Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-30
MINER
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Tom Trewartha Is Hero
Of Thrilling Rescue in
Michigan.
NO LIVES WE'RE LOST
Entombcd Miners Lived
On Birch Tea Made by
Stripping Tin7bers.
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IE0%WC0D. Mich, Sept 80. -
One II a time. 43 half st2rved min
crs were rescued last might from the
torturos Of nearly six days imprison-
mout in a rock prison more than 700
feet underground.
The men cragled through a long,
sl9ping shaft 70 tho twenty sixth
terel Of the &. Pahst iraa mine
,,heea M eleva-og lifted them to
freedom.
hey tofd eftriae storF Of an
uncertain battle +or survival and
spoke words Of praise for Tom Tre-
wartba, s. year old mine boss, who
refused to leave his prison until his
men got out
They had plenty Of water but it
veaS not good They boiled il before
drinking, using, at the last, their
clothes fer fuel For light, they
drained +be ke~asene from the tail
lights af miuc cars and used this i'll
their iamH@ Wien the supply Of car
hida cave out. For Wicks they
sera ap portions Of their clothing.
Tie. sf@iaoed tie bark from the
birch shaftioes Of the mine and
made ten. TEcy sang songs III sew
erat languages and employed diverse
schemes % break the monotony.
Realziaq that work was essential
q make the men forget their
nlirht. Trcwartha kept them busy
striving to die their way out witt
icEs and shovc's saIv2-el IN my ol3
3r5rt Tacwartha $ authority was
'rta duaing the long inearcera
ticn IND Ills skil'f1l la,3afshi1
probably saved their lives, mine
officials believed
sam Snyklema, - years Old, faith
e. If efohf children was the first
of the miners to be brought to the
aurfaec lie was taken directly 10
the hospital,
Il lost my dinner bucket when
the cave In shut nae off, lie said,
"And ia a gone hungry. / guess,
but lav buddy gave me some sand
Uiches. then old Tom wouldn't let
mo eat EN- like 7 wanted to. But
that was best, because ia all right
now and ] might been without
some food.
wanted Clean Faco
J Snvklcma : first request to Q
rmst was that She wash his face be
fore he went home 70 his wife and
children. But he didu t 80 homo.
Instead. John Patrick. mayor OF
Ironwood, brought his family to the
hospital.
The trapped miners repeatedly
tappcd en- The pipes leading 10 the
surface. SnyIlcma said, bat only yes
tcrdav heard from the reseuers ny
way Of the pipes
Although four separate rcscue
operations wore attempted, the one
which succeeded i'm reaching the
mon first came in from The Aurora
mine, about POO feet f.om Tho PabSt
shatt. but uu the same ridge.
Tie successful shaft was made by
crews of meu working IN -four hour
RELAYS, timIeriDg their tunnel aS
they progressed to prevent further
caye.ins. For the firsf 700 feet
the shaft was lateral Then il turn
cd up at sharp ao -o reach the
eighth level az the @. Iabst opera
tions, where the mon wesa eatombed
bv cave-in last Friday.
When word spread down the iron
ridge. men aud women ram from oii
directions to cheer. Guards had
4. exert force to keep oyerioyrd
~,vvethc"rts and wives from the
dangrr one around the elevator
Yhi, elevator slipped and killed
three men Friday night, The "
brat:onS ~ tine crash are believed
ID have caused tbo cavyin which
trapped tbe miners.
Weak soup and tea and toast Were
hastily prepared in the kitchen ef
the temporary hospjta! st Up near
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