Show STATE GUARDING CAVE TO Brother of Entombed Man and Early Re Rescue cue Leader Ordered Away Possible Interference nce Prevented CAVE CITY Ky Feb 7 By A. A P. P P. AlI All operations in the shaft being sunk down to Sand cave where Floyd Collins has been en entombed entombed en- en eight days were temporarily temporarily temporarily tempo tempo- suspended at 2 10 p. p m. m to permit three men to reenter Sand cave CA CAVE CITY I Ky Feb 7 By ByA A A. A P. P P.-At P. At At 2 p. p m m. today the shaft I being sunk Into Sand Hill cave where Floyd Collins has been held prisoner for eight days had reached a depth of ot twenty-three twenty feet Collins Colllns or his body probably Is from forty-five forty to five fifty five feet beneath the surface I Deter Determined that no effort shall Interfere In any way with the op operations operations operations op- op I the guardsmen last night ordered Homer Collins Colllns brother of ot the victim and John Geralds away from the cave Geralds led the theres res rescue ue parties which early in the week made fruitless efforts to get getto getto getto to Collins through the tho case case en trance I en BOTH ORDERED AWAY Both men were called to national r guard headquarters and officers told them the boring downward was the last chance chance- to reach the I cavern prisoner Their activity especially Geralds' Geralds criticism of the I means being employed made their presence undesirable because It slowed the work If either man returns he will be forcibly ejected Both agreed not to offer further i Interference Slowly the shaft was going down Early today It had gone below the twenty-foot twenty level and with at least that much more to go it probably will be forty-eight forty hours before an opening Is made Test drilling was disco discontinued after a diamond drill had hac reached limestone at a depth of forty feet Dr W. W B. B Funkhouser geologist expressed the opinion that the drill h had reached the cap rock of ot ottha tha the cave caye BROTHER ENTERS CAVE Homer Collins during the night made a forbidden trip Into the cave a few hours before h he was called called- to military headquarters He found the light near the squeeze still burning and by turning off all lights outside for a few moments moments mo mo- ments said he det determined that the entombed mans man's light still glowed A truckload of ammunition and I other was en route to Cave City this morning Additional guardsmen arrived last night and fourteen others were expected today Large crowds are hampering the work A Red Cross hospital unit ha been established on the grounds Physicians are constantly on duty prepared for emergency service Miss 1 Fay G. G Lewis of Omaha Ompha Neb and Miss Ruble Rubie M. M Lawrence of Chicago both trained nurses are waiting to l lend nd their assistance e. e |