Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-13
MORE LIFE IN The MINE
Rescue Parties at Briceville Find
Note Written on Wall.
FIVE MEN ARE FOUND ALIVE
They HAD Erected nrntticc, which
shielded Them from the Deadly
K Gases--sIx bodies Are
Found,

BRICEVILLE. Tenn, Dec. 19.-Spurred
on by last nights discovery OF survivors
Of Saturdays dust blast in. the CROSS
Mountain oom min. fresh rescue squads
went into the cross-entries this morning,
hacking and digging with redoubled
energy. Their only reward. however, was
the discovery OF a oorpse-strewn chamber
far back In the mine.
six bodies were recovered. Two Of the
six were identified. one was Joseph
Mcqueen, a widower. Tine other, Tate
Vallslee. had wife and four children.
Additional signs OF life were discovered
in the Cross-M Mountain mine at II o'clock.
on the walls OF the shaft were found In
scribed these words.
we have gone 20 2S."
Immediately the rescuse squads re
doubled their efforts 10 reach CROSS sec
tion No. q Of the mine. IL Is believed
several Of the blast victims will be found
there.
Five Men Alive.
Five men alive were brought from the
Sross-Mountain mine at II o'clock last
night and rescuers at that time were max
ing strong efforts TO reach at least three
more whom they believe stll alive
The men had been prisoners In the
Workings since Saturday morning when
an explosion entombed more than 100 men,
hope for whom had been abandoned,
when three OF the men, alive and
well were found behind brattice they
had erected to protect themselves from
noxious gases. The rescued men are;
william Henderson. aged S..
Milton Henderson. aged Y, his son.
Irwin Smith, aged 80.
Arthur Scott, aged ~.
Dore Irish, aged 30.
They are all married and their wives
had almost given up hope OF ever see
Ing any OF them alive.
Immediately. after the explosion the
first three men rescued rushed TO cross
entry No. 10. where they quickly threw
up hrattice that kept out the black
damp. which killed many OF their fellow
workmen. They took their lunch pals
with them and the three subsisted for
three days and two nights on whatsthey
had expected 10 make their Saturday
ROOn meal.
More writing On walls.
The rescue party penetrated into cross
entry no. e, No miners were found there.
but additional directions for their rescue
were found scrawled in, chalk ON the
walls. The men evideKtly were compelled
90 change their vantage points on ac-
count OF the altering air conditions. The
rescue squad pressed on In the direction
indicated by the chalk marks.
Al noon a total OF thirty bodies had
been removed.
stricken mad. probably from fear in
spired by their plight, two miners who
had been with the party rescued last
night are now dashing wildly In and out
Of channels ID the far reeesses OF the
nAne.
All night long men of the rescue squad
have been chasing the maniacs, but just
rs soon as would-be rescuers got close
on their trail the madmen would dash
away screaming wildly. First they scurry
down the main entry, then scamper away
into black recesses OF the mine at the
approach OF men from the outside.
Tho maddened miners are believed to
be John Duff and John smith News OF
their plight IS being kept from their
families. who have given. them up for
dead.
More Doctors Arrive.
"A big squad Of doctors arrived last
Hlght. They will lessen the tension under
Which the entombed miners have strained
before they will be taken into the open
alr. Additional squads OF men have been
sent into the rhine to attempt TO run
DOWN the twolInaddened miners before
shey penetrate. a. chamber filled with
Tethal gas fumes
A federal official took charge OF the
chase this forenoon. but up TO / O'Clock
tlie craEed survivors OF tho dust blast
Guided purSult. Once a squad traced tho
pien to a chamber, but before they could
tp penned In they crept into a dark
corner In the main shaft ana when the
barty passed them they scurried scream
pg back into the inner workingA