The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-21

the shaft They insisted that they
were strong and well enough to walk. !
The Frenchman Dies.
Il found the Frenchman breathing
his last. Holding the torch over his
sooty face. said: DO you give your /
soul to God?'
He answered: Yes. administer
ed the sacrament. In minute he
was dead.
Walking toward the shaft, there
occurred one of the greatest acts OF
heroism | ever heard of.
Walter Waite, one of the men res
cued, on hearing that there were 9TH
ers alive, in another part of the mine,
threw off the blanket that covered
his head and shouted: Well, then;
by God, am not going out of the
mine until I get the others.
I'VE demonstrated and said. We
will take YOU up to get fresh air and
warm food, then we may let you help
us. But Waite protested and We
actually had to force him into the
cage, he shouting. Let me help to
get the Others
"All this time those. on the surface
had. not conceived the possibility OF
recovering any of the men alive.
When we called: We nave got some
men alive. hoist quick, W went up
like a shot, and rushed the men into
Pullman car, where they We're Cal
ed for"
Taken to the Cars.
Across $50 feet of space, between
the mouth of the shaft and the sleep
ing cars, the survivors were taken
through gangway massed with peo-
pie, lined with troops. The women
especially scrutinized the faces of the
survivors as they passed.
AS night fell, above the flicker of
the torches to the height of hun
the shaft machinery. Each time the
"~al WIS sounded to hoist the cage
There was a murmur of expectancy
and press toward the line ropes
dozen torches lighted the rescuers,
who wore rubber coats. Between
them. wrapped in blankets, they held
rescued men, some standing, while
others were carried. The procession
moved through the gangway and We're
greeted sometimes by mothers and
wives, murmuring Billie, Frank ,
"Oh Andy, are you there a,ns
Blankets Over Heads.
The blankets drawn over the heads
of the men prevented Identification.
Women tore toward the sleeping cars
imploring anyone to give them good
news. One, overcome by appeals,
called out the name Of the man he
was escorting, and shouted, We have
got George Eddy here
"Oh, George, came woman's cry,
rs it you? Come here. am wait
ing for you"
Eddy. who was a mine inspector,
was too weak to reply. At the car
steps the crowd was kept back
In a little four room cottage, three
doors from the livery stable across
the street." Mrs. George Subacus this
evening became envied by all, for her
husband was the first to be taken
home. Subacus and his brother John
were among the first survivors out, In
a bedroom lay Subacus, his three
youngsters peeIing at his blackened
face and arms through the bars at
the foot of the bed.
Catholic sister was watching
that the patient did not over eat He
said:
Subacus Tells Experiences.
"The fire was burning an hour be
fore | knew of it. | started to run
and met twenty others. We tried tc
throw up a barrier, but it was darF
and we did not get along well. Al
the time we were breathing gas.
had nothing to eat, but chewed BARI
and drank water from the little holes
in the bottom of the entry. We made
five holes and there was always sons
water in them. 1t was our principa
food.
what did you do all the days yol
were penned in?"
1--WE all said good bye to each 9th
err. At first the English sang songs
the Italians were praying, and afte
while we were all too weak to mor'
than crawl about.
Nobody reached us today--wt
reached them. We wanted moreSW
ter, and crawled over one barrier
started and walked ten feet apart, 81