The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-21

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the fellows and said, Listen; / thought
| heard n voice then. Maybe il is
some of thc fellows stilh alive.
| ''Wc listened again and what APP
peaTed to be the voice and the pound
ing continued AZ that we started al a
brisk pace to where we thought the
mon were and found there an obstruc.
tion. Before we had the obstruction
down. we knew for certain that live
men werc behind IT. for we called and
talked To them repeatedly.
conc of tho men behind the obstruc.
tinu happened to be an Italian who
used TO work for me.
He called out, Hello, MIR. Davis,
as he always called me, you see we
ain t dead yet In another minnie
we were all clasped in one another s
arms. The men we took out from here
were the first Two TO reach the surface
and were apart from sthosc rescued
later.
William Heinz s wife was at home
when the news came that rescue had
been made, but names were then nm.
known. She saw women rush past her
home, but was compelled 10 remain at
the bedside of her baby, who was suf-
fcring from pneumonia But her en-
forced detention ut home occasIoned
her little delay from receiving the news
of her husband 8 return 10 the land Of
! the living The cry, 'llcinz is up! y
was among the first that electrified tho
stricken community, How such news
Travelled can hardly bo explained, but
I0Imost as soon as the cry was raised at
the pit IL came like music TO the ears
Of the woman who had spent week
i'll an earthly inferno.
Priest Aids in Rescue,
A graphic description Of tho discov
erv of the men from the viewpoint of
the rescuers was told by Father James
p. Heauey of ST. Alary's church, Men
dota, Iii. Father IIenney, wearing a
miners cnp and carrying torch, was
down in the mine with the rescue party
He said;
'Just about clock, when we were
probably 500 feet into the gallery from
the hosting shaft our party slackencd
up because of pile Of debris in the
way. suddenly David Powell said:
Listen. boys; | thought ] heard some
thing We were all silent, A faint
thickness of wall was heard. My
God! said Powell. Il believe somebody
is alive in thcron Some of the other
men replied, NO. that is impossible.
Nobody in the world thinks for a minute
the men could live down here for seven
days. We'll, / said, lei IS listen again.
Hope Becomes Surety.
'We all listened for what seemed TO
TO be n full minute. Sure enough, there
came the same mufllcd pounding sound
we had heard before Then we were
too much affected 10 speak We could
not believe our own senses. Grabbing
hold of the picks and axes our men
began TO tear down the loose pile of
earth and rock. Frequently we stopped
to hear whether the pounding contin-
ued. 1t took us several minutes to
make much Roadway into the obstruc
tion.
at was weird scene. The lights
Of our torches on our caps kept bob
bing up and down as we laborcd, filling
the place with moving shadows.
90 Now let s stop and listen again.
said Powell. Much TO our 10Y the pound
ing sounds came louder. A few more
digs brought down the dirt from the
top, and little black hole appeared
before us. ru- su'sr gHE
1.-TWO or three of us climbed over the
dirt. aud yelled; Are any of you
alive IN there boYs2'
:" An answer came back, ives
''The men began pulling at the dirt
again and soon a large gap appeared.
We yelled into it, You hold one of
our torches.
there. boys. We will save you in a
minute.
Calling for Food.
"In faint, husky tones the men called
back. Yes, we are alive. and You bet
we are hungry, too. Have you got
some lunch out thereg'
II crawled up as near the holes as
could without interfering with the
men.
'' God bless you, men. we will get
YOU out in. a minute and give You all
I,
YOU can.
81 couldn't see anything back in
there, for the men were In total dark
ness. so I climbed back and prayed that
God would make the number We were
20 rescue from the living grave as many
as possible.
We kept yelling in 10 the men TO
keep up their courage, promising them
that the water would soon be clear and
the cage in the hosting shaft was
down and ready TO carry them to the
surface.
''One Of the men inside answered
back: Most of MS are all right and
feeling fine. but there is one poor fel-
low here-a Frenchman called Frank
who is almost gone, and IN afraid he
will be dead in few minutes If he
doesn't get some fresh air
"Whcn the pile of dirt finally tum
bled down some of the men were stag
gered by the thrush Of air and the
lights from our torches, For during
seven days they had lived in total
darkness.
Insane With Joy.
HWith a shout we jumped over and
met them, throwing our arms around
their necks and almost lifting them
from their feet. Their Joy was mex
pressibe, They pounded US on our
backs and continued to laugh and cry
aloud until the whole place reverber-
ated with the cheering.
"We wanted to carry the men to the
hosting shaft in our arms, but they
| insisted they were strong and well
enough to walk out themselves. The
only trouble was they were practically
blinded by the torches. We threw
blankets over their heads and started
TO escort them.
"My first concern was to get after
the poor little Frenchman who was re.
ported dying, / found him ontstretcbed
on his back, breathing bis last. Hold
ing torch over his face, which was
black with SCOT. | said to him, Do you
| rive yuur Soul 10 God -