Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-22

timber supports i'll the galleries. When they reached the stable they found q quantity of oats, measure of carrots and portions of food that had been in- tended for the lunches of mule men who had perished in the explosion. There were thirteen mouths to feed. and even the resourceful Nemy found It difficult to restrain his famished fol lowers. The decomposing body of a horse was found near the stable, and 1t was cut to pieces. Some of the men ate from it. Others could not.
 There were times when some of the party became nearly insane from suf- fering, but in every case. the men said, Nemy calmed them, encouraged them and infused into them something of bis own dauntless spirit They had only little Hlter at the very first, and the little was soon exhausted. 1t was the lack of water that so intensified their sufferings. To relieve their thirst they were compelled to resort to measures which cannot be described. They had plenty of matches, but curiously enough they did not attempt to make a light and endured the darkness all the while.
 Rescued at Last.
 Nemy said that he was confident all the time that efforts were being made to rescue them, but they were doing all they could for themselves. Nemy had general idea where they were and gradually led the party to a gallery near pit No. ?. They broke through this gallery, and it was Nemy himself who first appeared to the as- tonished salvage men In the pit, shout ing, T am bringing twelve with mev'
 Nemy was taken to the hospital, and his wife came to the bed where he was lying. She was dressed in deep mourn ing, having given him up for dead for two weeks. Nemy looked at her long time before he spoke. Then he pointed to her black gown.
 For whom are you In mourning?" said he. Not l, your husband, that is certain
 Nemy will, it is said, be rewarded
  cross of the Legion of Honor
 Five days after the appearance of Nemy and his twelve companions rescue corps was working ill pit when one was touched on the shoulder by man. thin and black. as if his skeleton was framed with coal.
 'T Am Saved.''
 It was Auguste Rerton, who said faintly:
 "I am saved, thank God"
 Berton was raised to the pits mouth and hurried to the hospital. His wife, who greeted him as one risen from the dead, was permitted to be with him for short time
 Berton was ill better condition than the thirteen other miners rescued March % Strange to say he thought he had been in his living tomb only eight days.
 He thus described his frightful expe riences, which he had sought to end by killing himself:
 II was working with my cousin when an explosion occurred, and we became separated. Alone groped about in the dark, trying to find an outlet. found a dead horse, but could not eat its flesh. Then I found some lunch bags which had belonged to men who were killed, and lived on the food found in them and drank from puddles. I suffered from tine cold and took clothing and shoes from the dead. I also found three watches and A sous.
 At one time gave up hope and tried to commit suicide by opening vein. but 1t didn't bleed much. l slept ten times and tried to count the days. estimating that eight days had passed since the explosion"