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

gang was David Il. Powell. mine su
perintendent Of Bracoville. Ill Pow
ell, a tall, muscular. rudy checked
old man, with iron gray hair. went OF
duty at Z a. nj. His story follows
We were going along what 4
known as the second south entry OF
gallery and were passing a CALLER,
shooting off from this. knowu as tn
second west. when. stopping a mo
ment, | heard some pounding and
what sounded to me like "a faint voice
turned TO the fellows and said List
en-. | thought heard a voice. then
Maybe 1t Is some Of the fellows stil
alive.
We listened again and what APP
Deared To he q v1ice and the pound
ing continued. All that we started a
a brisk pace to where We thought TN
men were and found there al obstruc'
ton. Before We had tho obstruction
down NC knew for certain that live
men were behind It. for we called and
talked to them repeatedly.
one OF the men behind the OBJ
struction happened to be an italian
who used to work for me.
He called out Hello. Mr.. David.
as he always called me; you see we
| Amt dead yet. In another minute
! we were all clasped in one another's
arms. The men we took M from
! hero were the first two TO reach the
surface and were apart from those
rescued Inter.
William Heinz's wife was at home
when the news came that rescue had
been made. but James were then I'M
known. She saw women rush past
her house. but was compelled 10 re-
main at the bedside of her baby.A who
AaA. 80 DAT
her forced detention AT home occa-
stoned her little delay from receiving
the news Of her husbands return TO
the land of the living. The cry,
Heinz Is up was among the first
that electrified the stricken commun-
it,. How such news travelled can hard
" he explained, but almost as soon
as the cry VIZ raised at the pit II
came like music 10 the ear al the
woman who had spent a week In an
.unearthly inferno.
Priest Gives Graphic story Of Rescue.
A graphic description OF h discov-
cry NJ the men was o by Father
Iamea =. Henny. Of 81. MARY church,
MENDOZA, III. Father Heany. wearing
q miners cap ana carrying q torch,
WIS down in the mine with the rescue
party. He said
Just about 2 o'clock. when We
were. as near as ! can tell. 400 feet
into the gallery from the hosting
shaft, obr party slackened up because
OF a pile OF debris. Suddenly David
Powell said. Listen, boys. / thought l
heard something We were all silent.
A faint pounding as II coming through
the thickness OF a wall was heard.
MY God said Powell, i believe
somebody is alive in there Some Of
the other men replied No. that Is
impossible. Nobody In the world
thinks for a minute the men could
live down here for seven days Well
| said, lets listen again
we all listened for what seemed 20
be q fun minute. Sure enough there
came the same muffled pounding
sound we had heard before. we
could not believe our own senses
one OF the picks and then
our axes. the men began to tear down
the loose pile OF earth and rock. Ere
quently we stopped to listen. II too
us several minutes to make much
into the obstruction. Final
~ /. who had been in the rear. anne
II with a shovel relieved
one OF the men who had been tired
out.
" Now let's stop and listen again,
said Powell Much To our JOY the
fpflIifililE SfbilN VI 'hi AtN
more strokes Of the pick brought
town the dirt from the top and a lit
Ne black hole appeared before us.
Two or three of us climbed over
he dirst and yelled, are any OF you
live in there, boys?
AN answer came back, yes
Before another word could be ut
cred the men began pulling AZ the
iirt again and soon Il large gan app
..- W. tNallAl Kn4a "a taH,s. l..lI
pf our torches
How MANY II YOU are alive here
We win save YOU In a minute.
Alive and Hungry.
In faint husky tones. the men calf |
"a back. yes. we are alive and you
,et We are hungry too. Have you got
ome lunch out there
Il crawied IN as near the hole as
could without interfering with the (!
" God bless YOU men, we will get
out in a minute and give YOU all
he lunch you can eat BE patient rs
can. |
y couldn't see anything back in
here for the men were in total dark
less, so | climbed back and prayed
God would make the number we |
we're about TO rescue as many as pos |
iblc.
by thai time the hole was wide |
and a dozen pair Of %Rlistening |
YES shining out from black faces.
we Kept yelling IN to the men 70 i
up their courage promising them |
hat. the way would soon he clear and
cage In the hosting shaft was
and ready TO carry them to the
|
Rescue Came Too late for One.
zone of the men inside answered
most ~ MS are all right and
ceiling fine. but there Is one poor
elbow here-a Frenchman called
who Is almost gon and Tn
fraid he viii he dead in a few min
ties II he don't get some fresh air
when the pile Of dirt finally
nmbled doWn some OF the men were
tagccrcd by the thrush Of air
with a shout we jumped yer and
act thom. throwing our arms about
heir necks and almost lifting them
their feet. Their iov was In
XNprcssihle. They pounded us on our
and laughed and cried aloud.
"\Nc wanted 20 carry the men to
hoisting shaft In our arms. hui
, walk ont themselves The only
lindcd by the torches. We threw
over their heads and started
, escort them.
My first concern was To get after
~ poor little F~renchman. who was
aportcd dying. I found him out
FETCHED on his hack breathing his
Holding n torch over his face
hitch was black from SCOT. ] said. |
Io Won give Your Snut 10 God II