The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-07
VVORkME
R|)GH. But
HOPE IS
S. I'M
LnggaFds Replaced Quickly
BY Men Fresh and Bent
on Rescue

CAVE CITY KY, Feb.
DssdIy dull routine gripped Sid
CeVe todag.
Gone were the chances for I'M
dividuaI glory which had sus-
tanned many through sleepIess
days ard nights Of toll III icy,
damp much. The thrill Of risk
virtually had been eliminated; the
neWness was wearing offand
all that remained was the weary
round Of drilling, digging, drilling,
digging while day turns into night
and night gives way to another
day.
Frayed Nerves Swapping.
Prayed nerves. too. were begin
ming to snap Commands were barked
in sharper voice. Hands twitched as
they nervOusIy lighted countless
cigaretts. For there Ii relief only
for the workers those in command
have had hardly an hours sleep
since the State assumed charge OF
the rescue efforts
The loss OF contact with Floyd
Collins, maintained in the early days
Of the rescue attempts, also proved
q depressing influence. Digging in
these barren hills for q man buried
for eight days fifty-five feet below
the surface OF the ground, man
whom you have never seen and whose
existence, as the hours wear on, you
almost begin to doubt has most
telling effect. It seems almost I'M
real to the workers at times-a sort
OF grim farce OF nature in which
they are human alltomatons.
But the digging goes on and on.
Shaft Goes Deeper.
laggard here Is replaced with Il
fresh recruit. Methods Of operations
are changed to expedite the work
Through the night. the life or
DEATH shaft, through which Col
Inns is to be brought out. was
dropped nine feet. to a depth of
twenty-five feet, almost the half.
way mark.
Beside it, the diamond drill had
cut out a cylinder forty-six feet
long. This showed nothing but
miscellaneous rocks and sandstone,
all easily removable material. IL
has not vet penetrated to the beauti-
full vaulted chamber which Collins
told his brother he had discovered
and which, he said, lay just beyond
the point where he was trapped by
a seven-ton boulder.
The estimate OF seventy hours,
originally given as the length of
time which would be necessary to
sink the shaft to. the point where
Collins lies, had not been altered
today. This would bring the actual
reaching OF Collins to some time
late Sunday afternoon.
New Troops Arrive.
Twenty-Five additional troops and
Major Carl D. Norman. Of Frank
fort, arrived for duty today. and
extra guards were assigned to the
sandcave region as each hour
brought additional visitors.
Unrest among the local inhabi.
tants watching from the cliff sur
rounding the cave had about been
put down, those in command said
today, by the order of Lieutenant
Governor H. HI. Denhardt. which
barred John Geralds from the
neighborhood under penalty OF ar
rest.
The order resulted from the dis.
paraging remarks alleged to have
been made by Geralds regarding
the efficiency of the modern meth
DDS now being used in an attempt
to rescue Collins, his buddy
Geralds. 1t is said. openly declared
to all who would listen that IL per-
mitted he could have brought Col
Inns from his underground prison
in two more trips down the long.
narrow passage. This statement
was made, It Ia said. desDite tho