New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
All But One Appears in Fair Physical Con- dition and He Is Dan- gerously III With Pneumonia
Men Tell of Long Vigil in Darkness After Four Matches and Lamps Were Exhausted, But Never Lost Hope.

Salem, Ky, Aug. 12 Pl-Au five miners who were imprisoned bv s caVein at the Hudson mine las. Thursday were brought to the sur- lace alive this morning. | Randolph Cobb was the first man 10 reach the top of the shaft.
 He called to the crowd which awaited anXiously: Hello, there boys, I'm not sick
 Roy James, for whom little bors had been held as he had been sen. arated from the other miners when the cavein occurred, was the next 10 appear.
 George Castiller was third. He was delirious and is in a critical condition as the result of penu- monia.
 |. B. Wilson was the fourth man and Harry Watson the last man to appear. Watson was in a hilarious mood. He called: Where's my horse. want to ride him home"
 Troops Hold Back Crowds
 The miners were greeted vitH cheers when they appeared. The dense throng on the mine propertv pressed forward and 1t was neces- sary to detail National Guardsmep to restrain the crowds.
 The miners said that during inc long vigil underground they had never given up hope of rescue nor had any one of them become down. cast.
 Waited In Darkness
 They had four matches between them. These they carefully saved. By burning the miners lamps which they had, one at time, they were enabled to have light for a long time. Finally darkness fell. Then they lost all sense of time, they said, and waited through the long black hours.
 A daughter of Cobb was at the mine entrance when her father ap- peared, At the sight of his face she became hysterical and tainted.
 Hero of Cave-in
 James, the miners said, was the hero of the incident. Instead of at- to escape when the cave in came, he went back to warn the other four men of their peril.
 The men were apparently suffer ing only weakness from lack of food, with the exception of Castil- Ter.
 TWO rescue workers assisted each man from the mine shaft through the crowd to the hospital tent near by
 Worked All Night
 All night the mucking crews had toiled at the shaft, opening a pas sage gradually through the tunnel as the mud and routed timbsrs were cleared away. The rescue as surprising sequel to the days and nights Of effort, despite the hope that the men might yet 
 Shout to Each Other
 Men at work in removing debris In the tunnel arrived within shout ing distance of the trapped miners early today. The first word from the improsined men was shouted by one Of them. who called out: We are every one right back here" while several of the muckers re- doubled their efforts to clear away the mire, others rushed to the bot tom of the shaft and called up to the top.
 Come down here now" the cried 10 the men assembled at the mine mouth.
 Fifteen picked men, assigned to enter the shaft first in the event he men were found, immediately went down in the tunnel and as- 'isted the men in reaching the buckets. One by one they came to he sunlight. while the waiting 'rowds cheered vigorously
 Many Touching Scenes
 The joy of relatives was shared by escue workers and others who wit lessed many moving scenes as the miners embraced their loved ones. Cobb, the first to see the sunlight. vas grinning broadly as he climbed weakly from the tub and was en- olded in the arms of wife and 
 Cobb was followed quickly by ames and CastiIler. Watson and Wilson came up in the next bucket. All of the men were in good con- ition except Castiller, who caught severe cold and wrenched his ack while fighting his way through he timber-choked drift.
 Entombed For Week
 The rescue was affected after early seven days of unoeasing ef- ort, in which more than 200 min IFS and engineers battled against ig handicaps and frequent reverses ince the men were entombed at 10 !. m., last Thursday.
 Lived on Hope
 We lived on hope and prayed" 'obb said,