The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-21


we saw the rescuers who had come down.
There was no cheering. We just sat down
and let them take care of US. That was
all. Nobody had voice enough to cheer,
and hardly enough to talk"
Subacus was the only man allowed 20
go to his home for several hours, the
doctors fearing that the men would eat
too much. But the Lithuanian grew SO
excited at being kept from his wife and
children that it was thought best TO al
low him to have his own way.
Last Messages Written.
George Eddy, hero among the heroes
who escaped from the st. Paul mine. in
the darkness and despair of his position
made shift to write a few words OF cOur-
age to his wife The letter follows:
November 14-Dear Wife and Chill
dren-I write these few lines to you and
think 1t will be for the last time. l have
tried to get out twice, but was drove back.
There seems to be no hope for us. l
came down this shaft to help save the
mems lives. 1 hope the men 1 got out
was saved. Well, Lizzie If l am found
dead, bury me in Streator and move back.
Keep Esther and Clarence and Jimmie to-
gether as much as you can. l hope they
will not forget their father, so l will bid
y0g all goodbye and G GSd 9leS7 E9Y 1T1 all
on the reverse side Of this letter, writ
ten on a leaf torn from a notebook, was
the following from Walter Waite:
Blamed No One.
November 1--we, the undersigned, do
not blame anyone for the accident that
happened to pen US in here, and We be
lieve that everybody has done all in their
power to relieve US. With best wishes to
all concerned. (Signed)
Frank Waite, John Brown, Thomas
White, John Lorimer, Jack Higate, Sal
vatore Higate, Lawrence Frederick, O.
Antonore, Frank Zanarini, Leopold De-
l Ri G1a0rRp
John Shimits. William Clelland, Fred
Bieraski, Frank Preraski. John Beronas,
George Eddy, Walter Waite"
stout-Hearted cleIIand.
From survivors who were seen, the high
est praise for fortitude and leadership is
accorded William Clelland. Twice daily
| CIelland, who is a staunch churchman,
HYMN, the words OF which even some of
the foreigners picked up, was Abide
with Me-" Twice daily Clellans rich
Scotch brogue arose in the dark cavern
with the grand words:
abide with me-
Fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens.
Lord with me abide"
Twice daily Clelland delivered blunt
stouthearted sermon cheering on the fall
tering men.
with US Don't despair. Others have been
shut off from the light of day as we are,
! and in Gods good time come out alive,
| is the way one Of his sermons is quoted.
eat Is L Ss rs ." Then 9 folIoWed the
Lords prayer invariably
Mule Also Alive.
Imprisoned with the miners was live
mule, which, owing to Slavish super
4u CT q
| When Clelland and Lorimer started out
/ to find more water, trip that led to
their ultimate delivery, a dozen or more
men remained temporarily behind.
'If we don't succeed in getting water.
kill the mule"
At these instructions the Iithuanlaps
/ held UP their hands In horror. for they
| had a superst itiOn that, If In such an eX-
| tremity they sought to prolong their own
/ lives even at the sacrifice Of dumb
/ brute, they would surely die.
Rather than take this chance they
! speedily followed the trail of those VINO
had started to obtain water.
Lived on Tobacco and Leather.
| George semnferich's inexperienced eff
forts to make the contents of his lunch
pail last as long as possible, shows how
| pressed the imprisoned men were for
/ food.
Semmerich's pail contained four slices
of bread. one piece of pie and a huge dill
D
/ long this food would last, proved woeful-
! ly wrong, for, deducting what he gave
others, 1t had all disappeared within "a
hours.
Fortunately the prisoners stin had a
/ practically unimpaired plug of tobacco
From this they extracted all the nourish-
ment and then swallowed the quid.
This diet kept Semmerich's stomach in
/ so feverish a condition that for the three
days the supply lasted he experienced
( practically no pangs OF hunger. The
/ leather band Of his cap was next pressed
/ into e4rvice as a substitute for tobacco
and as a destroyer of appetite served
quite as we'll as tobacco. His gloves fol-
| lowed
1T was not very sustaining" said Sem
merich. "and I got pretty weak, but il
was better than being hungry all the
time"
Story of One of Rescue Crew.
One of the leaders of the rescuing gang
was David E. Powell, mine superinten-
/ dent of Braceville Ill Powell a tall
muscular, ruddy-cheeked old man, with
iron-grey hair, went on duty at a. m.
His story follows:
I'VE were going along what is known
as the second south entry or gallery, and
/ were passing gallery shooting off from
/ this, known as the second west, when,
stopping for moment, / heard some
pounding and what sounded to me like
faint voice. turned to the fellows. and
/ said, Listen. / thought 1 heard a voice
then. Maybe it is some of the fellows
still alive
We listened again and what appeared
( to be the voice and the pounding con-
/ t1nued At that We started at a brisk
pace to where we thought the men were
and found there an obstruction Before
we had the obstruction down we knew
for certain that live men were behind ii
for we called and talked to them re-
| peatedly.
"One of the men behind the obstruction
happened to be an Italian who used to
work for me.
"He called out, Hello. Mr.. Davie,' as
he always called me. You see we amt
dead yet In another minute we were all
clasped in one aRother's arms The men
we took out from here were the first two
to reach the surface and were apart from
those rescued later"
Heard the Joyous Shouts.
William Heinzs wife was at home when
the news came that the rescue had been
made, but names were then unknown
She saw women rush past her house, but
was compelled to remain at the bedside
Of her baby, who was suffering from
pneumonia. But her forced detention at
home occasioned her little delay from re-
ceiving the news of her husbands return
TO the land of the living. The cry, Heinz
is up" was among the first that cleo
trified the stricken community How
such news Travelled can hardly be ex-
planned, but almost as soon as the cry
Waq raised at the pft IL car lffxa r,1rrcf,-