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Show MAY SOON RESCUE Party Has Reached Within With-in Eiht Feet of the Entombed Men Salt Lake City, March 10. At noon today, the rescuing party had reached within eight feet of George and Jerry Peterson, two minors imprisoned by a cave-in in a prospect tunnel in a mine near Murray since Monday afternoon. af-ternoon. The work of rescue is being pursued more systematically than heretofore, and It is hoped to reach the imprisoned mon this afternoon. George Peterson was, according to the last word received, becoming very-weak very-weak from exposure and lack of food, but he was hopeful that ho could hold out until released. The water in the tunnel has found an outlet and tho danger of suffocation suffoca-tion has passed. Efforts to got food to the men through the two-Inch pipe which conveys con-veys air to them have not been successful suc-cessful and the lack of nourishment Its beginning to be severely felt. Once this forenoon the rescuers had removed the ground to such an extent ex-tent that daylight penetrated Into the tunnel but u new cave-in soon followed follow-ed and postponed the hour of rescue. The rescuing party is composed or fifty or sixty men. |