Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-21

shouted let. me go down and help
get the others up.
A this time those on the surface
had. as during the last three or four
days, n firm conviction that every
body in the mine was dead. Nobody
conceived OF any other possibility. IL
was a great JOY TO them to cry up the
shsft, we've got some men alive.
Hoist her mp.
up We went like u shot and we
rushed the men into Pullman car
standing near"
Pathetic Letter to italian Wife.
Joe Hjgati, while being revived.
brought out with a smile q letter ne
HAD written on a piece ~ brown paper
ION the fourth dav or his imprison-
ment when he thought there was no
hope OF escape. The letter was adj
dressed TO his wife ana freely trans
lated the Italian read.
This is the fourth day tliat We have
been down here. That's wha | think.
nut our watches stopped ! I'M writ
ing In the dark because we have been
eating The wax from our safety lamps.
also have eaten . piug Of tobacco,
Some 'bark and some of my shoes !
could only chew IT, / hope You can
read this, J am not afraid to die.
Oh. Holy Virgin. have mercy on me.
think my time has come. You know
what nv property is. We worked for
{ together and il is an yours. This
Is my will M you must keep it. You
have been a good wife, May the Holy
Virgin guard you. | hope this reaches
yon sometime and you can read II. II
has been very quiet down here and |
wonder what has become Of our COM
eades. goodbye until Heaven shall
bring ns together.
tsigned1 JOE PEGATI."
| Another man who. as he was brought
90 the surface. yer. solemnly request
ed that his wife be Kept from the
ar. II have been away seven days. |
think can apologize better TO her
| At home"
How the imprisoned men sucked
water out OF coal and climbed over
dead hurros was told by Francisco
tZ%annarini. . 3years old. an Italian
| mi""r. Hn saia,
A I remember. the first | knew
shout the fire was about 800 y. m.
My mariner called to me and asked
me If I smelled smoke. I old him |
did and we started toward the cage to
see what was the matter, We had
zone only a short distance when the
sfunke became SO thick that We rush
ed back.
we went away back TO the end Of
he mine and closed ourselves up in
one Of the chambers that had o II
galleries We had our lamps n kept
them lit. The air was not bad then az
It kept circulating.
spent Week IN Darkness.
"On Monday our lights would not
burn and from then until today We
were in darkness. We would have
given a months paw for "A loaf of
bread. We managed To get enough
water from the sides Of the gallery for
the first few days. but soon this gavs
out and we thought we would have to
lie of thirst, One Of the men said
there is lots of water in this loose
coal lying around If we could only
squeeze it out.
Several OF the men tried sucking
handouts Of coal or the floor and in
This way moistened their tongues and
lips. !
After "A while We MI did this. That's
the way We quenched our thirst.
In all. we made about twenty at
tenn pts Ia get out but it was no use.
This morning sever of us started out
Of the room. The smell was awful.
We passed a lot Of dead burros. I
think the burros became frantic from
lack OF water and stampeded, then
got tangled in a heap and died.
Alternate Gl0nnf and Merrin,ent.
Our courage diminished last Sun
day night when one poor fellow died.
Since then we have passed our time
alternately in gloom and merriment.
When some one would get Respondent
the others would try 10 Joke and cheer
up. Most of them talked OF
their families and wondered what they
were doing. ] have a mother and
father living In italy and thought of
them. When | got out of the min
today ! felt all right except for hun
ger and thirst"
He spoke no English and gave his
account to an Interpreter.
Al q late hour tonight one Of the
physicians in charge of the survivors
said.
Il have talked with all of the res
cuod men. They say they are con
WINGED many are still alive, but il
would be impossible to estimate how
many. There may be fifty or a hun
dred II seems that the men are
in all parts of the mine. r.
the others have barricadcd themselves
as these did. they are still safe.
Signals Heard In Mine.
Al 10 o'clock the men coming up
from below said they had heard sig
in distant parts, but these sec
are still cut off by distractions
however. are within reach and
are being given medical attention
They viii he brought up as rapidly as
possible,
The following names. some of
are not Vouched for. were given
out by Or. NJ G Weeks, as the Of
ficials list OF the rescued men;
Thomas Richards, John Lorimer,
White. George Eddy, mine in
spector; Walter Waite, pit boss, John
Brown. Frank Waite, Rogerio Banfilio,
Lozi Federico. - Nowschack,
iiacomo Pigati, salvatore Pigati, w.
Clelland. Q Antoine. G. Stimac, Joe
: Emeche. Francisco
%Iannarint. --- Brotsche.