AMERICAN MINING DISASTER.
GABLE NEWS.
SEVENTY-EIGHT ENTOMBED MEN RESCUED. ,
United Fuichs Association—Copyright (Received November 22, 12.50 a.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 21.
The rescuers at the Cherry mine, which had been closed on account of having caught fire, yesterday demolished a wall of debris and found 78 men alive, 67 in one section and 11 in another. The news spread like lightning, and crowds of women were soon fighting the. militia in their eagerness to reach the pit’s mouth. The rescued include William Cleland. His brother, who was one of the rescuers, brought him to the surface without recognising him.
AVhen. the survivors were first reached it was thought they were dead, but one raised his hand, and the rest were found to be breathing. All were hurried to the shaft, and stimulants administered. Some of their faces were black with smoke and slightly scorched. Their safety was due to their walling themselves in. Joseph Crescini, their leader in the fight against death, states that, acting on an English comrade’s advice, the men’s food was collected and short rations - served out. They lived part of the time on mule meat.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2665, 22 November 1909, Page 5
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189AMERICAN MINING DISASTER. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2665, 22 November 1909, Page 5
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