The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-20

lvey-HoW are you, Eddie?
Robertson-We are going up on
the east slope. We can hear you
digging. For Gods sake don't blast.
Scadding-Can you hear us?
Ivey-Yes, perfectly.
Scadding-We have difficulty
moving around. Our feet are sore
and wet.
Steaming Soup Lowered
Robertson-What day is it?
Ivey-Monday the goth.
Robertson-Did you say Sunday?
Can official here suggested to Ivey
that it would be better to tell them
it was Sunday)
Ivey-Yes, Sunday. Do you want
some food?
mo ansWer.)
Ivey-The doctor says you have to
eat so we are sending down some
soup through the rubber hose.
Robertson-Okay.
Then steaming soup in walls was
lowered through the pipe and there
was no further conversation for a
time.
Through pipes, came the story OF
the tragedy. DR.. Robertson and
Scadding were too weak to give full
details, but it appeared Magill had
been dead even before the rescuerS
succeeded in sinking the pipe With
diamond drill early yesterda,
A weak. broken voice drifted up
the pipe from the mine. 1t appar-
entity was the voice of DR.. Robert
son because it spoke with certainty
of physical conditions and the
chances Of survival. 1t rejected the
food that had been lowered through
the pipe and demanded concentrat-
ed foods and an anti-acid.
TOO Late" Is Answer
How long? How Long?'
asked the voice.
1.-TWO or three days." shouted B. H
Ivey of London, Ontario, a brother
in-law of DR.. Robertson, into the
top of the pipe.
TOO late Too late" said the
voice.
Ivey assembled the rescue workers
miners of Welsh and English ante
cedenst accustomed to the rigors oil
this rough country.
THE ony way is through the Rey-
holds shaft" he announced.
Every man knew the dangers oil
Reynolds shaft. 1t is sloping
shaft, considered so dangerous even
IS years ago, when the mine was last
operated, that it was closed. But all
volunteered instantly to work it and
the first shift of "draggermen"-12
miners with picks and shovels-went
in at once. Behind them, crews OF
shorers propped up the crumbling
ceiling and walls. This occurred al
2 a. m. today.
Tells of Friends Death
At a. m. Ivey again established
communication through the pipe
This time the voice below was that
of Scadding, but so weak and
changed that Ivey would not be-
lieve it until the speaker assured
him that he was Scadding. The
conversation took place - Ivey
stretched out on his stomach, his
lips to the pipe, his head covered
by a piece of canvas to magnify
his voice, Scadding crouched be-
meath the pipe in the damp mine
tunnel, filling with seepage, illumi-
mated by a few candles lowered
through the pipe.
Scadding-"Where is Mrs. Ma
gill?"
Ivey-"She's up at the house
She's alseep."
Scadding--"Can't she speak?"
Ivey-"No, she's asleep"
Scadding-"Want to tell her that
her husband is dead"
Ivey-"yes, we know about poor
Mac. We don't intend to tell her
until morning."
Threatened by Drowning.
Scadding-"When can you get us
out?"
Ivey-"In two or three days"
Scadding-"We1l be dead by that
time"
Ivey-"We're trying another way
Scadding-"How long will that
take?"
Ivey-"Four or five hours"
Scadding-"Hurry."
Ivey broke off the conversation
ostensibly to lower more candles
but actually because he feared
weakening Scadding further by
keeping him talking.
The threat of death by drowning
also menaced the imprisoned men
in their Subterranean cage, but they
had the questionable solace OF
knowing that they would be rescued
or dead of exposure and starvation
before the water could close in on
them. 1t was rising from the mine
below them and Seeped through
the ceiling Of their tunnel.
Work With Grim Efficiency
On the surface, the rescue crews
worked with grim efficiency. One
crew worked in the dangerous Reyn-
olds shaft. Another worked at q
diamond drill, sinking another FIVE
inch pipe into the tunnel. Still an
other worked on a vertical shaft
this last to be used to remove the
bodies should the heroic effort to
reach the men through the Reyn-
Odds shaft fail
More men were dragging a steam
boiler over the wooded, rocky and
hilly countryside and others were
working on pumping machinery. The
boiler will provide power to pump
the well dry if that becomes neces-
sary to reach the mems bodies il
efforts to rescue them alive do not
succeed.
Moose River is a tiny mining com
munity 80 miles west of Halifax
The Magill mine is in a tiny valley
but extends beneath hills on either
side.
Nurses Hear Speaker