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Show UIMFDQ fAlfiHT IN R CAVE J American Fork, June 30. Buried alive, somewhere In the depths of the Whirlwind mine, twenty miles frcm American Fork, are two victims of a cave-in which took place at 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Extending 200 feet Into the tunnel at wh.ch point passage is blocked "by a largo body of mud and decomposed limestone." is a line of fifty workers, each armed with a shovel, fighting ogainst heavy odds to liberate the prisoners The air in the Whirlwind tunnel was foul, as a result of lack of ventilation, previous to the cavo-in and it Is not believed by those who have worked in the mine that the two men can survive if the rescuing party does not reach them by tomorrow morning Twenty-five mon were working near the Whirlwind mine at the time of the cave-In, all of whom hurried to the scene of action. At .iU.30 o'clock tonight, to-night, twenty-five additional workers arrlvo from American Fork. B J Wild, of the Yankee mine. Is In charge ot the work of rescue. The Whirlwind mine is located on the south side of the Miller hill, adjoining ad-joining the Dutchman mine, where the old smelfer stood in the early '70's "Tim" Smith, one of the entombed miners, and Jacob Greenwood of American Fork had the Whirlwind un-dor un-dor 'ease. Timothy Smith, Clyde Smith, his brother, and Albert Durrant were working in the mine this afternoon after-noon when It was noticed that the water seeping into the tunnel had swollen the timbers and that they were no longer safe. Clyde Smith was sent out of tho tunnel to get a timber with which to repair the weak spot. The tunnel Is about 800 feet long. The young man secured the timber and upon his return re-turn to the tunnel, after he had gone 200 feet he encountered the cave-in. It is not known how far Into the tunnel tun-nel It extends. Smith notified the workmen at tho Dutchman and within two hours all men within a radius of six miles had collected at the Whirlwind and lent themselves to the rescue. The workers are now formed In a line extending from the cave-In to the mouth of the tunnel and the debris Is passed from one to another until It Is completely out of the tunnel. News of tho cave-in was brought to American Fork at 9 o'clock tonight hy C. M. Beck, a local llverman. It caused profound excitement and by 9:30 o'clock twenty-five men with teams, picks and shovels, boots and provisions, left for the Whirlwind, where they began to arrive at 11:30 o'clock. Albert Durrant is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Durrant of American Fork. Timothy Smith Is the son of David Smith of American Fork, his mother having died some years ago. Among the rescuers who wore already al-ready In the canyon are Hober Wild, Hank Slballen, Jack Bryant, George Tyler and Edward Hinos. Among, those experienced miners who loft here tonight for the canyon aro: Joseph Jo-seph Armstrong, Jack Jones, Hyrum Jones, Ray Gillespie and Jeff Chip-man. |