LAST WORDS BEFORE DEATH.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 187, 2 May 1908, Page 10

LAST WORDS BEFORE DEATH.

—1 9 . ENTOMBED MINERS' MESSAGE. .v' The ■ London, 11 Daily Mail" :of March l&i states: -a 1 ;Tlto'qiiiyi rescue^ ■ -tions; ini. tno.-Hamstead] mine. HasV beoaJ the. ' ■ . 'sijs,.;ihbreybcsdfiefe.'_" : :--Their attitudes,'''' ] thatV-they,hadrdi^'peacfefuliy;'; but- 1 they clearly realised their danger.: -For upon ' ,thej dopr,closed .to.. ' ; tlicy had-chalked. : tho,.\v;6tds,:— ' '! • ■ TliOv Lord/preserve, us, . .v ■ "> !■ For, we. are. all trusting,in Christ. - .■ H. Curtis, J; Guest,. H.'Watts, Ti Colo,' .' T;' : Johnson,. 'Joe. !,, Hbidgkiss"V''.^V;-. ; t.hiflkiof: theiE.death', escape: was possible., Yetj it must-bring a .gleam of-consolation even, to rheir nearest . and;' dearest;: tcyl they;, faced;' fleath -' not. with craven,: fear,: or 'fruitless; cursing-. of their- ill-fortune, but -with, the. name .'of. tho :■ , Great Consoler on their lips n and. their spirits . braced, to'. pass., over with courage and eon- ; fldenco into the unknown. .-: .y ' ■Naturally .this' pathetic incident,, has: . deepened; the of., the .villagers.. To--:. • ..day. for. thej:first-. tupo f » since,- last: Wednesday .i ;week, : : >>. fallen upon it. '. • : - '' v'V Iji- the little.. recUbrick -housesXup', the'., hill _ ~ women: with* shawls over, their, bends, are rock-. •: ;ing ; t£- and;,fro: a"JsiAipor : ; f 1 - v iwsery;,/.lh|.'this, cottage,iti,-"is,'a^youngv: , whohasdost. a young husband; in: that ono a • greyrhaired: widow isj: weeping- ' :grown-up. daughters:; a third; holds a- big • family, of little ones clinging to tlio skirts : of a stunned, 'stony-eyed; njothei;, : wliile: a; kindly - . getting,' ready, their : simple^evoning-;v : ■meal. .<■ :. ... . : ■ ....,■ , . • Happily they, do, not 1 lack either, sympathy. . V,: or material aid. Taking tho Eng-and; Queen., as their, example, tlio. people/ ot- the , whole 'district are; doing."all''they caji. to-sliawi.tliat: - ( ' i^e^. : .f^V'djepl^''WitU/|^ , sup«^--.'ahd r reared'. The distress fund'' which;-Birming-.-V ;ham' is; generously, raising, ajready,: amounts •- :(. . to sorno. £1,500. THE ICING'S. SYMPATHY. ;i (.At. a, meeting, at:' the' Birmingham Council ; ;House the following telegram was. read'from 1 ' tho King:— - . . . "Tho -King' is grieved; to. learn that tho. .gallant': and;'...ceaseless,'.efforts vlof.','' success.iyo', rescue parties, havo, up, to now been unablo ,!to save : lives, of. entombed miners, in Hamstead Colliery. .Hi£ Majesty, is deeply moved iajb' lamentable: disaster,*: arid: ■convey , his "deepest sympathy, wth.-wiy'ps 'and ■ v : 'families of. those,;who. Tiiiye ( ': lostTtlieir; lives 'iuiid'er-,'such,- exceptionally sadjicireumstaucM.V' :. , •fflis. Majesty sends appreciation - to. all those'who orgariisedf and. as'sisted : sq. ably arid. -*'. unselfishly in rescue work." i.'v ; ' Later, , the ,Lord Mayor received tlio follow-/ ,ins; telegram from Buckingham Palace" . ,".-Bv> command of: the King I am-sondmg y.ou a'. cheque.:for. ; lstt'juiheds^as from. his. Majesty towards fund, you ara-rais-iug 'ou behalf: of,- siifferers fi'om sad' colliory , ■ disaster at" Ham'stead.—Probyn." .