Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-06

score o. miles away. sr.,
ple1oents designed to h. eier In
cave nave Teen received irou,ia y
ious parts or the nation. nm nm W.
however is now closed. nm nv CAV
military command and h, ootn !,
heaval which cut OF coi,,.t me ~,
communication with his r frol
Seventy-five men wera euer
crew which started the shun u.
mouth of the mine will - snsit- n.
m the size Of the hole v ~ss o
reaches the 30 foot level, raen b
matte air compressor .n an aate.
brought to Cave City Mana dtn
Lieutenant Robert Borden By
Louisville fire department ~ IL.
brought into play when rn; VIII h
the expected solid rock, 'ners BIZ
Lee Collins, father OF N.
surveyed the situation tnS,,. victin,
sorrow. His money wa. 100 With
for food and overalls for ~ -sua
teer workers who have been my s,ooa'
cave again and again since last .o \ "
urday. An appeal for fjnanc;s, at
was made today by Raw nj sa
magistrate, A. c. Young. in h..aae
the rescue workers, ana c.aaf d
residents. S. d. Caldwell ~. CIV
OF the Peoples Bank, was As.,Aoeht
treasury of the fund. a'shasM
Electricity in still beinr ....
the cave through . wire vs,sSs Mls
attached 10 heat PADS piassa !. W.
Collins. IF the prisoner ii~:s slseM
vii, was not severed by ~. .9Q u
lift, there may be heat ana lin u
Collins. At $3.50 this morning ~ =
peatedly mumbled Il an cc - e
with dirt" and called for his r, ve
who Is dead, and his brothsr. ''n.'
hour and a half later a wcrh: AZ
ported having heard Collins cal, ~
God, help mel" W.
With volunteers diyginr -.
comparatively loose rock ana ~ Y
enced miners in reserve IN. ~
being sunk on a hillside n. ~. s ~
effort to reach Floyd COMA nall
or alive, in his Sand cav ; caA
was slowly eating into he Sersh ss~ !.
comes dimcult. ~
Military ohiesrs IN eharre :, a.
company have placed ma ~, g \
tents which dot the hlljsi6S IA III ~ Y
prepared for Q stay es goyersi Az
which probably will Be- nseasss"s
before the trapped man ~ n
reached. An army kitchen ma : -
tent have been stabilized. 0tS.'
tents are occupied by q kitchss h.
rescue workers and . RED crs ~
unit.
Two steam drill reached ganA Cav.
this afternoon ana win 30 PLACED i
operation when the rock strsts 4
the shaft becomes too solid Is 4
moved with crowbars or p!cix Pr
to blast also were discussed, M tss
understanding that only smaii cha,s.
e. Of powder could be- used wifAeSt
danger Of vibrations jesfiAs dsvI
bouldsrs within the cavern,
Fear OF dropping into The hum
underground hall, which Collins a.
his reScuers he had found . a.
distance behind where ho had caugAt !
had been offset somewhat b. I
scheme evolved to meet the Gtu.
ton. Miners working IN the shait
will be placed in hammocks sM
cradles suspended from above to nc.;
tect' them in case the bottom Of Il, !
mine drops into a cavern Of IN.
known depth.
H. r. Carmichael, general maaee
Of the Kentucky Rock Asphalt Con.
pany and Brigadier General Heny
H. Denhardt, Of the Kentucky M.
tional Guard are directing the work
around Sand CAvA
The shaft itself has not been dep.
ened much for several hours Hav
timbers have been lowered ihd
placed around the sides ~ casing
Considerable rock has been encoun.
tered but none of it thus Ear has Re.
fused to yield to crowbar action.