Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-02
YOUNG MAN jMpRiSoNgp IN JoP.
LIN NINE ONCE suNnAY @
REACHED ~ sEARchERa.
THOUSANDS or WATchE0s
CHEER WoRkERs' EFFoRra
Clay Wssps When hs Sees lisht "a
Day and Forms Of human 0sinas-
Imprisoned for Thres Days and
Forty five Mlnutss-Food Gent @
Him Monday Night Thru 0haft.

Joplin, Mo-. Aug. 2.-Joseph Clafy.
imprisoned by cave-in at the White
| Oak mine near this city since last Sum
day morning. was reached by rescuer.
this morning. Ho was alive ana we'll
| When tho last spadefuls OF earth wero
| removed by worknen In the shat they
dropped thru the drifts. Clary threw
himself into their arms and wept while
the shouts OF thousands cheering at
| the mouth OF the mine echoed down
tho shaft.
Nine work,nen were digging In tho
narrow shaft when tho bottom gave
way and they dropped into the drift at
! S25 O'Clock. Clary saw the light Of
day and looked on fellow beings after
darkness Of three days and forty-nve
minutes.
Physicians on hand.
At a signal from the rescuers ply>~
| sician was lowered. He administered
| stimulants Clary was hoisted TO earth
and set foot o ntop ten minutes after
he was found Curious spectators were
| kept from his. His father. brother and
physicians hurried him away to the
Clary home where hts mother lay III.
The physician urged Clary not 20 talk
until he gained strength
Relays OF mon and boys began dig
ging the shaft Sunday and worked
night and day since The first threa
attempts to drill small hole to admit
air and nourishment failed. but tho
fourth was successful yesterday. 1t
was found that Clary was In Imminent
danger OF drowning from water rising
in the drift. Diggers In the shaft re-
doubled their energy with the resuie
that Yba drift rhAd <neoa hn,,vsp
earlier than expected
Entombed seventy eight feet below
| tho surface OF tho earth and facing
possible death from rising water In the
| mine drift, Joseph Clary tho young
miner caught by q cave-in at tho
White Oak mine on Sunday. last night
| feasted on fried chicken and joked with
| friends waiting for his rescue
Tho fourth drill hole put down In an
attempt TO reach his prison penetrated
the roof OF limestone late yeskerday af-
ternoon.
Hello" his brother in-law. Maurice
Grafton. called down the hole when tho
drill bits had been removed.
Hello. boys! I'm hungry" came thu
clear. but faint reply.
Then Thomas Clnry. father Of the en-
tombe.d miner. FASTENED to his home.
where the young mans NlOthA was
Frustrated from grief. and told her tha
young man was still alive. The news
the doctor say. has saved her life.
From his home the father ono OF tho
oldest prospectors in this district hur-
| ricd back to the mine. carrying milk
and stimulants and fried chicken. which
We're lowered on rope 70 his son. AZ
ter partaking OF these Clary seemed
much stronger and remained near the
dril hole talking with those at tho top.
Soc any shines In the drill cut;ings?'
no questioned, meaning 10 ask whether
the drillers had found any evidence of
zinc In cutting the hole thru the earth
TO his prison. II. seemed disappointed
when told that no ono had noticed
whether the drill had gone thru any
ore.
The ground where tho mine IS Iocat-
ed is known as dry ground" and It
never has been necessary to use n
pump to keep the water out OF tho
drifts while work was going on. This
fact lends encourngcment to those who
are working 20 sink n rescue shaft 10
the drift
II. however. the shaft Is not down to
the drift within two or three days II
may be too late 10 bring tho young
man out alive.
After the cntomhcd man had eaten
his supper last night an electric FASH
liph; was let down to him and also
small rope. which he tied around his
waist that In case he stepped into
a d"ap hole while exploring his prison
he could be saved.