The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-11

. tenderly into the wagon the brother
jerry was brought out. and a few min
utes later the start for the home was
The incidents and the scenes Of The UttIa
mine situated in the canyon where the
SnOW-covered mountain sides converge
INTO little rumbling rivulet and rock
StreWn wagon trail. will live in the mem
DRY of those who haunted that vicinity
during the past two days.
Another Slide Occurs.
After working nearly twenty-four hours
day night that the Petersons would be
brought out to the world again early
yesterday morning. This belief induced
confidence when ii was determined that
less than two feet Of the slide separated
ire men ana rescuing party. While the
workers were calculating on the hours
ana minutes even when the men would
De released, however. another slide oc-
CURED and between four and five feet of
earth added TO the barrier. adding the
constant fear of further slides
ms blow however. seemed 10 TedoubIa
tue energies of the workers and during
the forenoon the mass had been worked
out 50 that d three-fCOt drill was showed
through The slide and was gripped by one
or the PetCTsCus.
a small hole was worked through btrt
hardly mad this been accomplished until
another slide uudid the work Of hours of
weary labor This marked the last Of
and cautiously the work proceeded uutif
the end was accomplished.
Al the little mine in which the two
9TotheTs were imprisoned yesterday was a
DAY OF hourly expectations. A hundred
willing workers were on hand always
ready TO take their shift" Just outside
the entrance to the mine the two wives
sisters. each with their little baby- 81, their
arms sat on log all day long. 1ravefv
nldlng their fear. but betrayiug their
heaIt anxiety in the uncomfortable
shifting glanCes TO the dark hole in the
mountain Although. knowing that II
would be hours before their husbands
could be rescued they seemed to expect
them TO appear out of the tunnel at anv
moment 1t was about o'clock when
tneT gave up their vigil. 4 quiet word
spoken to them by Il messenger telling
them that they had better go home and
get things in readiness, brO6e the suspense
for them. The grief Of two days found
its sudden relief in the quick ClasDing of
the children in close embraces. the silent
eye-dimmed lock of Eratefulness and
then the two sisters. who had almost
given up their hope, started down the
steep hill road with quickened steps.
The Homecoming.
The homecoming of the two men was
even more dramatic than the scene Of
their coming out of the tunnel AS ths
wagon in which they Law covered and
wrapped up wound its way down the hill
to the house, the women. surrounded by
kindly neighbors, stood outside watching
what was to them its suaiI-like progress-
When it stopped at the door, and the two
men, still so completely wrapped that
neither wife could distinguish her hus-
band, the wives led the way into
the house. Then in the darkened room.
as the wrappings were taken off. there
were the two cries, jerry GEORGE
Then the Wifeiy devotion submitted to
DR.. Fe-rebee's businesslike admonitiOn:
Come now, get dry clothing on them.
Get them in bed. Make some hot COT
fee and keep them warm-and let them
sleep"
The two men who so valiantlv stood
thankful, but exceedingly cheerful, appar-
emily in the best Of spirits. and protested
that they were all right" Had ne been
given the opportunity II IS likely that
Jerry Peterson would have insisted on
walking to his home
Talks of Experience.
During the journey to the home and
while being prepared for bed he spoke
freely of the experience. To those about
him ne said that when the cave-in oc-
CURED on Monday, during the hours they
waited before their condition was dis
covered. both lost hope and prepared for
death As if to shut it from memory. the
talk between the brothers at that time
was not alluded to except that they meant
to accept their lot. When thew heard
the voices through the pipe, however and
knew that willing hands had begun the
attempt to rescue them. their foTebOdings
were forgotten I'm the eagerness to lend
their own aid in working their way out.
Although related discoDnectedly. Jerry
Peterson told the following in reply %
questions:
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