The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-16
FIRE STILL RACES IN THE
 MINES AT CHERRY, ILLINOIS

chat great difficulty would be encoun tered in preventing disorder. Are the signals understoody asked
 Newsaw of his assistants, who nodded assent.
 The automobile horns carried by the
 explorers which was to give the sig.
 nals, were tested.
 Let her go, shouted Newsam, and | the cage was lowered Down deep ii
 went until the botto mwas reached. 1 D a moment signals from the horns called for an escent.
 Several thousand people leaned for ward eagerly as nle experts emerged from The shaft A conference with the officials followed and report was spread that bodies had been found. This later was denied by the investi gators.
 A few minutes later the cage was lowered again This time the horns footed signals frequently to the men above The cage was raising and lowering alternately until eventually
 the bottom of the shaft was reached. The prolonged anxiety wss intense.
 No sgnal came. Ii was apparent that
 something important had been discov- cred Fifteen minutes passed and the exploration continued Then the blast of the horn signalling the ascent
 echoed through the shaft
 This time the explorers reported that they he'd been walking in one of the veins Of the mine for a hundred i9nd fifty feet from the base of the shaft ard that thev had found no Hv- ] Ina InaI hn at.
 rhere in this vein was considerably
 better then had been expected and
 with the a'd of their electric lanterns the searchers could see plainly.
 other veins leading from the shaft
 much smoke was encountered and nothing could be seen. A consultation of officials followed and il was deter tmined to start the ventilating fan at the oprnsite side nf the mine.
 What will he the result?" was the question in the mind of nearly every
 man on the ground as the big fan was started Some believed that it might arouse siumbering fire. Others felt assured that the fire had been smoth. cred and that ventilation would clear the galleries and malSe the psssable for the search for the missing In half
 an hour the fan was suddenly ordered shut down. Smoke began to pour from the main shaft
 Immediately the experts were low cred again to investigate the cause of the increased smoke As the arwored searchers descended thcy repeatedly signalled for halt, The going was slow and cautious Suddenly a loud blast came.
 Raise her un." shouted Newsan.
 ~Rpise her fast. he repeated when a second signal was given.
 The hxDerts xere ie1ked to the sur face and gave prders for fire hose, Fiemen of the mine were called ont and the hose taken down into the shaft
 Water was turned an and few minutes later the searchers came again 10 the top.
 They reported that blaze had been discovered In the stable portion of the mine where the original fire had oc- cured There had been no trace of this blaze Dn trips that the experts had made previous to the starting Of the fan. They thought they could put out the blaze with a line of fire hose. second attempt was made to drown the fire, but lack of water pressure made success doubtful At 2 o'clock dense clouds of smoke were pouring out. The heat around the shaft, which before had been normal, was now excessive For the experts to re-enier the mine was impossible. By this time C. F. Rice of Pittsburg, nf mi vey, had reached the scene The mine inspectors had become alarmed and the shaft was sesled with steel sheets and a heavy layer of sand Men and wowen with loved ones in the mine turned away in despair
 For an hour after the sealing of the shaft and the assurance that no furth- CT search could he made until the fire had been extineuished. the streets were full of men and women whose faces expressed hopelessness. To haht tn fire was determined mon and orders for water pumps. fire engine and train boads of water tank c7rs were humiedlv given. From La Sale, LII a fire engine was prom ised If arrived tonight on special train Meanwhile the fire gaged in the mine and some experts fear that it will spread through the coal veins. l thus burning out all the timber sup ports and causing further caving in. inspector Taylor. who was one of the discoverers of the renewed fire, an nounced that the flames had not spread beyond the stable section Of the mine This caused President A. J Fearling. of the Chicago. Milwaukee and St Paail Railroad, to exelaim.
 TT that's so then the men. if they are alive are just as we'll off now as if tho second outbreak had not oe. cured
 ''If we had had a barrel of water with us We could have exiinenished The fire when we discovered t" said