Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-07
RESCUERS BATTLE
DESPERATELY FOR
LIVES OF WORKERS
Some May Yet BE Safe Be-
hind Walls in Span
glcr Mine.
VOICES ARE HEARD
BEHIND FALLEN SLATE
Bias, in Pennsylvania Shaft
Lets Loose Fatal
tBy Associated press.

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SPA %,;IEK Soy. Tbir,v
bl.nch.d survivors from tho Reilly
coal conpnnys mine mos; Of ,h.,u
young men Law u,I a double roy of
cots in tn" Miners Hospital here to-
nigh, nn,Inu.y ,vn,cb5r,. ,ho
trance to tn. n,y room. They were
the known survivor. Of the ninety.
|foBr miners who w"u, satu ia. mine
|thYs morning frw minutes befor. a
,.'r!nc explosion. Tn. csac, number
Iuf dead Wa. >u.i u,r!et.rm!t.,l. AL
though. b, WAS ihe opinion ~ trained
|r.sogc leaders that p"rhaIs Grty or
ls.Aty had lgS, tl,lr ives
Their vlSI p"r.n when ,h. frs,
lc!sh, w"r" brought To- the hospt,ni.
|rhr entrance u. strrtch.r b.ur.-,
meant iH"t another comrad" had been
|draS-.d i.pm an underground sea oC
,
8, -,.n " '"' '""'
"'''tH '"'S n"'ninS. th"
, '.'''' iH 'hr h"h!t of
NS soon a. miners from
''F"3"i 'hs rits could reach tn.
1H'"r preliminary work nt rcscu" be
1s"h ana u was supplemented later
i ~" states Bhre"u OF Mines in
4 Ii.,tr ''S'"' '''"a OF
.r,,
:. "''" an ''io the sam"
t."H hs th'y came to the surface.
| h"S n.c!af"d bodies were scattered
''i "Hsh tHc workings for more than
|'"" rect
- hhd nart az It," said on.
(>'ufd! miner. It's that, ~ lcas, TWEEN
L! az tho victim, were within a hun.
2icd feet %! fresh air. when they
user" overcome hv tb. r,s"
ON ,h. "co. o., ,n,,...
y S,.ial rests = vou,h ,,< .. ,Jta
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.r. ,"'''' ''''F tAc:e Wa
..lu "a" hoys mat meant
,, '"' an" we had better gc:
Iior. ,h,,
emcn w.r, s,1, ~, W" MISSING
In I'M. rcnnr,s h "a" 'thectrH
8urface that a ty.,,ico .,,',I 90 ehr
inh.r. 49, nu''t OF o'd
4,los!nn on, IN ','er the 'x-
2lcadinr Ia -. Hu'npeE >
rv nv i'a'h u"
"ih"rS Leave Signs
Look behind this wall" had been
'urhta III a smooth place on TIM
r. hS an ac"i"icne lamp. Knowing
". '"p"F!vhS'd miners would take
NJ .S :" h''p 'hc'T rc:cncrs.
"'H Slhf'ilhg sentence was taken TO
r'" 'h"' 'he men were stili alive.
"' ~" a''enpt was made TO tear
lJNh thc nrattice FOR the main en-
W'Ic h''ed with gas. aud Init
'''IS hur"au OF Mines engineers
tn"' Su'h u course would send
a'S p",S"h 10 where the men
M""htheu by hours Of
.I,',a;. "nu "u',"te'tea ly oxygen
icni'c's. We're hidden.
NY n"pta IN short time to have
Liza ~ :" W gas "heh theE
~" ~ ~, oi"'t'ee would he dcmolish-
a cn,rsc ".l"'ihe" upon ihis
id 49,, V,c oi 'heE canary
,urh 80, -, .hc"i from iltts-
!" me '"ui AR.
"'e logs Entrance.
~ hhothcr point In the mine a
,"ii Oh STATE from the roof had
cI"EEed the entrance.
8.,,, w IT, rcscuerS declared. they
Ht vigorously in the homes of finding
H'oihc or the ent"mhed men alive. al
houth 'heE received no answer TO
pnso,, |,.H |r
8skiiInd ntnnrs So, n,huc UP or
3,icinit,. IN ,.har Spahsler ana
= he I;nitnd STAT. p,rna' s'eers from
ana the mine rescuc nra,. ,',s
cambria Steci ,,omnarv wi, me
&.ived here coriv thic afternonn .r.
worked unceasiprly In sbor, roIa,..'
k,ratticing the workings so ms "a con
rol the gases and admit the pure
Hair from nhovo 'i'
They gave no intimation as to
Sut vmen n,th the rn,s work r would ne completed