The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-02
FREED
LIVING TOMB
.Nsnd Smith Rescued After
Hours in Whirl-
wind Mine,
= FIGHT WITH DEATH
!. FIGHT WITH DEATH
y graphically Portrays
/ Titanic Struggle TO
Rescue Themselves,
i, The Tribune

4. IN the WhirIwind mine for
e;sy.ilyo hours, Albert Purrant
-,fhy Smith we're rescued early
vsIus Both were weak from
,,s had air They remained
'soesyer. and talked encourag-
,hs workers outside through q
I, 5px been driven through the
When they were taken out
uere protected from the strain
IN small quantities OF food and
Z yerc given them and other
4 ,.keu 10 assure their comfort
long vigil In the gloomy recesses
a were allowed 10 rest until
. l.and then they were brought to
by easy stages in wagons.
2,abls excitement was caused
A N workers about o'clock Fri
81. Durtant was asked if Smith
4 slr. Thinking Clyde Smith was
re-nsnt replied mo, I have not
= sIpce Yesterday" This infor-
. ss carried through the camp
IA consiernation. as ii was feared
~elhy Smith was in another part
Ere Further questioning. how
raid the fact that Clyde Smith
on the outside and that his
4 timothy YVES In. The mine with
1 lerant, but alive and well.
New cave~ins Obstruct,
4 tine serious difficulty was en-
a k new csve-ins. The workers
] a forty minute shifts and dis
|rtcuQuerahle energy. AS fast as
|r.p Of workmen was exhausted
e ont OF The mine covered with
|s,n the seepage and dirt from the
e droppings New workers took
LES without delay and those rest
"a implied with food and drink
- 10 lime.
|ril 1890 were the rescuers able
y Tosress against the falling mud
I'd Al that time The caviug
/ I'D the workers were able TO
w way into a more solid forma-
y one permitting OF greater prog
|iftsr removing the dirt and rocks
|1Fsnee OF about thirty feet drill
y through The wall of debris
knle started By the drill d two
y Ess Inserted and forced to the
u Of the cave,
Tells Graphic Story.
L'z cl his experience Durrant
'ts terrible experience. We were
III the dungeon without anything
si.h 10 pure air. no light and
D . III down on but tho cold wei
rk Impossible 10 describe the
and The horrihlencss of II. all.
II eave-ln came and ! and Mr..
i,f1 that We were entolnbed,
lately began 10 works desperate
a nIdlcs furnished a little light
IL md We set 10 work Tirst al
20 Of The mine in an effort TO
'ssSh 10 the 'Dutchmaa' prop
hsu through tine front end Of
Il, ,fTne We removed a great
llmtsr sets from the new part
~ and placed them in the old
!ook out. should say. IuU cars
,.sh were among the thousands
aseen us and freedom We
ful y O'clock Thursday night.
mad had the light and the
.,s9h' OF air I believe W. could
~ our Tay ont, But The can
70 oul at ~ o'clock Thursday
" were imprisoned where we
spsolutelv nothing"
ourselves Informed as Ia the
hM2seo the crystals from orr
70 telt the hands 10 ascertain
Diis on the dials.
~ oecarne conscious that the
t'uns iouler and IL seemed as
ing compressed. This fright
.'sAly. ss NE fell that the res
- were a; work. could not get !
many hours. We brea,haG
N lHster every hour and often
4 We were about 10 choke TO
% evil.
Eve ny hope early and refused
W ol me drift. into which !
= u!ed 10 encourage him. al
as apou; as blue as anyone
" uc lace Of the rave in four
shd yelled at the tor OF my
W no response. When | told
\; - gong for the fifteenth time
,net II was no use.
sp.hs anyway, J said. and
~ 10 The face OF the cave-in.
was chilled 10 the bone by
y%ed that Ciyde Smith who
i me Smith who was With
~ was working with lis AT
n @ me cave-in, had been killed
nol have much hope that our
hr.' Known In The camp. We
- aauoh TO encourage us that
4. were AT work.
IT, us lace OF the cave-in and
,1s Al intervals Of 2 few min
IA for.s shout as loud as possible
raSuuas, us times and then listen.
IA n,,, . o'clock I almost tainted
iulaS ID Sion ,' ] received n Response.
w NV y, while was able Ia tell
4 ,se teel they muet hurry If they
IA 1b.. ~ us out alive. and they
ey could get to lis in an
se,a ss three or four hours later