The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-11-25

A rescue party reports that many
men were alive behind barrier that
closed the third vein.
The shouts of the imprisoned men
could be heard.
1t is impossible to tell the exact
number of men, but from the COM
pany's list OF miners, who, in all prob
ability. made dash for that particu-
lar locality when the first warning was
sounded, 1t is believed that scores
possibly a hundred-are fighting for
life there.
The rescued miners owe their lives
chiefly to George Eddy, a mine boss,
who led them into a side chamber of
the mine, sealed up the passage way
and kept them in the inclosure until
aid arrived
The rescuers are imbued with the
greatest hope, and II is expected that
many other miners will be taken from
the mine alive.
The greatest excitement followed
the news that the men had/been res
cued from the mine.
Men wept and women and children
screamed.
All the doctors on the grounds and
in the village were called and arrange
ments were made for them to rush
down into the mine. where a tempo
rary hospital was arranged.
Some of the men were so weak
they could hardly gasp" said DR..
Crawford. "They were unable to take
any solid food and artificial stimulants
were administered"
William Cleland, one OF the survi
vors. after drinking a bowl Of soup
appeared little the worse for his ex.
pCrience.
1--WE made the most of our situa-
ton he said. sitting in the car and
surrounded by nurses. AS soon as we
discovered fire and that there was no
hope of escape we retreated to safe
place where we thought water could
be found.
Fortunately some Of the timbers
behind us burned out, and this let the
earth and rocks fall down, cutting us
off from the heat and gas. We added
to the barrier.
How the time went we do not
know. We must have been uncon.
scious part of the time.
81 remember soon after we were
shut in of drinking great quantities of
seepage that had drlpped down into
the gutter, and eating my lunch. Aft
er that some of us pulled off bark and
chewed It,
"We did not realize how serious was
our pos.tion-in fact, some of the men
spent the time joking and said they
wished they had a pack of cards.
ut was after we had drunk up all
the water and the seepage had run
dry that we began to pound on the
wall to cause more to drop down.
"Soon after this we heard voices and
one of our men said:
"'At last they are coming after u.s.
1--WE could hear them digging on
the other side of the rocks and dirt
which filled up the passages, and soon
little hole was seen at the top and
the CLEAN Of torches came through.
"Our first question was: is 1t Sun.
day or Monday? AS a matter of fact
most of us thought it was Sunday and
that we had been in the mine only
about "a hours"
Spurred on by the conviction that
scores of live men still are Gagged In
the black hole of the st. Paul mine,
parties of rescuers are digging fever.
ishly I'm drifts so hot as to be almost
unbearable.
Tapping has been heard in the far.
away subterranean passages, and in
spite of the fierce fires the rescuers
hope to enter every pocket Of the
mine. 'I"
So determined are the men TO reach
the imprisoned miners, without a min.
ute's delay, that cne group of rescuers
struck and left the mine because they
were not permitted to work in the di,
rection after they heard faint tap.
pings. For several minutes the work
below the surface was tied up while
there was an excited conference.
Then the men were rushed down the
30O-foot shaft to follow the sounds that
they believe will lead to their hoped.
for goal.
There are so pockets almost exactly
like the one which so nearly became
the grave OF the 20 men who were re.
stored to their families Saturday Any
one Of these may contain other i'm.
prisoned miners
The return OF these men from the
grave is accepted here as nothing less
than the deed Of Providence. To
expect re petition of this mercy Is not
considered by the wives and relatives
OF the lost men as extravagant or be
yond the range Of reason.
This probably has been the most
remarkable experience through which
Cherry or any other mining village in
the world ever passed The village,
whose population normally is less than
1000, is crowded with visitors from
every town and village within a radius
OF 100 miles, who make It's temporary