RESCUED.
THE SPRING VALLEY DISASTER.
78 MEN FOUND ALIVE, TEE FIGHT AGAINST DEATH. . (By Telegraph.—Proas " ABBoctatton.-Copyrißht.) (Ecc. November 22, OJSO a.m.) New York, Novombcr 21. The rescuers at work at the Cherry Mine at' Spring Valley, where 400 minora were entombed through an explosion, demolished , a wall of dobris yestorday. nud found 78 olivo, 67 in ono section'and 11 in another. Tho news spread like lightning,' and crowds of women wero soon fighting''tho : militia in thoir cagornoss to reac'i thoL pit's month. Tho rescued miners included William Clcland, n brother of ono of tho rescuers, who brought him to tho surface withoht iccognising him. When tho survivors: wore first reachod it was thought they wero dead, but ono raised his hand and tho rest were found to be breathing. All wero hurried to tho shaft, and stimulants wero administered; Somo of their, faces woro. black with: smoko and slightly scorched. Their safety is due to their walling themselves in. Joseph Crcscini, the leader of tlio fight against death, states that acting on an English comrado's advice, the men's food was collected and short rations wero served. .They,lived for part of tho time on mulo meat.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 670, 22 November 1909, Page 7
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195RESCUED. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 670, 22 November 1909, Page 7
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