The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-16
ALIVE UNDER THE DEBRIS,
Rescuers Find One Of the Anaconda
Miners safs Beneath the
Timbers.
Food and Drink Given Him and
Rescue Expected this
Morning.
to the Precautions for Safety In
the A1ino.

DUITE, MAY D.-lopeclal. l--Ile Wofk OF
digging the dead bodies ont of the big pile
OF timber. rock and dirt on the 8OO-foot
level of tho Anaconda maine. continued all
last night and to-day without intermisaion.
Early this morning ii was discovered that
ono Of the Imprisoned men was still living.
Al one time ii was claimed that three men,
instead of one, were still alive. But this
report was denied, and 10 attributed to the
fact that the one man made good deal Of
noise and was heard in various directions.
All efforts wore directed toward releasing the
Imprisoned man and no other dead bodies
were uncovered during tho day. During
the forenoon the reacuers got SO near to
tksir old comrade that they could talk
to him. Ho was quite talkative, but
whom first heard he was merely making ap-
psals for help and for the reacuers to hurry
up. He swore like trooper at times, and
said with an oath. You won't get me cut
in week" When tho resouers were near
enough to talk with him, they asked how he
was getting on. II am very thirsty," he
said. and my legs pinoh." Afterwards he
said that he slept wsll last night under the
circumstances and seemed quite cheerful
whom he hoard the men were working with
in few feet Of him. '.Ars there any in
there with vou2" he was asked. Nobody
alive. was the answer. He was then un-
derstood to say that he was lying with
dead body on him. lie said that there was
a net work Of timbers all around him and
over him, and it seemed to have left Just a
few feet Of space above his body.
The rescue WAS slow work. II ithad been
merely the work Of reaching him, that
might have bsen accomplished in few
hours. But the work had to be pursued
with the greatest care in order not to re-
lease the terrible weight which would crush
him. There was also danger Of tumbling
the big pile down on the resouers. The i'm
prisoned man ID believed to be Frank
ARazza, the italian. He complained so fre-
quently Of hunger and thirst that when it
was found that it would require hours yet
to get him out efforts wcrs di-
rsctsd toward getting some fond and
drink into him. A hole was
bored through several timbers, reaching
the little cavity where tho Italian lay. A
hose was pushed through the hole, the
other end of which the italian appropriated
and plenty of drink and liquid food was
forwarded to him. That was at three
o'clock this afternoon. after just twenty
four hours' imprisonment. 1t 10 not likely
that he will be released before morning.
Only four dead bodies have been re-
covered, those of Smith. Stewart, Nord-
strom and Clark. There arc others dead in
the cave, but how many cannot be certainly
known until tomorrow morning when the
roll will be called.
Marcus DAILY this evening invited tho
president of the Minors union to appoint
six msn to investigate the accident and ex-
anime the mine thoroughly in every par
ticnlsr. II know myself" said Mr.. DAILY,
shat there il not a mine in America 20
we'll timberod ~ the Anaconda. know
that in this particular place there is moth
ing which ingenuity could devise that
could be done to render the spot more
secure. It was not possible to timber it
any more. know that and 10 do the
men who work there. But want the
public to know it. want the Community
to be satisfied thai the mine il not handled
carelessly, and that it is not treaohsrous.
Many in this community have relatives and
friends who work daily in the Anaconda
mine and I want them all to feel satisfied
that nothing is left undone there which can
mako mine more safe. Between 1,4OO
and 1000 men are regularly en-
ployed in the mines of the Ana
conda in this city and the community
has right to demand that tho mines Of
that company arc ~ safe as mines can be''
A esroner's inquest will be held tomorrow.