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Show RESCUED MINE AFTER BEING IMPRISONED 8EV. EI4 DAYS IN BURNING MINE TWENTY MEN SAVED. Fought Apparently Hopelrta Battle Ajalnet Death, Eating Bark From Timber and Leither From Their Caps to Sustain Life. Cherry. Ilia Hoping agilnsl hone-, and fighting against tho l rrlbln heat and giuteg In the hlaJng roal mine, rea?tu ra In anarch of ImhIIcs. ninto mm twenty men who aim clung to Illc. on Hatur lay. and the tiii n were j brciighl to tho top. All are on the i roud to recovery nfmr a harrowiiitr, ex- j HTli'hro which 'imi almist: beyond 1 belief. ( Afler seven days and nlghta of eon- j flnemeiit In tho mine In which hun- dreds met death when fire broke out; j after aulTerlngs which nlmu:t drova In in to madness, they nre n.aln stir rounded by their wives and children, and from staring death In the fnce, ; u ro again planning bright things for the fultim. After tho men had been located. It took six houra to bring Hi em to thn atirface, nnd when Ihn cngo en me up j with thn men nlKuird. almost every human being In tho little town waa i' present. There were ninny drauiallo V sienea enacted unboiinile.l Joy upon ( the part of Ihn fniulllca of Hm rescued j men, while others who had hoped that i their loved once were among thoaa) j lhat had bn'n iii!rnciiloiily spaced, ' turned awny In bitter heuri-brenklnii dliiptdiitinent. ( Onn of tho men teamed anys: 'At I one o'clock laat Saturday Ihe pit bona ennio to incnsiiro my work. After ha went I waited for the team to come for thn coal, hut In two hours ll bud not come, ao I started to find out what wns the matter. 'Tmiiy sism I saw t niokn and I felt that thn ventilation fan had Mopped. Tlm fire bad boon burning for nn hour, but that was the firm I um w of It. "I atartrd to run then, hut met (leorge K.itdy nnd souin others, about 21 In nil. and Mr. Kdily led na way buck whom I had been working. Then wo tried lo throw up a barrier, hut It wna pitch dark nnd we did not go: long well. All Ihe limn wn breathed hud gns. I bad nothing lo eat of my . tiwn. hut I chewed bark nnd drnnk water. I-alcr we even ate the leather f from our enps. We got the wnter by y making little holea In tha bottom of K tho nniry. We mode live of theae l holes and there waa alwaya anme ona L, at them." h At flrat. hn anld. thn men eon It gongs, told e'orlos. and horod for tea- nn. Tint at thn last alt tiopa ha4 asaai ' k alanoHint. and Hm mvn worn toil ' wenk to sing or tnlk. Twenty aavnt. 02 known dead and ti 198 missing la now tha record at tha $ Bt. Paul mine. Thnro Is allll hoie of other leln resciipd allva. . ' |
