Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-12
FIVE MEN TRAPPED
IN MINE WEEK AGO
ARE RESCUED ALIVE
One Has Wrenched Back,
Other Four Suffering Only
From Food Lack.
DAYS OF DARKNESS MADE
THEM LOSE SENSE OF TIME
Never Lost Hope They Would Be
Saved-Hero of Occasion
Jokes With Throng,

BY the Associated Press.
SALEM, KY, August l2.-All five
miners who We're imprisoned by a
cavein at the Hudson mine last
Thursday were brought to the surface
alive this morning.
Randolph Cobb was the first man
to reach the top of the shaft.
He called to the crowd which waited
ehxiously.
Hello there. boys. I'm not sick"
Roy James, for whom little hope
had been held, as he had been sepa-
rated from the other miners when
The cave-in occurred, was the next
10 appear.
Third Man DeliriOus.
George Castiler was third. He was
suffering from cold and wrenched
back.
L. r. Wilson was the fourth man
and Harry Watson the last man 10
appear Watson was in a hilarious
mood lie called: Where's my horse.
want to ride him home
The miners were greeted with cheers
when they appeared. The dense
throng on the mine property pressed
forward and it was necessary TO de-
tail national guardsmen to restrain
the crowds
The miners said that during the
long vigil underground they never had
given up hope of rescue nor had any
one of them become downcast.
Left Long in Darkness.
They had four matches between
them These they carefully con
served BY burning the miners lamps
which they had. one at time, they
were enabled to have light for long
time. Finally darkness fell. Then
they lost all sense of time, they said,
and waited through the long black
hours.
\ daughter of Cobb was a the mine
entrance when her father appeared.
At the sight of his face she became
hNsterical and tainted.
James. the miners said, was the
hero of the disaster. Instead of at
tempting to escape when the caVe-in
came he went back to warn the other
four men of the calamity.
The men apparently were suffering
only weakness from lack of food, with
the exception of Castiller
Two rescue workers assisted each
man from the mine shaft through the
crowd to the hospital tent nearby.
Rescue Is Dramatic.
All night the mucking crews had
toiled at the shaft. opening a pa ssage
gradually through the tunnel as the
mud and rotted timbers were cleared
away. The dramatic rescue Game as
surprising sequel to the days and
nights of effort, despite the hone that
the men might yet survive
Men engaged in removing debris in
the tunnel arrived within shouting
distance of the trapped miners early
today. The first message from the
imprisoned men was yelled by one of
them, who called out. we are every
one right back here" While several
OF the muckers redoubled their ef-
forts 70 clear away the mire, others
rushed to tho bottom of the shaft and
called UP to the top.
Come down here now" thev
shouted to the men assembled at the
mine mouth.
ThrOng Cheers Rescue.
Fifteen picked men, assigned to en-.
ter the shaft first in the event the
men were found. immediately went
down in the tunnel and assisted the
men IN reaching the buckets. One by
one they emerged to the sunlight.
while the waiting crowds cheered
Justify
The JOY Of relatives was shared bv
rescue workers and others who Wit.
miners embraced their loved ones,
The rescue was effected after near.
IN seven days of unCea sing effort. In
which more than 200 miners and on
gineers battled against fearful handi.
caps and frequent reverses since the
men were entombed at 10 pm. last
Thursday
Ordeal Was Terrible.
We lived in hope and praytd"
Cobb said
II was terrible ordeal, being seal
ed $50 feet underground without food
and practically no water. We had no
idea of how long we had been there
Prohably II was well that we did
lose all accounting Of time. Had we
known of the hours that passed we
might not have stood the waiting as
we'll
-Four o. us were working 700 feet
hack from the entrance when the
landslide occurred and the water pour.
ed in.
James was up ahead and might
have got out. but he came back to
warn us.
we had no food. The only water
We had was in a small tobacco can.
We shared this only moistening our
lips.
Using only one light at a time we
ildildSeu TO nave HEnt Tor a long
time. l don't know how long. When
the light burned out we were left in
that awful hiackness
You can't imagine what il meant
TO hear the noise of the rescue work.
ers outside. We heard the pounding
of the drill first and then the blast.
ing and the pump work.
We knew they were coming after
US. How we hoped and prayed
First Aid Is Given
On reaching the surface the men
were wrapped in heavy blankets and
carried to the first aid building, a
short distance from the shaft. There
doctors and Red Cross nurses ad-
ministered stimulants and gave first
aid. A small quantity of liquid
nourishment was given to each. Spe
cial attention was given to Cashier
the only one of the FIVE who seemed
the worse for his terrible experience.
His back was wrenched. He though
he wrenched IL while climbing among
the timbers of the mine levels.
The Ave miners waved their hands
TO the crowd and shouted greetings,
end their voices rang out oravely
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