St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-24
FROM DEATHS JAWS.
Thrilling Rescue of Five Min
ers Entombed Eighteen
Days.
A Miracle Unparalleled in the
Entire History Of Min
ing.
Thousands Of Arizona People
Rendered Homeless by
Floods.
The Outlook for the Ohio
River Flood Grows Worse
Hourly.

HAZLEToN, Pa, Feb. 23.-"Alive! !!
alive!" was the joyful tidingS tonight
at IL 80 from the Inflated slope No.
at Jeanesvllle. After eighteen days en-
tombed in the darkness of the mine, five
of the victims of the terrible disasters
are found alive. Their names are: John
Tomaskusky, Joe Mastuskowich, John
BernO, Bosco Frinko and an unknown
Hungarian who was visiting John
Berno. These with the thir-
teen bodies already found make
eighteen men, the exact number given
in these dispatches the day of the acci-
dent. How they survived is a miracle.
Nothing like it has been known or
heard of in the anthracite coal fields of
Pennsylvania. The searching party.
after the experience in finding Bollock,
Reed, Ball and Smith yesterday, were
more anxious than ever to solve the
problem Of the fate of the remaining
five. Not moments time was lost to-
day in the search, but all in vain. No
traces of
The Unfortunate Victims
could be found until late tonight, when
Superintendent McFarIane and Caleb
Williams were making search in
breast of the east gangway of the north
pitch. They were startled and bor-
rifed to come across the bodies of the
five unfortunate, and yet withal fort
unate men. They were lying in various
positions all huddled together i'll their
efforts to keep warm. Careful eXamin-
alton revealed the joyful fact that all
were alive, weakened, of course, by the
awful torture of hunger and thirst,
but still alive. They were so weak that,
with one exception. they could not be
moved. John Tomaskusky's excellent
strength left him in better shape than
any of the rest and he was able to be
moved to the bottom of the slope of the
first lift into the engine house. DIR.
DoOlittle, of the village, was summoned
at once and entered the mine. A large
stock of blankets were at once secured
and the men wrapped in them.
From Death to Life.
T0maskuSky was just strong enough
to raise his head and able to look
the engine house at the bottom of the
first lift ana medical aid given him
there. When spoken to, he raised hls
eyes mOurnfully, look of despair
passed over his face and he muttered.
John much sick" The rest of
the men could not be moved. but
were cared for just where found.
The men will not be brought to
tie surface for several days. Careful
nursing will be given them, ard every
effort put forth to save their lives so
that their terrible tale may be heard.
Rev. j. J. CummnSky, of HazeltOn, was
summoned and visited the men down
the slope and administered spiritual
comfort. Supt. McFarlahe was SO busy
caring for the men that no story of the
finding could be had at this late hour.
He said:
Their story will all be gladly given
you later if you only give us time now
to make use of the means that gener-
Gus Providence has placed at our dis
posal to bring the men around again to
life"
They have suffered terribly from the
pangs of hunger, ana nothing but their
hard constitutions, common to their
race, saved them.
Lived on Oil.
The contents of their dinner pals
kept them alive for six days, then they
lived OH the oil from their lamps and
DOtlleS. Aller lldI was exhausted Lney
drank the dark, sulphurous water.
Whatever the temptation may have been
to kill and eat each other it was not
strong enough to tempt these sturdy
sons of Hungary to become man eaters.
Announcement of the finding of the
men was kept as quiet as possible, but
notwithstanding this precautlon the
mouth of the slope was surrounded
by hundreds of excited people.
-Four more bodies were re-
covered at Jeanesville to-day,
those of James Griffiths, Barney Nc
Closkey, Joe AstrO and an unknown.
All were in bad condition and bore evil
dence of having laid in the water nearly
all the time. They we're very much
swollen and the features so much dis
torted that recognition was scarcely
possible. They were all found in the
east gangway.