Show RESCUERS TOO TOOlA TO TOLATE lA LATE lE GETTING TO CAVE r IVIAN AN Carmichael First Man to Penetrate to Floyd Collins SAYS HE IS DEAD ID Death e ath Write Writes s Final Chapter In Kentucky Accident l L I CITY Ky hr rob 16 16 W r A-r 4 funeral s K kc rorI Tor lor TorI I J lord Colllns nrc arc planned for lor Case en lila Ills greatest st cli- cli C OCI O and anil lie he will lii bc l e html led on oil Ih I HIP Ii 13 El looking cm-looking Cne Ca and I Ih l IO Ik Ii Hie lie Ia lo of s maced acc I lIh death to lead coach It Iti i u ii lr liT Lee Collins aged father I CA CA CA E D dir CUT Y rob reb 16 ily BT The Tho Associated pm 1 es e's iio flo Floid d was IllS as found ded at 01 2 45 43 5 this I noon according to an official j nn n I made itter hall had d r l Into hat the b lIe 1 was the Origin Origin-il S nd S nd Co Ca eln cn where here Collins las v aa a caugh 0 medical examination is ts ml a It was wa Impo Sll le for a pl pi p n d I Iria I Ia ria clan n to 10 r reach the II 11 T la was as thc hr 0 fn II t tI man mail to co ro to Collins Collina J lip I al I lull apparently he 1 s dehl ded Tho announcement of the find finding of o Collin wis ws mad made macic by Dr Ur t W P D I geologist of the tho 1111 T-n T of Kentuck I i GI CI T nr RI nv DY DY Preparations ere acre made Imm foi MaJor o Mos Mo's s and tap Captain ai tam lain F medical 0 of the Iho Infants lIng and Dr William Hazlett Chic Clur Chiris I tg ito to go eo to Collins Mr Ir Carmichael an and M I r f S 8 Po Poc e o of Cf p time tho state highway ay department an I 1 personal representative e 0 of r nor William J Field FieldI I Ire eve to lo IlC- IlC RC compan the iso ph to Collins Collin Guards Guard lood about the mout h hof of the shaft han it Ii ba ba onel onel It- It f ml I land I and th there re was little commotion on 01 the An official al mt I ass as promised 1 a rO l mill ules is 1 o 0 wa was waa clien ghen a lo to ho Collins Collin coull b bf l f final 0 the natural rock Sl is ml I kh khI him I All ph l were ore re 11 called to time the mouth of the c ca caas Caas as 1 i precaution It If theIr heir er Ie I should be needed Homer Collins her fit f mf time till mill IlIili was va at the ot or the shaft shaH lie Ile had licen le n there the j pirl pul nf cit n I tIme Hie he diy dy ROOt noor cK III IN I It II was wa reported by i t Ih that I the loot ot or time the c Orn 0 N Collins Sa cac gase e WI wiy causing H m 1 In InI n I each him hini several hours they hey had expected When hen ho bo miners h d I limb Into the tho passage pasac to 10 Collin CoilIn- II It T C I 1 rm r cue tUe ent ent n dC the hift hL Into Inlo 0 the lh came cae he lie ill il I hi imi I saw aw aw Collins Il dead d ite to 10 time Hie SUI face and announced ed time nd of ot of tho struggle Collios as wa as In Sand C v vI at t 10 0 o c e 01 Cili ok morning 30 Iy by me ii fall Call of a r on his too foe lie Ile the Ihn tunnel of an In old I eal n llio tue front frolic pait tiati cC or imad hd es Jr g CO form Corm I jog ing the ho ln ia 20 me which i Kidi up to toI I the lone lime le leuc In the th mouth month of Sand CaM Co C o Is I lora bra id td I Ills I plight lIh I ored cred lot toi 4 14 3 hours o 0 i 1 Jan Jan- JanI January January Jan January I uary ai U tales Ettea young r I neighbor boy bo- bo penel t I J o Ca Cao far fr enough to hear ils us Is cries for help Some time lime line my IY 1 4 he III t C d he the last l I sl time lime Iho the net t d diy div 11 a 0 les- les lescue lea ics ics-cu cue party parly heard 1 hi his Ic ct-Ic dies from flom the tho cave In for tor ie ilo e bat l time lime SHUT lT IS Neighbors tnt and lila Ills at tonce once began becan efforts tb t dl dig him out an and 1 release Iho ock and dirt which pinioned his leg lef A Ail AI such uch Continued on in lao Iao Two FIND COllINS DEAD It I IR C One I I Ce cic ul unsuccessful aril 11 out out out- outsIde out out-Birle 1 sIde helpers helper who abo ho had cleare 1 anay aay ay the dirt a ah far tar a at as hia hl knees nere ere blocked by repeated I In th the tunnel just Cotlin Finally state officials ordered I the rescue I worl norl norlin orl in m t Ite natural tunnel 01 as too loo d and the the- aha shaft rt rescue I p d Alt 11 as 0 as started Friday