THE CHERRY MINE.
AN INCOEEECT REPORT. ONLY TWENTY SAVED. iPress Aseoeiation-Bv Telegraph-Copvi'ght NEW YORK, Nov. 22. The numbers of men saved from the Cherry Mine were misreportcd. Only twenty were rescued alive on Saturday, after a week's entombment, hut they reported that twenty-two are' probably alive in another section of the pit, which is full of gas. The search for the twenty-two still continues. Walter Waite, William Hynds (an Englishman), William Cleland (a Scotchman), and Joe Pigati proved the heroes of the disaster. Hynds induced his fleeing comrades to , wall themselves within a remote chamber. They wore unaware how the time passed. "When their food was exhausted they consumed wax matches, leather and cedar bark to prevent starvation. Cleland conducted service twice daily.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14065, 24 November 1909, Page 5
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123THE CHERRY MINE. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14065, 24 November 1909, Page 5
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