New-York tribune., 1909-11-21
FIND EIGHTY ALIVE
FIRE AGAIN BREAKS
OUT IN NINE.
T1centy Men Brought to Sur
face-LiUed on Leather
Boots and Caps.

Cherry, Ill. Nov. 2O-The gamut from
deepest despair 70 an hysteria OF hope
was run here to-day. when twenty
miners. entombed in the ST. Paul mine
for week. almost 20 the hour. were
brought TO the surface alive Sixty
more. found alive IN back chambers. will
be brought from the mine as soon as
possible.
At a late hour tonight DR.. Weeks. one
Of the physicians in charge of the sur
vivors. said
Il have talked with all Of the rescued
men. They say they are convinced many
are still alive in the mine. but il would
be impossible 70 estimate how many
There may be fifty or a hundred. or
there may be less. II seems that the
men are scattered in all parts Of the
mine II the others have barricadei
themselves as these did. they are still
safe.
AT 10 O'Clock the men coming up from
below said they had heard signals in dis
tant parts. but these sections are still
cut of By distractions. Some. however.
are within reach and are being given
medical attention. They will be brought
up as rapidly as possible"
At midnight small fire broke out in
the mine. cutting of rescue work Fire
apparatus had to be lowered and
stream Of water was turned into the
mine. II is feared that if the fire is not
extfnguished shortly many Of the men
supposed TO be alive will perish.
The fire appeared to be spreading and
the heat grew more intense r z. Max
Well. mining engineer in the rescue
party, was overcome and had 10 be hur-
riedly brought TO the surface.
FORTY DEAD RECOVERED.
Dawn broke with the bearers Of
stretchers moving from the pit mouth to
the tent which served as a morgue with
bodies swollen and scorched almost be-
yond human semblance. Forty of them
had been brought up. and most Of them
identified. when the marvellous report
shot through the prostrate community:
They've found them alivel They've
found them aIive,'
In moment the mOrgue was deserted.
scarcely 10 be revisited, while the crowd.
fairly insane with the great hope which
had sprung like miraculous fame from
the ashes Of despair. rushed TO the pit.
All thought was Of the men who were
alive IL took six hours TO bring the
survivors TO the surface Meanwhile a
report spread that seventy or more men
were alive in a far reach Of the mine.
cut on from escape by a bank Of black
damn hat basr
main shaft.
But two oxygen helmets remained at
the mine. the others having been start
ed back % Pittsburg this morning. and
With this scant equipment two experts
began a new exploration. At D. m.
they emerged. their oxygen tanks being
exhausted. and reported no success
The survivors were taken 10 PulInill
cars. From the top OF the hoisting shaft
10 the sleeping cars drawn UP on the
sdings was a distance OF about one
hundred and fifty feet. Between. the
crowd, held back by militia. formed a
gangway. II was along this line that the
women. looking for lost ores. gazed into
the faces OF the survivors as they passed.
through.
Then the men and women pressed for
ward against the line OF soldiers and
ropes. determined 10 get as near as pos
sibe 10 peer into the faces Of the sur
vivors as they marched by.
PLEASE DON'T CHEER"
Everybody be quiet. pie don't
cheer" whispered the guards The ma
chinery of the hoisting apparatus rum
bled and screeched as the cage came up
ward. Hearts beat faster.
Would there be in this load live one
who had been mourned for during seven
days as dead? This question flashed
through a hundred minds. The gang
way narrowed as each anxious locker in
stinctively pressed forward
Here they come now; look sharp" A
woman here and there who could not see
held up a child and cautioned IL. Look
and try II you can see papa when they
pass"
The machinery stopped The cage
was up. and a dozen torches shed a
dingy light on the contents Of the cage