Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-27

"Why, we all said goodby to each
other, L and my brother were together.
At first the English among us sang
songs and the Italians were all the
time praying, but after a while we
were all too weak to move about. No
body reached us today-we reached
them. We wanted more water and we
crawled over our own barrier and
started We did not know where we
were and we walked about 10 feet
apart, so as not to fall on each other.
The last "fall-in" nearly blocked the
passage and we had to worm our way
through long aperture just large
enough to hold us. We were dread
fully weak.
"We had breathed much poison.
Then 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 to
kO W ulb nOilc lOi bCNtAdi hOuiot bhO
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
allow him to have his own way.
Eddy's Letter to Wife.
George Eddy, hero among the
heroes who escaped from the mine, in
the darkness and despair of his prison
made shift to write few words of
courage to his wife. The letter fol-
lows:
November 14-Dear Wife and Chill
dren: / write these few lines to you,
and l think it 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. / came down this
shaft yesterday to help save the
men IS lives. 1 hope the men 1 got
out were saved. Well, Lizzie, if am
found dead, bury me in Streator and
move back. Keep Esther and Clarence
and Jimmie together as much as you
can. I hope they will not forget their
father, so 1 will bid you all goodby, and
God bless you all.
GEORGE EDDY"
On the reverse side of this letter,
written on leaf torn from note
book, was the following from Walter
Waite:
November live, the undersigned
do not blame anyone for the accident
that happened to pen us in here, and
believe that everybody has done all in
their power to relieve us. With best
wishes to all concerned. Frank Waite
John Brown, Tom White, John Lori
mer, Jack Higate, Salvador Higate
Lawrence Frederick, Q. Antoniore
Frank A. zanarinin, Leopold Demond
Bonfelo Rogtgari, George Shimits
John Shimits, William Clelland, Fred
Bieraslxi, Frank Preraski, John Beronas
George Eddy, Walter Waite"
Find No More Alive.
Twenty saved, 90 known dead and 1os
missing was the record at the st. Paul
brought to the surface Sunday and 81
more dead were located in the second
level, but were not brought up on ac-
count of black damp.
What had promised to be Cherry :
real day of thanksgiving ended in a
night of hope deferred, or despair.
Sunday night no living man or boy
had been added to the list of 20 res
cued Saturday.
All day the tolling of church bells re-
sounded in Cherry and Spring Valley
Eighteen bodies were inferred. At the
mine a dozen cofined victims remained
awaiting removal, while a score of cas-
kets were piled nearby for bodies
which are to come up.
Services for the dead were held out
side of the churches into which Coroner
Malm deemed it inadvisable that the
bodies be taken.
Chances Grow Less.
Each hour that passes now is looked
upon by the watchers as making the
chances of escape less.