The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21

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porarIly behind.
III No don't succeed in getting
water. kill the mule"
AT this the Lithunians held up their
hsads In horror. for they had super
stitution that II In such extremity
they sought TO prolong their own
lives. even At the sacrifice OF dumb
brute. they would surely die. Rather
| than take this chance. they speedily
followed the trail of those who had
started 10 obtain water.
George Demmerich's inexperienced
| efforts 70 make the contents Of his
lunch pail last AZ long as possible,
threw Z light on the extremities to
which the prisoners were reduced.
semmsrich's pail contained four
siiccs Of bread, piece OF pie and a
huge all pickle. Semmerich's esti-
mate Of how this food would last
ing what ne gave to others. II had all
disappeared within twenty-four hours
Fortunately the prisoner still had a
plug OF tobacco. From this he ex-
tracfsd all the nourishment possible
aud then swallowed the quid. This
kept his stomach IN so feverish condi.
ton that for the three days that the
supply lasted. he experienced prac-
tically no pangs OF hunger. The
tSAtucg O4BQ VI Hts Cap was uSAt
pressed into service as . substitute
for the tobacco ana a. destroyen~ of
appetite served quite a. well ~
tobacco. His gloves followed.
TT wasn't very sustaining.' said
6emmerfch.. and got pretty weak,
but II was better than being hungry
all the time"
At midnight small are broke out
in the mine. cutting on the rescue
work. Fire apparatus had to be low
cred and streem Of water iaad again
to be turned Into the mine. 1t was
feared IL the IRE was not extinguished
at once. many Of the men will perish.
Up to midnight only twenty men had
been brought TO the surface.
The IRE at 1920 4. m. appeared to
be spreading and the heat grew more
intense. r.. q. MAXWELL. mining en-
sineer In the rescue party. was over.
to the surface.
At this hour. the IRE was still burn
Ing and the heat was SO intense as
to prevent any rescue OF living before
daylight.
william cleiand, one OF the rescued.
said most of his comrades thought they
had been entombed but twenty-four
hours when the rescuers appeared to-
day They had been unconscious In the
dark most OF the time. l,
william Heinz wife was at home
when news came that rescues had been
made. but no names were then known.
She saw her sisters In distress rush
past her house, but was compelled TO
remain at the bedside OF her baby who
was suffering from pneumonia.
Her forced detention at home occas-
toned her little delay In receiving the
news OF her husbands return TO the
land of the living. for the cry "Heinz
Is up was among the first that elec-
triffed the stricken community. fravel-
ing like q sweet bugie call from mouth
to mouth, throughout the village.
William Cieiand. another OF the first
up, was calm as he emerged from the
black mouthed shaft and his hrst re-
quest was for cigarette.
.Arananini, one OF the rescued said
that he and his comrades shared the
sausage and rye bread in his dinner
pain, but II was quickly gone. y. spo-
gatta's contribution to the common
larder was a bottle of beer.
Discovery Ii Accidental.
The discovery of the men was al
most accidental. They had been drink
Ing seepage and were pounding on the
wall IN order to make the water drip
down. The noise OF the pounding was
heard by the rescuers and the work OF
rescuers and the work OF reaching them
was began
II was discovered that the men, after
eating up all the food In their dinner
paiis' had subsisted mostly On bark
torn OF the pine posts which were
used 10 support the mine walls. In
spector Crawford. OF the state board
OF health after being down fD che mtne
for half an hour, reported that sixty
seven or the live men were in crlti-
cal condition. ST't.
some Of the mem are so weak they
can hardly gasp" said DR.. Crawford.
They. are unable 20 take any solid
food and such artihciai stinulants are
being administered az our small force
will permit
News OF the rescue spread like Wild
Are and soon great crowds pressed in
OF, the mine grounds. Yells and cheers
went up from all sides and when one
or the men with blaskened face thrust
his head out OF the car. the crowd be-
came so. demonstrative that confusion
was feared Sheriff Skosiund mounted
the platform and sisd:
Good people. please be quiet; walt
TIL we get out the others. Any noise
or too much cheering may do harm.
Be patient as YOU can while we take
Mine Examiner Rescued.
Among the rescued was George Eddy.
mine examiner for the company The
greatest credit Is given him for his
work in saving the entombed miners.
In one shaft blocked Off from noxious
gases. one OF the entombed men be-
came lost last Monday and In attacking
the barricade inflicted on himself tntur-
les from which he died. The scene
around the shaft and the company's
offices was one Of the widest jubila-
tion.
nMonahan fs out! Monahan Is outF'
aBiif Heinz is alivei"
These ana other names of other men
rescued were shouted from man 70
man. from group TO group down the
railroad tracks and into the village
which had suddenly been dragged from
the depths Of despair to the pinnacle
OF hope.
Not shop keeper In the city remain
ca AZ MS post They Joined the throng
OF women and children in the mad.
hysterical rush to the scene OF what
TO the experts, 10 regarded as a miraeu-
tons outcome OF the disaster.