Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1921-11-11
WHEN STRONG MEN wEPT An
PCCAHONTAS.

continuation of last weeks article
All diligence was cautiously put
INTO exercise in the attempt to res
cue the men, but not until the fol-
lowing Sunday about noon did they
succeed in locating them. They were
all some distance apart, except that
the two members of the Masonic
fraternity in the party were locked
arm IN arm, and all were cold Il
death.
Early on Saturday morning Chief
Harry p. Rccs. of the Pocahontas
Fire Department ana n former mine
boss ut Pocahontas, and Assistant
Engineer +. l.. Kcllar of the Poca-
hontas Galleries Co. led forty heroes
into the West mine in search of tho
missing men. Entering the mine by
The man entrance the par.y under
Rces and Kellar made desperate ci-
forts to reach the men lost in tho
black depths. All day Saturday they
struggled rs such men would. scar.
ccly, for their own lives. Again and
again they plunged into the mine,
only to be driven back. well nirn
lead themselves from the effects OF
he fearful gases-the deadly vnpo, i
day night when $500 feet from the.
north Of the mine they found it was
useless to go further. They crept.
back to tho entrance and there con-
erred with the mine officials. promi-
lcnt among whom was Chas. S.
ihornc of Philadelphia, Secretary Of
ne company, who later became Pres
ident.
1t was at last decided to ATTEMPT
rescue from the Tug River en-
rance which is about six miles ovel
and from the msin entrance. Early
Sunday morning the rescuers ira
ycrscd this road and entered the mine
N search of the dead. In less than :,
quarter of mile the found the first
'ody, that of A.. S. Hurst, chief in
sspector for Cashier, Curran G. Bull
hit. He had evidently striven to his
last moments to send message To
ms wife and children at home. as
ms dead hand claspcd pencil and 4
scrap of paper. The next body found
was that of VIM Oldham. an inspec-
tor, and beyond him was the cold
form of Frazer Bell. mining en-
y'ncer. dead in the flush Of his voury
manhood. Had these three turned to
the right instead of to the left tbey
"ould probably have been savcd
heir bodies having been found in !,
SIDE room to the left of the entrance
me party next rescued the BODY or
w. j. Preece, State Mine INSPECTOR
West Virginia. From marks of
footsteps the rescucrs were GER
nm hat he had wandred round and
ound III the awful cavc-mndncss t;llI
,c, ' ,,nv,,, WseLe''''e him' ana he fell
Nrxt " r,n" :, n;...
nc cfroccd FROM III p'seure never 10
who bchald II ST. .mt i''ilius OF those
\ man of thn W. uprlsnt with
was The rir;J hod,, MY W., III ms zap
lev II j., s,,nn" ouy u waiter " NAL
only hone If J J,o,v; Ia seeing the
mon tore,hor w"w'nE ms 1ainting
l,nowlcd@c If IN" ,;, ms intimate
conmrcred HE 1 or ",''., ne must nave
md had tolnn b;s p"ysieni agony
last cirort r. io"J , I'"p W l,i"kc ohe
life and frnodom '''oNe VIII" MN lol
Stunt Joe CnrI,vou ~ A.. on
kin Coal ana az" e ~, Vi 'ne ohnmo-
and Insncc,",. N,'',,. ~ q, Ut MayDaury,
next fo,,nJ clnsnoI ~ oia'r' were
rms. a hon"r rye" :" e"eh others
had evidently ovnran " M INC lung"
well first md W NJ NM G, MI H.; caro-,
t his end in str;n W, 90. lar nai
snrdwel tcan nm w; li'E H. 70 nelp MI.
vii thcv fn,.nI ,h ,." ~. resi-. Las'
II Robert T. 81 C cI .'o,."i remains
His linht had nonn a"", an inspector;
him were the sca n, 1u 49,, anu round
could not hnrn u, 81, '''alches whichl
hat had nxt;mcn;,h .nc po'sohed air