The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-21
REsCUERS TELL OF EXPERIENCES THAT ARE THRILLING E

wal lkcd about distracted. again and
again returning TO attack the militia
mon who guarded the pit.
Tho survivors were first discovered
by Superintendent Powell of Grace
vile, Ill. When the men were reached
some were talking and Joking, being
apparently mentally affected by their
long imprisonment.
Among those rescued were John and
Joseph Pigetti, George and John Sem.
rich. William White, a mine boss, and
William Cleland
tlcland was rescued by Robert, his
brother, who carried the man TO the
surface without recognizing him.
Cheers for the Living,
News Of the rescue spread and soon
great crowds pressed in the mine
grounds. Cheers went up from all sides
and when one of the mon, with black.
ened face, thrust his head out of the
cage, the crowd became almost uncon.
trollable.
Among the rescued was George Edy
mlnc examiner for the company. Great
credit is given him for his work in
saving tho miners.
In one shaft, blocked of from nox.
loRs gases. one of the entombed men
became lost Monday, and in attacking
the. haTricado inflicted on himself in.
lurios from which he died
Tho scene around the shaft and tho
comPany's Office was one of widest
jublntion.
- Monaban is out; Monahan is out!p'
Billy Hcinze is aliyc!'
All Routine Forgotten.
These and names of other men res.
cued were shouted from man TO man
IRON group to group, down the railroad
tracks and into the village. Not n
storekeeper in the city remained at his
post. They Joined the throng of women
and children in the rush ia the scene
OF What 10 the experts rs regarded as
n mlraculous outcome of the disaster
since Monday there has been no expert
either OF the schools or practical min
ing who believed a man remained alive
Inc condition of the bodies brought VI
showing sufiocation and the fact that
there was still food in the dinner pals
seemed 10 indicate that every life had
been sunifed out in one blast Of gas.
Only last night one of the most ex
Pcrlenced of the government experts
explained how the st. Paul mine diff
fercd from others where some had es
capped death, The construction Of the
mlne and the character Of It's geoog.
zeal deposits all were against hoping
for reScucS.
Others Yet to Be Saved.
II was with the greatest anxiety that
the crowd awaited confirmation Of the
report that l5O were alive in the east
galleries. Difficulty was experienced
IN reaching this portion of the mine
IL was half an hour before n second
report was received from this section
placing the number of men alive there
at II.
The discovery Of the men was almost
accidental. They had been drinking
seepage and were pounding on the wall
to make the water drop down The
noise was heard by the rescuers.
The men, after eating alI the food in
their dinner pals had subsisted mostly
on bark torn off the posts, which were
used TO support the mine walls.
At O'Clock word came from the
bottom that Thomas Bailiff. miner, who
rs. also postmaster of Cherry, was
alive.
Survivors Near Death.
Inspector Crawford OF the state board
of health, after being down in the mine
for half an hour, reported that sixty.
seven of the living were in n critical
condition. All the doctors on the ground
and in the village were hurriedly called
and arrangements were made for them
to 90 down into the mine, where a
temporary hospital has been arranged
William Cleland. one of the survivors
after drinking a bowl Of soup, appeared
none the worse for his experience.
We made the most Of our situa
ton he said.
As soon as we discovered fire last
Saturday, and there seemed no hope OF
escape, we retreated to a place where
water could be found.
a. Fortunately Some of fho fip, bnrc ba
hind us burned out and this made the
earth and rock fall down, cutting us
off from the heat and gas.
Lost Track of Time.
How the time went we do moi
know. We must have been unconscious
part Of the time. | remember soon af
quantities of the seepage that had
dripped down into the gutter. Days
later, / guess 1T was, some of us pulled
off the pine bark and cbewed it.
"We did not realize how serious was
our position. In fact, some of the men
spent the time joking and said they
wished they had pack of cards. II
was after the seepage had run dry that
we began to pound on the wall to cause
we heard voices, and one Of our mer
said:
/" at last they are coming after
us We could hear them digging or
the rock and dirt, which filled up the
passage, and soon little hole was
seen at the top and the gleam Of the
torches came through.
.'Our first question was is il
Sunday or Monday Most of us
thought it was Sunday and that we had
been in the mine only twenty-fouI
hours.