The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-01
BY DIR. D. E. ROBERTSON

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a month or more, and Ma
gill was anxious that |
should go down to Nova
Scotia to see the mine and
the pouring of the brick.
1t was Saturday that we
left. We proceeded to
Shubenacadie, where we
were met by Alfred Scad-
ding, who had been en-
ployed by Magill as a time
keeper and bookkeeper at
the mine. With him was
Shorty" Henderson. We
drove the 16 or 20 miles to
the mine that night, arriv-
ing just before midnight.
Magill and I changed into oil
skins and decent leather boots,
and with Scadding and Shorty
Henderson went over to the mine
and proceeded below. The mine
was empty of miners. We looked
around the workings that night
and came above ground Sunday
morning about 3 o'clock.
The day was spent in loafing
about, and about half past 8 in
the evening Magill thought it
you'd be necessary to go below
ground again to demonstrate
some Of the points he had been
making during our conversation.
We had a good supper about
$3.50. When we were ready to
leave for the mine Magill was
dressed in heavy underwear, rid
ing breeches, heavy long leather
boots, with two pairs of heavy
socks, which were laced tight. He
wore a heavy plaid shirt, covered
with sweatshirt, over which he
wore a grenfell jacket, on top of
this again d rubber coat, and a
fedora hat.
was dressed in light UNDER
wear, with two pairs of heavy
socks, flannel trousers which held
inside the socks, and the boots
laced up outside to the knee,
which left me fair amount of
foot room and ankle room. I wore
an ordinary cricket shirt and a
camel's-hair sweater covered by a
grenfell jacket. I also wore rub
Der pants and sou'wester rubber
hat.
CCADDING was dressed in
- heavy clothing; his boots
were long leather ones, laced up
to the knee; he had leather
jacket on in place of a rubber
one. He wore a round leather
hat, parts of which could be
pulled down over his ears. He
carried miners acetylene lamp,
kerosene pressure lamp, two
small pencil torches, and one
large hand torch.
There was no one around in the
various buildings. We went into
the hoist house and MagilI and /
dropped down to the 370-foot
level. On arrival Magill and I
walked out the west cross-cut to
it's face. We were joined there
by Scadding, who had come down
or a subsequent trip of the skip.
Magill knocked some specimens
from the wall. Scadding COM
mented that there was more noise
in the mine than usual.
Personally / took no notice of
that. After few moments more,
Scadding again suggested that
there was an unusual amount of
noise, and his voice held the
slightest suggestion Of alarm.
Magill Immediately Sensed the
danger and we listened intently.
Magin said. Lets get out of
here and we Immediately wsnt
to the skip. Magill and I went
in, Scadding was instructed to
signal to take us up to the next
level. and we were taken up
there.
CCADDING waited for a second
~ trip of the skip, as we thought.
We walked through on the 140-
foot level to the west cross -cut,
and on passing the slopes (ex-.
cavations made in steps, we heard
rock falling in quantity that
was abnormal. We crossed back
to the shaft, stepped over the skip
and went into the east cross-cut.
On looking up the stope from
here we saw a big timber split.
We dashed back to the Skip just
as Scadding came up the ladder
from the lower level. Magill said,
Pull the signal, ALI. ana ride the
skip with us!' Scadding grasped
the signal cord in his two hands
and tugged on it.
At once it seemed as If his pull
ing the cord had released the
whole rock slide. There was q
dreadful downdraft of air, fol-
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