The sun., 1902-01-28

ing fast with water from broken mains
and the fremen who found him took their
lives in their hands when they went after
him.
IN THE SUBWAY WHEN THE SHOCK CAME
Jones has been setting of all the blasts
in this vicinity for Contractor Shaler and
was IN expert in tho handling Of the cart
ridges. Al noon every day he goes down
the forty-foot shaft at Forty-frst street
and places the cartridges after the work.
men have made ready for them. To him
is intrusted the entire responsibility for the
proper exploding of the geatine.
Shortly before noon Jones got a cart
ridge from Moses Epps at the powder
shanty and went down the ladder into the
shaft to explode II in a mass of rock. For
some reason or other il did not explode
He came 10 the surface again and got
another cartridge from Epps. This also
failed 10 explode. Jones says that he had
retrcated some distance down the sub
way, but when the blast failed to explode
he went back to sec what was the matter.
He was close to the mouth of the shat:
when the blast did go of and it stunned him.
A few seconds later. he says. came a
second explosion-the big one. AL lie
remembers is that he was dashed with trr-
rife force against the side of the subway.
After that everything is a blank to him.
In fact. II wasn't until he got to the surface
again in the arms of the firemen who res
cued him that he had any idea Of what had
happened
FIREMES's DARING BRAVERY.
In all the confusion on the street, how
ever, some one remembered that there
was a man in the subway With firemen
policemen and panic-strcken citizens rush
ing wildly hither and thither, some one
had the presence Of mind TO call out that
there was one man. maybe more, down that
forty-foot hole.
Already flames were shooting out OF II
where the woodwork which shores up the
sides was burning, while beneath this
wood the water mains and sewer pipes
which had been broken by the force Of the
explosion. We're pouring hundreds Of gal
Ions of water down into the tunnel. The
moment the word went around that man
was down in the hole, who. IL not already
dead, would certainly soon be, in the flood
there was q rush of firemen ready TO take
their lives in their hands and go down TO
the rescue.
1t was not an inviting sight. that shaft,
with the flames and smoke coming from II
and beneath them the roar OF the water
pouring in. but there was no lack Of volun-
teers. The honor fell TO Capt. Ryan and
Firemen Dunn, Herman and Cullen Of En-
gine l. These four men got a long ladder, the
longest one they could find. and lowered it
into the mouth of the shaft. For a time
they were prevented from descending 10y the
heat. but when the greater part of the wood
work had been burned ayay the heat sub
sided and the rescue work was taken up
agaiu
READY TO SWIM FOR IT.
The ladder would not reach the bot ON
of the shaft and 80 the upper rungs were
secured with ropes and while the four fire.
men got on II others lowered them slowly.
When Ryan, who was bottommost man
reached water. he shouted to stop lowering
and those at the top obeyed. There was
no telling how deep the water was and for
a moment the fremen were in a quandary
Finally Ryan settled the matter by announc-
ing that he would jump from the ladder
aud swim II it was over his head
The water proved 10 be- up to hi shoulders
hum and they did 50 There was only the
very faintest hight in the tunnel, but the
men gfoped their way along aud gradually
got IN =halloWer water until finally II was
scarcely over their knees
A. they went along they felt under water
aud along the walls for bodies. but colldn Z
find any. II vas not until they got down
a. far as Thirty-scVen'h street that they
found Joner No was unconscious aud
bleeding from dozen cuts III" fremsn
picked him up and started for the other
entrance 20 the subway a. lhuy-fourth
street but turned back aud made Tor Foriy
mt street, a. they couldn't h. -ur" there
was a frro cait al the luv"r point When
they rrachrd the ladder they managed
to grt Jon-s aud themselves up b despite
the fact that water wac riIll pouring dsNu
iu'p l.' shaft from th" lruhrn mairs
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