THE CHERRY MINE.

Lake County Press, Issue 2300, 25 November 1909, Page 5

THE CHERRY MINE.

Rescuers at the Cherry mine, America, demolished a wall of debris and found 78 miners alive, 67 in one section and 11 in another. The news of the "rescue 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, brother of one of the rescuers who brought him to the surface- without recognising him. When the survivors were first reached they were thought to be dead, but one raised his hand, and the rest were found to te breathing. All were hurried to the shaft where stimulants were administered. Some of.the men's faces were black with smoke and slightly scorched. Their safety is due, to their having walled themselves in. Joseph Crescieni, one of the leaders in the fight against death, states that acting on the advice of English comrades, the men's food was collected and short rations were served. The men lived part of the time on mule meat.