The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-21

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he stencil Of decaying flesh to kill
is. / don't know what we did after /
hat, except that tried to cheer the ]
men up and tell them we would soon
be- taken out.
The Pangs Of Hunger.
After a time 1t seems like 1t was
only a day but guess It must have
been three or four daysour water
ran out and our food supply was get
ting low. We drank the oil from our
lamps and the seepage in the gutter
Of the tunnel. We ate only sparingly
Of our food, most of the men tearing
bark on the timbering and devouring
that.
Is fter a while the air became foul
osl a we had hard time retaining our
senses. When we moved about we
crawled on our stomachs afraid OF
black damp which we knew must be
sn the tunnels. Finally today one OF
the men heard sounds outside OF our
barricade and came crawling to tell
us of 1t. We all crawlde to the barri- |
cade and pounded on the walls and
yelled as loud as we could.
Light at Last.
"Then we heard them digging and
pretty soon we saw a light. God, but
Ii was good to see that light. We lust
climbed over each other to get out OF
that tunnel and guess we acted pretty
queer we were SO glad to see those
men. First thing we asked the men
was, s'is It Sunday or Monday. They
took us up slowly and you'll never
know how good It was to see human
beings and sun light.
The Rescue Work.
Rescuers were sent down into the
mine but came up to get oxygen he'll
NETS, saying they could hear men CALI
Ing to then but could not stand the
gases or the stencil Of the bodies o.
dead mules in the second level.
With the rescuers on the return trip
went Father Heney Of Mendoza, 9
Catnolic priest. He had donned the
clothes OF miner and went down te
/ give absolution to all Of those Catho
Ilics who might by dying.
The work Of reaching these mel
iswas taken In charge by D. u: Powell
Il Supt. Of the Braceyille mine, and 2
/ g. Maxwell, chief mining engineer Q
1.-THE st. Paul Mine Co. For six hours
4 without relief Of any sort, Maxwell
4 stood ia one spot and directed ths
4 efforts Of the rescuers, despite tns
\ black damp which threatened all Q
4 the rescuers.
4 Found TWO Parties.
The rescuers found two parties 9
| entomed men still living. All were o.
the second level in the west funne
4 and near tne spot where the 21 me-
had been taken out earlier. The res
cuers were attracted by rappings o
1.-THE walls Of tunnels, and, followln
them, they came upon a barricade
Z Their signals were answered 1mmeu
ately and they started to dig.
sixty-seven More.
, At a late hour tonight they we're abl
!, to talk to the members OF one part
az 81 men who declared they were
in good physical condition. The re
cuers proceeded cautiously as tint
s norton OF. the mine reeked with blac
4 damn and it was feared that If TT
q men were brought in contact with
n suddenly they might die. 1t is reali
: ed that the living men are large
= horne up by excitement and that the
2 probably feel as strong as they tnlr
: they are.
q AT midnight 12O rescuers were
= work endeayoring to take these me
g g out and it was expected that TN
: would be brought to the surface .
:. :. fore morning. Other rescuers
- !, digging to reach the other party
.el11 Meanwhile resperaters have be-
3 provided and will be passed to the Il
n prisoned men.
Ut
Havpp Home Coming.
Late Saturday night there we
about 16 of the 81 men broug
We to the surface taken in carrlag
d, to their homes. A nurse was sent
re eac., one, to see that he did not
et anything but what the doctors p
M scribed. Inspector E. G. Crawford
tn the state board of health who IS
ss charge of the medical corps EXPIRE
no ed the belief that some OF the m
ng might collapse tomorrow when
eu excitement had worn off. Despite tn
~ affected jauntiness when they W.
no rescued, the faces Of most OF
s, survivors plainly tell the story Of tn
he sufferings.
- Hair Turned White.
A week ago VIM. Clelland's 8 laair
A dark brown; today it was sil
49, gray. He was almost too weak to v
- - until childish voice called his ma
~ through the window of the sleep
III III car. when he was strong enough
ali reach out and gather his two cniio