AWAITING DEATH.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9652, 17 November 1909, Page 5

AWAITING DEATH.

MINERS RESIGNED TO THEIR FATE. THE SPRING VALLEY DISASTER. SEARCH PARTIES' TERRIBLE , END. THOUSAND CHILDREN ORPHANS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegrapk Copyright. Received November 16, 9.30 p.m. NEW YORK. November 16. Thirteen out of fourteen ot a search party in the Cherry Mine perished owing to Cawley, an engineer, implicitly obeying o-'V™ only to hoist the cage in response to the regulation coda of signals. The signal bell rang out wiHly, and his comrades imploivd Cawl.- to raiss the cage, but meanwhile the flames overtook the party and incinerated them. The survivor states that when nearing the shaft they passed 65 miners sitting in a row along the gallery resignedly awaiting death. They tried to arouse them to attempt escape, but they would not stir. A fresh outbreak of lire increased in violence yesterday. The shaft was again sealed, and hopes of rescuing the men have now been abandoned. The disaster has orphaned one thousand children. MUFFLED REPORTS HEARD. Received November 16, 8.25 a.m. j NEW YORK, November 15. ' The watchers at the Cherry pit I mouth at Spring Valley have heard i muffled reports. It ia believed that the entombed men are firing signals. It is impossible to reopen the mine before Tuesday.