| Show HERO ERO OF DIAMONDVILLE HORROR I Something of Charles Malum and he the Two Men He le Saved from Death Story of Ills Is Wonderfully Lucky Life Lie Many Thrilling Escapes Correspondence Correll March Muli n the hero hor of ot the tho mine No 1 disaster was WIS bom hor In Lex Lexington ington III I ago und I an lS his 1110 Indicates ho he Is of ot Irish ox ex i other things lus hn during hil been een n a surveyor a I mem or of Light LI hl A of ot Wyoming when he saw In tho Philippines he ho also hus hal been een a n coal cOli digger lie he follows to Iho time Iti Il both latter later capaci capacities ties tl ho hiI faced death many To Il quote Mr Ir when approached by u l News live he wn IM born lucky ludy I always was WIS lucky luck ho lu sull uld with a smile as 11 ho hot hot t a questionable double cushion t carom on 01 the tho billiard table at atthe the Ilie Daly hotel nt Look ut lt that t for Instance I have vo had three H H IH H II IH i ij iX j X 1 1 X I o o oo o T 0 o r i f 1 o CHARLES MAHAN f j I n n I I II j j ir of or rook fall fal tram from the roof of or this mine pin in me mo the wall wil of my room iii against a pipe 30 so that the bOH had to Jacks to get rue nt out oUI and then 1 I did not have hn e a 11 scratch tel to le show sho Last week some tel fol follow tellow low filed led the tho off or my I trunk and Ind stole n II pair of overshoes out of It I He H turned everything over but failed to tu Had ilz 45 in bills bis which I had hac relied up In II my IY baseball cup CUl und Into Inlo the trunk the kind of luck I Then there was wa this lust affair My Iy partner Ward jot got a ahat I Iba hat ba t on the tho l lle le of ot thu tw head In a n row rw the night before and Ild was WIS laid up l and did not show how up to work He Ho was as pretty at nl tho time UJ but he was lucky and ani yesterday he with wih the man mun 11 nci laid him out saved sa ed his life 11 As 1 my partner was WIS not at nt work I quit a allI little earlier on the afternoon of ot the tiro lr If It I had stayed sl el five Ove minutes later laterI I would uhl never have got out alive That In II the tho kind of ut luck luell I have Just pure pue simple luck and I dont donl know what deserve It ItI ItI I hao done to I should think you have had hlll enough h hIlf of coal mining suggested the reporter Well I am 11 no 10 good for tor anything else elf I no 10 accomplishments that would lit lt me for fil any an Mv h snip 01 accomplishment Is I he hc while his dark uyen ue lit l up with a merry twinkle that thal I can swear In eight I different nt Finn Italian French Filipino l I Spanish That Is II nothing to tl be U proud of 0 t I wish It I t were Home KOmI I thing more useful I 1 picked that I f up II In the coal mines I with the exception of the Filipino If I I could only all talk tl those It would do I H 11 good I guess gues loth talk Charlie was S v ry to his experiences In the on the af nt afternoon of at tho fire Ort seemed lo 10 think that t the rescue roscue of ot the two drivers was nothing out of or the common corman I went wenton on ahead he the boys fol tol followed lowed we got out and we were lucky IlIck Among those who ho have hale been attracted to the scene of the mining disaster here hereU U I n I Mr Ir P Emmon of ot Chey Cheyenne enne enn who bears the reputation of being n practical mining man mall and all II one thoroughly ered In rOll coal mining In all al ltd 11 phases ton his arrival here ho n I i volunteered to co town the mil and assist In the work of rescue but offer ofer refused by y Superintendent who stated that he had all the tho volunteers from among his own men ln that he could use accordingly stayed and proceeded to think out the tho situation As Aa the men ln were brought out overcome by the foul gaso gasel and tho heat hat and their comrades worked on them tho who Is now nowa a n representative of u lame Chicago house sat at down dowl thought out the situation with the result that he suggested to Sup Supt that the company for some SOle patent Ore fire firemans mans helmets and asbestos suits IUIS Him liar lar to those thoo worn wor by the Iro brigades and also In lisa Uso In a C number of ot fire Ire department In America The le proposition found Instant favor with wih the tho result that hereafter r the Diamond I lp mines will wi keep u I dozen of ot these I appliances on hand hUll for use upon Uon occa Ions slon of this character U I la I to see eco these brave ravo tel fel lows hauled out as lS limp ns lS d rag Ig from rom I tho effects of the ens ea They are ure laid out der d while the men work upon them upon uvon the same prin principle ciple which U t used In the resuscitating of a drowning In II When Wien they nio alO finally revived revl v c tho poor fellows are arc In Ina a ciny and ald are ar seized with wil spells of ot vomiting but they up and shako themselves like great Newfoundland dogs llos and return to their labor undaunted ed II only to lo bo pulled out again und go through h the SlUM same frightful ordeal It I seems that human e h and blood must give way under this great strain but lt the men show no signs of ot weakening led as al they the are art Ly ly the brave superintendent arrive When these helmets together with the thu asbestos suits It Il will willbo wi bo possible for men ln clad In III this attire to work for three quarters of ot an IU hour hourIn In the foulest gas and smoke sloke without feeling any 11 symptoms These milts will wi be Iw of at value In Inthe Inthe the advent all vent of any alY future that may luy Occur In hI the tho mine milo for men when reaching the dancer zone can don them go In fearlessly whore hAlO no creature could breathe brathe and bring out any miner who hau succumbed to the gas and fumes is well known through the wel United States and Europe as lS being bell the Inventor of or the system ly tern whereby Iron 1101 tubes lubes are substituted for tor steel bars Ip II prisons The tubes then with wih water which h In ca o of a prisoner to l his hlA way WI y out at lt once leaks out of the tho cut made reduces the tho In the tubes tubeR and starts an un alarm ringing In the prison olce This I Invention attracted considerable at his anil HI Is III to tl be Ul Installed In a 1 I French prison The work of ot rescue res ue l 11 progressing slowly in II the mine Ilu owing to the great greath reat h nt encountered and the of or the roof JI t when the tle bodies of the en entombed el miners will wil he be found Is a I mat tr of ot doubt daub I In tho previous 10 In the tho mine months ago the bodies not until one of v ns recovered ole three o after he It I Is h not thought however hOever that much trou tOl be hIe will be he encountered In II the present Ore end wh n the bodies are me reached they will 1 be ho nil oi out together iH I oH H 1 HooI t f X I 1 t j j jj jf f t tf tJ I f J t I l 1 f j t I J J 1 I t 1 iT i t tt T iI X XI I Tho ha Two Drivers by Mahan I H H Hl H H HH |
