wednesday morning, at about 2
o'clock I should think. when John Clark, tho
doortendcr, camo running back and told US uf
thu falling roof. 1t was, you ,nay well itnaguc,
startling intelligence, We dill hot hustate long
whnt to DO. Grabbing what was next TO lis wo
nado nasty exit from, the heading unl ran
back through tho gangway for half mile, /
suppose. Here We NIT the fall. IL seemed as
If the whole Thing from thc at,rfaco hal como
down. 1t luokel pretty t'luc. Tl.en We tried
another way: We thought bf several rlutes,
ltut every time wo found the way closed up.
We finally concluded that II we could get tp the
foot Of the tnalnway, which lends from tlle Ful-
ton gangway up the Davis gangway. perlape
gct to tho foot, but We did, as,l felt tsss.rato
until we lnund, as we went up hill, that 1t wAs
cluaatl. It WINS on Wednesday when 1t fell In.
W. tlal no tllnc'pccu with us u,ltl could only
gHeas ths THUG. Every minute seemed an l,out.
w would Eet slerpy anl then We Thought IL
might bo the rcgutnr sleeping hour. We'll, We
tried to dtG cut the main way. We dug md
dug Oh o'ir hands and knees for hours, and par
llaps had Rot through lLfty feetof It, hut there
ing exhausted. To add Ii this, II, our weaKcn-
falling Mi around Us: ws ihi lis
hest We could by propping, but II cnmu
getting caught IN tbs paco md crushed to death.
We held cancellations, md tl.r anly conclusion
We could arrlve TT for louE titnu Sas tint We
werc lost. Thrn VIC you'll hear = ,,o'so and
halioo, hut soon discovered tlIat Instead Of
fttHN4 r1tntnjr find n M fAtll1ltr 6,f
tiH roof, and pcrhaps Tho dropping oE water.
We found asl old vent ncar the branches of tia
road where the mir Wis Cnol where We stayed.
Tho atr WAS you'd then until about an hour no.
catno Hight anA clc4r, l,ucnuse ot d broken-lowu
atF-conluctor. When We were found We wore
putting up tho braclng 80 as 10 conduct tie nlr
ugRin tl ita rcRular channel. Wo hatl safcty.
could lave hu!tt q Gre. Where we stayctl We
were not tF0nbscd with Eas at all, although
NC knew II hul accumulated III sosln places. Wo
heart no!srs wlich tho miucrs began to work
upon tho coal. Again An.i again We heard Il,
md 1t sounded like an explosion, and then wo
madO up our minds that the luan were trying to
find ~. We could alsa hear the men at wor1xa!n
ths old alone asl Ne rapucd 10 turn. Our
courage stlllche1 NJ af,u Ws fut ilrstrAtu. Then
the noise stopped Alhl W. lid not hear them for
u long tins, We got dlstlpar.cned auain. Wo
thought 1naybe, thry had becomo discouraged
aa ntn! aaa given @ us y. Twas ufetty tough to be.
they had been working for us, ard, when ws
didn't hear them any moro, wu had u bsliuYe
t1as something WAS the matter utnl that they
were giving up. On Friday foit slle wosst. l
had not thought before this that was going to
die. hut 1t caMu over me that day. We all
thought bofoFu this that VIC wrro lost, but 1t
dill not seem to be so bad tu lnr "a on Friday.
When ! began to think about q tell you tic
tears wero not far fguu. my eyes.h
"liow did tho puor boy, Johnny Clark, stand
itf'
"lle was tho best Of the lot. He's brave,
good-hoartcd boy. We ali felt wolf of johnny.
HISS ns gaud a man ~ any of Us. liz ueysr
wL!iuperrd only when he'd think of bis mother;
tlleu lila spirits would got dowa, a'.1 he'd feel
bud. tell you It's pretty hard piace TO 10
III. aud ulost auyb body would feel gluM under
such circumstances.
"Wo ate " all our food on Tuesday night,
expecting, OF coulae. to get our breakfast al