The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22
MINERS RESCUED OUT
OF JAWS OF DEATH
twenty-five Found Alive After Week in
Living Tomb in st. Paul
Mine.

Cherry Hill. H.. Nov % Twenty two
men were rescued alive from the st
Paul mine here Saturday afternoon
where they were entombed one week
ago yesterday in its burning depths.
Seventy or more are believed 10 be
alive in the various chambers Of the
mine and experts are continuing the
search
The troops were powerless TO restrain
the madly excited popnlace who broke
through the guards and crowded around
the mouth Of Tie slope as the men we're
brought to the surface
The discovery that the men were alive
was almost accidental They bad been
drinking segpage and we're pounding On
the wall to make the water drip down.
The noise Of the pounding was heard by
the rescuers and the work Of reaching
them was begun.
crazed, They Laughed and Joked.
The i've men were FIRST discovered by
Supt Powell Of BraeeYille, Ill When
the men were reached. some Of them
were talking and joking. and apparently
were partly lemented from their terrible
experience.
The men were found At o'clock The
relief corps, choppiHg its way through
the second vein toward the south end,
heard the cries that nerved them to
superhuman strength
Ahead nf the rescuprs was pile Of
debris that blocked their progress The
cries came from behind it, They Clipped
'it away with frenzied strength, and
there. in the tunnel behind the pile, were
the men, qaunt specters Of those that
went below into the vein a week ago.
When their food was gone, they killed
their mule and ate the raw flesh. From
time to time. they were able TO get small
quantities Of water, and in this way
managed to keep alive.
When the explorers. led BIZ Duncan Me-
Donald president Of the Illinois Fedora
ton Of Miners, broke into their living
tomb. the men were ali seated. but with
the first ray Of light that fell upon
them from the lamps Of the searching
party, they jumped 70 their feet and
gave feeble cheer
The fight Of the entomhed miners
against death was led by Joseph Cfes-
cini. Such food as remained in dinner
pals, when the men realized that they
were enfomhed, was brought together
and the men were put on short rations.
In this and subsequent measures to safe,
guard their lives, William Hynds, an
Englishman. who had had previous ex-
.perience Of the kind, shared leadership
w&th the italian.
Father Heany's Story Of the Rescue.
graphic description Of the discovery
Of the men was told by the Rev. Father
James 2. Heavy Of 81 Mary's church,
Mendoza. I'll. Father Heany, wearing 4
miners cap and flaming torch was
down in the mine with tie rescue party.
He said
about o'clock, when we were about
300 feet into the gallery from the hoist.
ing shaft, our party found pile Of
debris IN the way Suddenly David Pow
Ell said. Listen, hoys; I thought
heard something A faint pounding as
if coming through the thickness Of q
wall, was heard I believe somebody
is alive in there, said Powell Some OF
the other men replied, No; that ii inn
possible. Nobody believes men could
live down hero for seven days
Let's listen again, I said.
Sure enough, there came the same
muiiied pounding sound we had heard
before We could NOT believe our own
senses. Grabbing hold 81 tie pick and
axes our men began ID tear down the
loose pile Of earth and rocks. Ii took
us several minutes to make much head
way into the obstruction Finally l.
who had been in the rear, came forward
and, with shovel, relieved one Of the
men who had become tired ont. It was
weird scene
1--WE listened again and. much to our
glee. the pounding sounds became louder
4 few more digs brought down the dirt
from the top, and little black hole APP
peared before us.
Two or three Of u climbed over the