In spite spile of ot the I handicaps of ot lick i of pro re pr tools an and 1 materials for tor such auch a muting operatIon I the h work tt ork pi pi gr d I until Iho oJo olo of or ha- ha hanana ba banana nana oil spray ed pd Into Inlo e cn case cne e Sunday night be bce imo bc-imo intO Ul Un un mistakable d night 11 zt the shaft 11 through rough ft n sandy hyer In Inthe Inthe Inthe the noli bottom holtom om of It the shaft just bo- bo bolo low bo-low lo Ion I the h hi 40 foot le leel elThe el elThe The natural tunnel do dunn clown Collins had cra cran led he In a s arch or of ofa ofa a 1 non new ne earn was about O feet from th the surface to h poInt Collins la J I he lescue escue I i shaft stalled ted ft It few tee fee I li Ii i front t of the Iho natural mouth n rt r the cat e In a 1 limestone led ieti is cs-is s aimed aa as a on one the th shortest lIne IInO to reach him lini In the ot or the Iho torturous d tun OUGHT O CI Collins Colllns a II native of ot thc th cn case cne e had spent hi hid lite Ime as a guide and e explorer of ot lie re caves cave that hone hones comb the hll s a of the Tren b country A few years nl ago O he a wai nal Im- Im by a D falling failing boulder and ens as hei held o lor tor 48 18 hou hours This accident red In itt caVe which he Is accredited d Ith discovering and which he ho 0 oss fled jointly ss with his father Believing that other beautifuL caserns erns ca erns were nero await anait- awaiting ing a I lo d spent pent pent much ot of his time crawling rind Ing Ing in and out among the th mole mole- like mole mole-liko holes beneath tho the surface of the eal eaith th His Ills present predicament Iq ii nfl un- un unusual usual In man manay mans ay ways stays Unknown at atthe atthe the tho time lime of ot his accident accident pt to 10 his neighbors and those tour tour- tourists who ho l tho name or of orthe the thc enthusiastic gul guide who point point- pointed pointed pointed ed out the beauties of or his under under- underground ground world orld Colllns Collins name and story attained national attention within a tow to das after atter he tie entombed Pomona Pers flocked 1 to 1 Sand Rand Cave from far and near Others tin un- unable un unable able to come sent siges me ore of or e and encouragement or orma ma made e to the rescuers orI I Others contributed money moncy to the rescue work ss ork and in III many churches prayer sen se Ices were held for hIm Geologists and scientists In widely different parts of ot the country delved Into their r records and Issued statements cot CO ering ono one phase or another of the situ situ- situ situation nUon atlon or on Ott the tho condition of ot the tho cavern region L L E lInO C The Tho state headed beaded by Govel nor it J Fields the tho Louisville sh I cities and amid to tons ns a Ide wl lc adus of ot the case ce ca and Individuals l and correspond correspondents bent every effort to re rescue cUe Fast trains which orB orB- ordinarily do not stop at Ca Case Ca 0 City stopped and unloaded e every esery ery con con con- con kind of ot tool and apparatus apparatus atus that It was sas though help get Colllns Collins out tal sIal The Tho Colins family owns CT s- s tat Ial Cave and compete with allis o ners or of other caverns caverna In the s for tor the tho tourist trade Floyd noyd and two t 0 brothers Homer and Marshall 1 Ih Iho to 0 III ir this his section another brother Andy Lee Collins Collin now mattes makes his home in 11 Ills but rushed to the tho aid of hi his brother brollier several se da dabs s salo ago alo mm 0 mother molher was WitS dead an and 1 he was nas devoted to his stepmother rr Mrs Collins repeatedly begged d to give o up the hoz haz stork ork of exploring c for tor new C Lee Colllns Collins said his son hail had ha told hl his lilii stepmother shortly before ho he was stas trapped that he was to two tao days dos of ot the most dangerous ca case exploring ho Ito had eser er done He hold her he ho had dreamed Ie ho te had been bean caught tin tin- un der under tinder a It rock end ond that angels I h carried hint him a away anay oy She Sho told rloyd It was n-as a 1 warn warn- wa rn- rn ing warning Mr Collins Colllns ild and I asked d hint him not to go In the ve C-ve again |