The San Francisco call., 1909-11-21
TWENTY MINERS
RESCUED FROM
ST. PAUL SHAFT
Two Bosses Lead Small Com
pany to Tunnel and Build
Barricade Against Smoke
EntOmbed Men Live Seven DAYS
on Scraps and Water From
the Workings
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- HERRT, I'LL, Nov. 2I.-Firemen
and members of the rescufng
- party reported shortly after
midnight that they had heard
signals from the third vein OF the mine.
the entrance of which is now blocked
by several tons of earth. The signals
from the entOmbed miners are evil
IDENTIFY being made with sIedEe ham,
mers striking against large stones. II
IS now believed beyond a doubt that
many of the entOnbed men are alive.
A Week in a Death Chamber
CHERRY, Ill, Nov. 2O.-After a
week spent in the death chamber Of the
St Paul mine 20 Of the entombed min
ers We're rescued alive this afternoon.
Fire broke out afresh in the mine
tonight and number of fremen were
sent into the tunnels to fight the flames.
They are working desperately to ex-
tinguish the blaze. as every minute Of
who is imprisoned in the third vein.
It is doubtful if any Of the entombed
men who are believed to be on the
other side Of the cavein will be rescued
before morning.
Sufferings in Tunnel
The rescued men lived for seven days
on crusts Of bread. scraps OF meat. bark
and leather, and during their imprison-
ment in the tunnel underwent the most
terrible hardships. One man, Joe Mills,
who was with them. died during the
entombment, but the others were
brought TO the surface in fairly good
physical condition.
The rescued miners owe their lives
to Walter Waite and George Eddy. two
mine bosses" who led them into
side chamber Of the mine, sealed up the
passa geway and kept them in the in
closure until aid arrived. The rescue
took place shortly after o'clock this
afternoon.
The rescuers are imbued with the
greatest hope. and it is expected that
many other miners Will be taken from
the mine alive. Volunteers have started
TO work all night in the tunnels with
picks and shovels attempting to dig
through a cavein which blocks the
third vein. In this tunnel it is believed
that more than 100 men may be alive
Twenty Men Rescued
Those rescued from the mine were:
THOMAS RICHARDS J. sEMIcHE
JOHN LARIKER J. BROSo6KI
1HoMAs WHITE BoEFIGLIE RUGGE-
GEORGE EDDY RIO
Walt WAITE FREDERIco LAHzI
John BRowE ANTESoRE aUARTA-
W 4. cLELLAND FRANcIsco IAN
G. STEMAC NAENI
FRANK WAITE SALVATORE PEGATTI
). BARoNoFSKI 6RACANIo PEGATTI
s. sEKICHE
By strange freak of fate il was
2 week 10 the exact minute from the
time when the first wisp of hay in
the mule stable caught fire until the
first Of the living men was found.
The first news of the rescue was
shouted from the bottom of the main
shaft 300 feet below the surface. by
one of the Chicago hremen. The
watcher at the top heard the shout.
but feared some of the workers had
become insane from the horror Of the
situation below. It was only after |
the fireman had shouted the glad It'd
ings against and again that the watch
er credited his own ears and spread
the news to the men near by.
Cheer ArouseS Mourners
The nearest hundred or so men |
grasped the significance Of the news |
and broke out into a great cheer,
which sweiled with ever increasing
volume over the entire town 1t car
ried down the desolate avenue known
as death row" where 80 of the 81
houses mourned husband or father
or a son. 1t was heard in every other
house OF sorrow.
That cheer was the signal for one
Of the widest and most pitifuI scenes
that has occurred since the fire was
discovered The joy of those whose
dead had not been brought up gave
them almost superhuman strength to
fight to gain the entrance to the
mine.
The nope that arose in women who
supposed they had identified their hus-
bands among the previously recovered
bodies spurred them TO join the fight
ing throng. and for a few moments
II appeared as if riot would mar the
work Of rescue.
Most Of the rescued ones owe
their lives to George Eddy, one Of the
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