The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-31
[yAVED FROM
4 LIVING DEATH.
!, of the Entombed Min
"a Lens, France, Make
Way Out.
|yBD UPON THE
'qESH OF DEAD HORSE
/ Suffering and Priya.
Endured Is Almost
povond Relief

-vsnes. March So.-Fourteen OF
..rs who were entomoed in the
:, courieres twenty days ago
nom tho mine alive and we'll
" had lived on hay found In
Underground stables and the
food which they took into the
A ,h,m nearly three weeks ago,
n 10 rescue the entombed men
|.Aandoned more than two weeks
sv.etators stupefied.
,,r appearnnce OF the impris-
ssus,sd stupefaction. A gang
,r had Just completed their
~ when they were startled
I'm n miners. terribly haggard
"a and with eyes sunken. ap-
= remote part OF pit No. 2
..s, OF the party said they had
NJ distant gallery where
I, s.sn cntombed since the dis
rsrch 10. The rescued men were
,.r,tor, but were unable 10 sec
H. derzBng daylight The mine
s,s deeply affected as the weep
~ vefe taken to q hospital.
hardly Able to Walk.
!. xere able TO talk feebly but
i>.y al asked FOR news OF rela-
F. 's,ris and wished 10 go home
La The doctors, however. pre-
~ With difficulty from so doing.
I'D besieged the mines in the
4 I,1her escapes, necessitating
.''-'-rut OF a strong police force
'.>-nts Of troops TO maintain
ehrs May Be Saved.
. hat others OF the entombed
q awe and about TO be brought
<ruals having been heard. One
"a fsscued today, a man named
|uI fhst for the first eight days
a ale the bark on the tinbers OF
later they found tho dccom-
Ia Of a horse, which they cut UP
tlh has. The survivors brought
ID Of dccomposed horse meat.
Victim Tells Story.
Mo was the most lucid OF the
1tc escaped. graphically de-
||rf inurisonment as follows;
/ ;h5 explosion / CROPPED my way
..lhiing over bodies and seeking
- the gases found some COM
nI!afed In a remote niche. We
/ izd bark for eight days.
I'D en- Dead Horse,
toIsrcd TO grope among the
fstiag for an outlet from our
|,H serc forced back time and
De fnun1 some hay which we
|!g0 days after we found a dead
M We cit up and ate. with the
Arh We suffered most for the
Vaisr- Finally we became des-
Is seraroted lrto three parties
Euslcated with each other by
|'ktt vo felt draft OF fresh mir
|lly guided us to an opening"
|EtoS have forbidden the sur
20 any further talking Vast
4 r.op,e surrounded the hospital
sscaped men are being treated.
hmilies Indignant.
Esss OF the miners are intensely
\ Iney claim that salvage opera
sfyer undertaken in the part
,a nom which Nemy and his
escaDed. and disorders arc
The moss severe repressiYc
ave been taken. Crowds OF
113Dce tho directors and cngI-
va;
had given us tools we would
y 6rr own husbands
Ax OF Party Lost.
~ which escaped today orig
s.ed twenty men. of whom six
Turing the grcpings In the
II OF the salvage corps was
Eng those brought out today.
aetnal number Of survivors
lee latter ere positive thnt
sllie In the m!re They say
Calls and tappings yesterday.
sable to reach tho entombed
SEQ salvage operations have
the members OF the salvage
pnt provisions In case other
lfe .ound
uttered From Cold.
q named Martha said:
sntd Intensely from cold The
-ocye US was burning. but II did
fc cold In tn. lower gallery" D."
snr.iyor. LeFcbyre, when
oan slept. replied.
. q closed our eyes. Sometimes
wi Nemy. who took command,
Emit as TO sleep"
iHayed his watch. which he
I'D regularly throughout his
~ The watch wCs fast and
.es Pn.ivorS counted only six
i'om the trio of the explL.
had Some Carrots,
ssior. another member OF the
.tny. said:
aeaid Neny's story, which is
pt That N-my forgot tho car
iornd some In a stable. and
~ CUT best meal"
.sso men arc being kept IN
'sT. who is in charge of the
Ays they are suffering from
Lyhso1l1g, caused by eating the