The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-10-29


ESsslQA&~SdM by rush of pillars on
aS1 u AA99 Thursday is alive. He |
was pulled out of the living tomb at about 5 |
o'clock last evening, but little the worse for
his terrible experience of nearly thirty |
hours.
People who have never visited the in
terror of mine cannot form the slightest
idea of what Clemmens experienced, i'm.
prisoned alone in a small, cold chamber,
WITHOUT LIGHT, FOOD OR DRINK,
with death stretching its awful hand toward
him, and half hundred friends within
hearing and only able for hours to give an
occasional word of encouragement
When the relief party reached Clemmcns
he was lying on his back. Owing to his inn
prisonment in the darkness torso many hours
the man was unable to distinguish the faces
of his rescuers in the dull light afforded by
the mining lamps, but feeling strong grasrs
upon his arms he asked in half dazcd way,
"wILL GET UP2"
YES" was the reply in chorus and the
same moment Clemmens was ierked into the
manway that had been driven to give him
liberty. Clemmens was pulled out by Mine
Foremen Thomas Campbell and Morgan
Davis. So delighted were they over the re-
covery of the victim their strength doubled
itself and the pull they gave wrenched the
mans arms and he will feel the effects for
several days. But Clemmens did not mind
the treatment. Liberty is sweet and if his
arms were cut off at the time, he said, he
would not have noticed it, He was half
crazy with delight over his safe delivery from
the tomb and tears of joy swelled into the
eyes of his deliverers Clemmens was given
a moment or two to stretch his stidened
limbs a restorative a physician had left in
the mine was given and then the man was
HURRIED UP THE SHAFT.
Accompanied by several members Of the
rcscuing party Clommeus started at a dog
trot from the head of the shaft for his home.
As he reached Cherry street hundreds of
men, women and children surrounded him,
cheering and shouting the news ofthe rescue.
1t was with difficulty that Clemmens made
his way to his boarding house on South
Chestnut street. He is about 26 years of age
and unmarried.
People docked to the boarding house dur
ing the evening Clemmens was too much
excited with joy over his release to sleep and
courted the congratulations He stripped
himself to convince the visitors that there
was not
SCRATCH UPON HIM
and that aside from the spell of fasting and
troubled mind he was as sound as ever.
The rescuing party read the accounts Of the
case in last evenings HERALD and declared
them correct, but believing that the public
would be interested in a more minute
description Of the rescue a HERALD reporter
last night interviewed members Of the party
and has embraced their statements in this
report.
The first intimaton that District Supsrin-
tendent Bradigan had of the accident was
when he saw the ambulance leave the Indian
Ridge colliery stable. He made inquiry and
was told that a man had been closed in at
Plank Ridge, in the slope workings, Nam
moth vein. Mr.. Bradigan went to the place
and found that two contractors and their
1--WE laborers had started to remove the stuff
that imprisoned Clemmens, The superln-
tendent inquired as to the cause of the acct
dent with a view to determining the best
means
TO EFFECT A RESCUE.
The circumstances were explained and then
Mr. Badigan ordered that silence be main
tanned to see if the unfortunate man could
hear from and be heard by the relief party
The superintendent called the name of the
victim several times, but there was no answer.
Mr.. Bradigan then went to the top Of the
vein to find whether the top rock had broken.
To the surprise of both men they heard a
voice from inside the fall. They were
satisfied that
CLEAiMENs WAS ALIVE.
A consultation was then held to devise means