The Washington times., 1936-04-23
STEAK ASKED
AS MEN COME
TO SURFACE
Recovery Held Likely
After lODays In
Damp Shaft
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drill bit through the roof of their
underground prison.
Magill was conscious at the
time and was aware that COM
munication with the surface had
been established, but he was too
weak to Chamber the 20 feet down
to the pipes end.
Shortly after the men found
themselves trapped in the shaft
they built small fire in the hope
that a smoke signal would reach
the surface to indicate they were
alive. The smoke signal was sue
ceSsful and rescue workers re-
doubled their energies when they
knew their work would not be in
vain.
Had Water to Drink
The men did not suffer much
from hunger, it was said today,
and were able to drink water
freely from the pools collecting
through seepage. Their surpris-
ingly good condition was at
tributed to the availability Of this
water.
During the first few days of
their entombment they were able
to get Snatches Of sleep, locking
themselves in each others arms to
keep warm.
When communication had been
established and the work of the
rescue crew was heard, their ex-
citement rose and they got little
sleep, if any, up to the time they
were brought to the surface.
Both men obtained only two
hours sleep last night, 1t was
learned.
Pneumonia Feared
Although both men are in grave
danger of contracting pneumonia,
physicians attending them said TO-
day they were certain the pair
would recover.
DR.. Ed Gallie, a lifelong friend
of DR.. RobertSon'S, who is in at
tendance, was jubilant over the
manner in which the 64-year-cld
surgeon had withStood his long
confinement. DR.. Gallie said:
''1t's marvellous. Why the
doctor demanded q big meal OF
beefsteak as soon Is We got
him at the hospital. But he
didn't get it."
Thrilling Climax
The rescue Of the two men early
this morning climaxed one OF the
most thrilling battles Of man
against nature-a struggle that
focused the attention Of the entire
world on this wilderness settle
ment, deep in the Nova scotian
woods.
DR.. Robertson was the first to
be brought from the mine. He
emerged at 12:40 q. m, Atlantic
time (11:4O p. m. EST. Wednes-
day., spurning the efforts Of the
rescue crew to place him on a
stretcher, and walked to the am
bulsnce waiting at the top Of the
rescue shaft to take him to the
Emergency Hospital. Scaddlng,
suffering more seriously from the
long Imprisonment, was brought
to the surface on an improVlSed
"toboggan stretcher."
A mighty cheer went up from
the crowd as the two men ap-
peared. DR.. Robertson acknowl-
edged the cheers with a wave OF
his hand.
"Scaddlng Weeps
When he felt the first draft Of
night air upon his face, after leav-
ing the mine shaft, DR.. Robertson
muttered a fervent:
81 thank Cod"
Scadding appeared to be weep
ing as he was bundled into the
ambulance.
Ten minutes after Scadding had
been brought safely from the
mine, the body Of Herman Magill,
partner of DR.. Robertson in the
venture, was brought up wrapped
in q blanket. Magill, who had
been i'll when the trio were caught
in o cave-in, was unable to sur
vive the rigors of the enforced
imprisonment and died early Mon
day morning.
Among the first to greet DR..
Robertson and Scadding were the
wives of the two men, who had
been waiting patiently for this
moment for days. Mrs. Robertson
embraced her husband briefly and
went to the emergency hospital
with him.
Mrs. Scadding was not permitted
to embrace her husband because
of his weakened condition, but
patted his hand affectionately and
spoke words Of encouragement to
him. She, too, went Immediately
to the hospital.
Eyes Bandaged
Bandages were placed over the
eyes Of the two men as they came
out of the mine, to prevent blind
ness which might have been caused
by lights to which they had grown
unaccustomed in their long en-
tombment.
Mrs. Magill, a tragic figure in
somber black, stood on the edge
Of the crowd as DR.. Robertson and
Scadding were brought out. She
was waiting for the body Of hel
husband and was prepared to
leave for Halifax with it today