The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-15
OF Some Of 400 Imprisoned
Miners.
RESCUING PARTY ENTERS
Temperature at Lowest Depth Reached
Was Only "a, Which Leads to Belief
That Fire Has Burned Itself Out and
That Some Miners May Be Living.

Cherry, H., Nov. l5-With an enor.
nous fan at The top Of the shaft Of the
st. Paul mine, rescuers with oxygen cap
descended into the mine this morning
where. It is believed nearly four hun.
dred miners perished as the result Of
Saturdays FIRE In the ilrst trip, the
rescuers found temperance of only "a
at tbs lowest depth which they reached
and II il believed, therefore. that the
fire has burned Itself out They still
have hopes that some Of the imprisoned
men are alive.
A. j. Earring, president Of the Chicago
Milwaukee & St Paul railroad company,
which owns the mine, received an en-
couraging report after heroic efforts had
been made yesterday to open the naine
for the recovery Of the entombed miners,
From John Reid, son Of one Of the miss.
ing miners, AiA Earling heard that con-
eussions OF the earth had been felt by
farmers half q mile south OF the main
shaft. The farmers are convinced they
were the result Of shots fred hy the
imprisoned miners. This report was sent
first to Henry Burke, an officer of the
mining company.
The men reported" stated Burke to
President Earring, that the signals wera
distinct and were meant for an assurance
that at least some Of them were alive
The list Of the missing miners, COM
piled yesterday, reached the total of 3s5,
Including the dead, whose charred bodies
were taken from the burning cages Sat
uraay 1t was declared to be probable
tha this list might be increased One
hundred and seventy men who entered
the mine Saturday morning have been
accounted for.
Among the missing are many Ameri-
cans who have lived for years in the
mining fields 81 Illinois, but most of
those entombed are foreign born. Most
Of the men had families
Story Of Survivor.
Wm. vickers, who was At work at the
face of the coal mine, was one Of the
few who came ont alive. For more than
200 yards he crawIed in the dark on
hands and knees using the rail as 4
guide TO the bottom of the shaft At
ore point, he SAYS he met about IS min
haa ssss'.r '.;s,. H. ~ e'e s.a.s ~ a,s
waiting resignedlF fof death
= and my buddy tpartneyl were At
work on the second vein leTel when HE
fire alarm was sounded said Nickcfs
I'VE started for tie hottem, but bad
gone but few feet when our lights
went ant. The entry was fast filling
with smoke.
eAl about rs We could hear shout.
of our comrades IN adioiniffa rooms. /
aronped ia nv hands ana knees and be.
San Is crawl along TIE rails. shouting at
intervals To nv buddy
aAt one point. we nassed about as min
ers sitting hv the roadside. almost III !
stnpar. | tried to roase them. but thew
did not stir.
ssIvhen within 100 feet of thu nina
month. I began h crow faint pullea
,nv eoaf closely abort nv face and sf+pa.
elea on.
II escaned death ~ inst three min.
rites. when + arrived 81 the bottom 81
the SHAFT. the last eaae was about I'd
ascend I shouted IS fhe siopst Sell VA !
rsnpino Two men broke their wav n
mc ana drapqed me- u tie eape. t2ea
last consciousness When came IA |
was safely On TOD.
sMv buddy was carried with mo IL
safety.r
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