The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-11
DRAGGED FROM DARK
VAULT AFTER SO
HOURS OF AGONY
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we never closed our eyes in sleep We
couldn't We tried to do all we could
to work Our way out and were working
When asked if they had suffer ed severe
" from hunger. he said:
NO I didn t. of course | was hungry,
but the worst thing was the terrible thirst
We had to drink the seepage water in the
mine.
Il feel pretty good and I'll De all right
in a day as soon as 1 get rested up
The Heroic Workers.
In telling the story of the rescue to
mention the heroic workers would be to
name all who clambered up the noun
Wilkinson. Alvin. William and Bess
Green; Albert Jensen. Fred Knudsen. all
or whom worked through thirty-slX
hours without sleep, James e. McGovern,
Walt Moore and James Jensen. who took
George Peterson out of the tomb; N. j.
Gallagher and Arthur Williams, who as
sisted Jerry Peterson, and Joseph II. era
ham and his wiz. who Saw that the
and hot coffee at all times
One of the most striking features of the
relief work. however, was reflected IN
three men-Samuel Newhouse, NJ. NJ
johnson and Phil Flynn. When Mr.. New
house learned of the mine disaster yester-
day morning with characteristic prompt
action he Immediately summoned Mr..
johnson. his chief mining engineer, and
Mr.. Flynn, one of his most expert mining
men. A call was also sent for his automo-
bile. and Johnson and Flynn were sent
whirring to the St. Patrick mine.
Immediately upon his arrival at the
mine Mr.. Johnson began systematizing
the work with the skill and generalship
Of the trained engineer. During the day
and night before much of the labor eX-
pended was completely lost in the follow
l=L-
was to prevent recurrence OF these. The
tunnel at the point of the cave-in was tim
Lered and the necessity for much useless
work disposed Of
1t was about 10 o'clock when they ar
rived and Mr.. johnson assumed direction
of the rescue work. Flynn entered the
tunnel with him. and never emerged until
the imprisoned miners were taken out into
the open air Mr.. Johnson left the mine
for something like three minutes. ana then
only to tell Mr.. Newhouse, who with for
mer Senator Kearns, arrived at the mine
late in the afternoon. that the men might
be liberated in half an hour. Without IN
justice TO the other members of the rescue
party it may be said that the rescue OF
the PetersOns was due in a large meas
IRE to the work of johnson and Flynn
First Man Brought Out.
Mr. Newhouse was present when the
men were brought out from the mine. He
evincing the greatest interest in the work
and constantly asking what was needed
OF could be done to hasten the release OF
the men from their tomb
1t fell to the lot of Jimmy McGoVeTn
to bring out the first man. At 4 o'clock
in the afternoon the wall of dirt and Stag
was so narrow that the voice OF jerry
Peterson could be heard ten yards away.
running conversation was kept up anu
the men given CHEEKY words of encour-
agement Jerry did the talking from ms
side, saying when he was asked. How Is
George?'' "Oh. he's all right. but he
don't want to talk
Last Candle Burned.
During the afternoon. when he was
asked if he didn't want something to eat.
Jerry replied no. adding that they didn I
have time to think about eating. that all
they were thinking about was getting out.
He said the only thing they really want
ed was a light. They hadR burned their
last candle early yesterday moi ming and
during the day were enveloped in pitch
darkness.
As the work Of tunneling through the
cave-in neared its end the progress be-
came slower. owing to the necessity OF
extreme caution to prevent further slides.
One man worked in an eightesn-1nch
space, throwing the dirt back. where 1t
was in turn handled by a gang of six or
seven men. At O'Clock, when the relief
of the men seemed to be but a few min
utes away. an obstacle was met with in
several pieces Of broken timber. The
danger of renewing the slide prevented
these being chopped out and delay oc-
CURED until a saw could be secured.
Jerry Peterson had just called out that
rock had fallen down on their side
when McGovern broke through the hole
which meant the relief Of the miners
No time was lost in extending the
break in the wall enough to permit the
egress of the men. and il was so small
that they had to be pulled through Ly-
ing on his back. George Peterson thrust
his feet through the opening, to have
them grasped by McGovern, who pulled
him into the tunnel.
Dr. Ferrebee was waiting in the tunnel
and after examining the men and being
satisfied with their assurance that they
were all right. he ordered their eyes
bandaged TO prevent any i'll results from
their sudden transition from darkness to
the light.
1t was with a fervent Thank God
that Jerry was pulled from the under
ground vault, and George could only say
I'm mighty glad to be here" Their
only complaint was of the chill. coming
into the cold air after the sitting atmoS-
phere of their underground prison.