The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-22

abilities of death or rescue. but if my comrades thought as | did they thought of nothing but their loved ones and wheiher or not we would see them again. There was no food no water. l doubt if we could have partaken of food if we had 1t. We suffered greatly from the lack of water"
 The rescued men tell a remarkable story of heroism of Shy Gussio, one Of those rescued alive. Gnssio brother, Zack. is one of the missing men. Shy escaped by taking refuge in the little room with the others. As soon as he was revived he started forth to explore the mine in the hope of finding his brother. Despite the protests and appeals of his comrades, lhe started forth He soon stumbled across the body of man whom he dragged to the pump. The man was dead. Reviving himself, Gussio start ed forth the second time. and soon | dragged back another man. He, too, proved someone other than Gussio's brother. Like the first man, the second man was dead. By this time l Gussio was so overcome that he | could not continue his search. To- 1 day .Gussio's father, who spent the night making collins in which to bury his sons, gave the collins away so that others could be buried in them. The father believes his sec ond son will be saved.
 | At [ o'clock tonight nobody but ex- perts were at the mine. These were | Ed Boyle, state mine inspector, two I gas men and three helpers. They are equipped with oxygen helmets.
 Of 12 mules in the mine at the time of the expiosion, all but three were killed.
 Ralph Kenny, 16 years old. son oi Rev Kenny, a Methodist preacher oi McCurtain could not escape what late decreed. The lad was among the living which the mine gave up Partly insensible at first, he shortly came to himself as he told of the night in the small pump room, where he and 13 choking men fought each other for gasps of fresh atmosphere lrom broken air pipe, Then a pal Tor spread over his features, his form quivered. and before outstretch ed hands could seize him, his body sank to the floor. Helpers looked al him and then at each other. He was dead.
 It was 8 story seldom heard whiei John Korosko told He was one O
 the four who sought safety in tho pump room. He and Joan Scott stag gered up to the broken pipe at thu
 same time. They frantically pushed
 each other aside with the frs
 breaths of fresh air When the, l breathed naturally again, thel searched nearby for comrades On,
 after another the 12 others wer,
 found. carried to living air and re vived. Then with all assembled { hand was placed beneath the aper l ture i'll the pipe that the air migh spread equally to each encircled aboui | it. This afternoon Scott removed hiE hat. A dozen cut and bruised njaees showed prominently where he af3xsl had butted his head on the iron In 1 his frantic desire for more air. q could not do anything e.se. said one of the miners today who was rescued last night, ESQ I just took a shot at praying. In less than 20 min utes it had worked"
 At all hours today drays and wag- | ons left the wash room and drove to all parts of the town. In each lay d corpse sheltered in white. Some times the body was placed in the coffin before the drive began. Never l;ss+ti sti si :s .:s lee nesses to sudh sight.