Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-02-09 | Page 1 | Miners Entombed by Gigantic Cave-In

MINERS ENTOMBED (J GIGANTIC CAVE-IN Rescuers Working Day and Night in Effort to Get the Men Out Alive. STOCKTOX. Cal., Feb. S Cnupht undor a gigantic cavo-ln. two minors hava been entombed en-tombed 00 fo-et bcnmtli tho surface of tho earth In the App mine. JumcMown, Tuolumno county, since Monday nlt'lit. Day and night rescuers havo beun at work digging- la a heroic effort to eavo the Imprisoned men, and thin afternoon were able to communicate, with the unfortunates, who are almoat nxhaustcd from lack of food and water. Names of Entombed Men. Tho names of the entombed men aro Forno Pabllclt and M. VuUcaich. They wero working work-ing Monday night In a drift In tho lower level of the App mine when the roof caved In. Signals wero heard by the rescuers this afternoon, after-noon, and a. faint vote raid: "We ar very wik, hurry." It Is expected that the men will bs reached tcnlfc-ht. Both hao fcmllU-a, and tho wlve.i and chlldrm havo remained at the mouth of the mine day und night since they wero Im-l'rt Im-l'rt roned.