The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-20
ENTOMDEO MEN
ARE RELEASED
EXISTED FcRTYslN DAYS m
MINE SHAFT AT DEPTH OF
1000 FEET.
FIRST MINER TAINTED
Whsn tie Reached Outer Ar--An.
other Immediately Asked For
Chew Of o5acco--Whole
Distric' Reloices.

] Ely New, Jan. loAftcr hayiae
been eEtouhci fortysix days IN A!pha
Shaft Of the Girouy Mine a, D Bailey
T. ] Brown ana Fred McDcnad w9fa
rescued last night. AT S:30 O'c'ock
Bailey was brought out. Fourteen
minutes later Nc cOonald came to the
surface. while ten minutes later
Brown was brought up Whistles all
over the district blew loudly while
crowds cheered in The streets Of Ely
and every bell In town was ringing
"Ah" This was the first exelama
tion of Bailey when he reached the
utar air without another word he
rctteded forward into the arms Of
comrades who stood ready to assist
him. and was led to the change room
Of Alpha shaft, where in few min.
utes he recuperated.
Is that you Arthur queried Fred
Mcdonald as his brother stepped for.
ward and embraced him after nearly
seven weeks Of separaticn
BY George, it certainly seems
good to be out Of thai hell hole, he
said as he was led away, telling his
brother OF his terrible experience.
Say, somebody give me a chew Of
tobacco" said Brown. I'm on thal
bum all right" With a happy laugh
he was led or by comrade to the
change room.
On December 4, Mcdonald Brown
and Bailey and two Greeks We're work
ing IN the bettom CT three ..compart- |
ments Of the shaft S5 feet below tho
pump station and 1885 feet below the
surface. A cavein occurred at 9 |
o'clock. A cable used to haul the
cage from the third compartment cf
the shaft snapped and thousands of
tons OF rock, debris and timbers fell |
down into the shaft
From the bottom Of the compart-
nent in which the men were work
Ing to pumping station distance Of
S. feet, a series Of riekety ladders
dered the only means of escape
With falling rocks and tlmbers
streaming down upon them the five
nen struggled up these ladders. Half
way up, the falling timbers knocked
he two Greeks from the ladders
dlling them Bailey, Mcdonald anl
Brown, managed to reach the pump
station 1t is all timbers and the roof
yithstood the rock and timbers that
'ame down the shaft and offered them
shelter and safety.
Here for the FIRST day after the cave
n the men crouched. while at inter
'als they could hear the rocks and
imbefs crashing above them,
At first it was thought that all the
nen had perished, but "A hours after
he cavern, the three men managed
o make themselves heard by the tap
ling upon the six water pipe that
tretched from the pumping station to
he furface 1t was this pipe that was
he maeus of saving their lives.
When communication was once es-
abiished with the world above. and
nen had made known the fact that
hey were still alive, food and drink
we're Immediately lowered through
he pipe A large supply was sent
own as It was thought the possibly
ipe communication might be cut or
efcre the rescuing party could reach
he imprisoned men. but throughout
heir long weeks of imprisonment this
ipe has been in. daily use
4 portable telephone was lowered
nd the men were able to talk With
he people above. The telephone has
cen in almost constant use, friends
ending news Of the outside world.