Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-18
Experts after Penetrating Shaft for
300 Feet Bring Ray of Hope to
the Agonized Relatives.


ONO of ts nufnctic incidents OF
p,o ros,,ro ,,.,,, v.,s tra, including I
,,a sa,.t,,. ,r t,hn NtcGiu md his
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.,...a ,I s.n,, to bis lnooe nv
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,1 s,vo ,ourso1f II ,ou
NV
.,,.,,,.,. ,-n,..,,i,. y,o,lcped the t.+h-
,, ,on,. ~. IT, ,elt alarmed tbe hov
.u his back and struggled on. With ,
i'm sinht e the shaft he fell. Before
l,siu., cuusc:Yusucss nc yelled for
I,r. mis- cries wore heard ana tho two
we're hnisted To- tho surface.
Eleven Of twelve boarlcrs at one
housc I'm the village were lost in the
n,incs
.ro>,, i.,,,... n1,pOpI.I.ATL,D
''hNoSS '' N""'
long row. merry S''ec' W"i'" ""7
on one sac VOW "i 90
tical in appearance mas feNeaied Tue
fact that "nN wv" "''' ~
all tho houses ar" numbered amohH
ono to four men
The story Of the thlrteeh heroes W"'
went down to their d'ath III '"' p''~-
ing shaft of the Cherry mlhe ana "i
the one man who came back scared
teil the gnast'r ta'e. was related TO-
day in OH its details and forms
Standing out above all the others ls the
story Of Dr. l.. Il. Howe, tn" man who
cnlno back" the only one Of the heroic
n who e,lvivcs to tell what happened.
Seven times before the other rercuers be-
gan to 90 into the burning shaft. he De
sce,ldcd alone IN lft and each time
brought 10 the surface his quota of saved.
TwentN-nV' f''herS "N' '''e''
SlMfIt N'nI'0 '' y
His hands are badly purh'o "he"
asked to describe his experiences he
merely said;
II couldn't h3N" done anything e'se
than I did. II is not worm 'a'h'"s
about"
state Mine Inspector lhofnas 1''oSo"
in whose district the lH-iat'" mine IL So
uated, the first Inspector 10 arrive 'o-,''''
asked regarding INC "'''''e lol VIC nv
said:
FROM what nave ne" ''' my
say that criminal 'af"iesShtSS WI 'o0
part Oh s"''e u INV NV" W. ,, -.
second vein leVcl If reSpons''lo' ne VI
ncNrs ana managers apparently az '".
MT ny the tragedy hiarhe res's ''i eO''E
upon the shouiuers oi the me" ''e'''
selves.
Implicit chedlen'e nv f'hN''e'' '"'i'
Co"'eT to orders OF ms summons ""'s
have caused the aea'h Oh inc 0u''' t,
party "ni'h went no"h '''' WV 80
NINE yesterday AFTERNOON
MAN NlIH'ti 'Ci''TNl h-N
At the coroner 'h4ues' wi'c" DeI "
main shaft testified that he declined tc
occede "a the demand of persons stand
ing at the ton of his shaft that he a
once uft tho cage containing tn,
,esc,lcrs The reason nc declined. he said
was because he had been told by 'h'
tbird vein hoss Alexander Nosberg. e
move the cage only in answer to the
repu,ar hell oode.
Whom the rescue Marty had been a
the bottom of the shaft some time with
ont eating in communication with ia,
engineer nv the usual means Martii
pouers Dr Howe and Herbert Lewis
tho latter a brother Of one of the rescu.
marty rushed to Cowley. so the engin ee
testified. They demanded that the Gag,
he raised Immediately.
CovIev refused acting under ORDER
fron, Nosherc the witness told Nh,
coroner.s iury 20, Fl space of tim,
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