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v 7 7â€",. ._v - - vii-9 11., A116- That was nothing unusual. for it had been going on for a long time. We all knew that the cave-in must come som time. but nobodz was looking for it quite so soon. Ireparations had been made. to fill in the stapes with dirt from the new extensions in order to make that old part safe. I was work- ing alone in the second level extension the remaining distance through the rock "umtime to save him. Only at long intervals. did. work cease for a moment to give opportunity to listen to faint k'noskisng below, which was: the only yet alive. But theiranxiety was nothing to the suspense of the imprisoned miner. In a hesitating. way Stevens told his story; .“When 1 went to work on Sunday night. the old timbers in the worked- out portion. of the mine were creaking at a great. rate and the dirt .waa flying. Me an"... ...at.:.... -____ _e HOPELFSSLY INSANE. made. them wonder if they could make ed to the surface and a. fresh shift dropped down. ~ As flay after day went by the sus- panse of the men working above was Mrd tofbear. After the temth day had used and 100 feet had been gained, the {ears of the weary workers that Steven's. might be dead or 'llhe miners agreed that the only way to reach Stevens was by sinking a new dhaft far enough away from the cave- In to make the work mfe. This meant that» a depth of 127 feet through solid rock D113 hard quality must be reached before the miner could be rescued. 1m ordinary times sudh a task would re- quire a month’s time at least, but the miners thought. they could do it in less time. and the work began. Relays were arranged, and by working steadily night and day the shaft rapidly deep- ened, through the solid rock. As soon as depth was gained a steam hoist was rigged) over the shaft to facilitate the removal of the debris. Every blow struck. was done without loss of time, and: every move was calculated to ad- vance the work. Water was let down to thld perspirizng workmen, and as soon as one set grew weary they were lift- . ed to the surface and a fresh shift location shaft and the subsequent working dhuft had caved in, breaking down heavy timberizng and permanent- ], closing drifts. workedoout stapes, and connecting passages. As the miners gathered about the scene some one call- ed out. “Stevens was in No. 2,” and Uhe mun ruined to the prospect shaft to examine its condition. They found that the sides had caved in and filled with debris so=that all hope of rescue in that way- was at. an and. Without loss of t'mre Cb was decided to drive a. smart as near. as possible to the mouth of the drift. [in which Stevens was buried. A few {hours proved that the proposed re- cue Shaft. was in too dangerous 3 place, and the work was abandoned. Mammoth: mine. As the dust cleared away it was found flbat the entire ter- _ritory embraced between the original A TERRIFIC CRASH. Wanted by great. clouds of dust. string. from tibe two shafts of the Stevens went to work on his shift in the second level of the mine at 8 o’clock :‘in the evening. At 10.30 o'clock fin miners in camp were surprised by "I am feeling pretty well now," {he lid tnan interview, “though kind of weak Lbere’ grabbing his hand across lh's stomacbâ€"‘ ‘alnd. my legs are still inky. l’ve quits galming in flesh, now, though I still lack ten or twelve pounds of weighing what I did before the cave-fin. But you should have seen “(row the first days after .I was out. I could feel the flesh coming on just the same as I felt it leaving me in the mine. I weighed 156 pounds be- fore. and when they pulled me out I wefihed only 112 pounds. I lost that we'dht) in just thirteen days and ten 1 in (due to this past life and his sturdy constitution that he survived the orde- al of existing in a. narrow drift under- ground Without food or water in dense fitness for thirteen days. Men have mind a longer fast than that he was forced to undergo, but not under dbcouragimg conditions. Ila [cutler- Du: Through It? l-‘nt of [Km-k to Save Ill-n - Ile Tapped with Ills lam-er .‘ew and The. to Let Ilu It»). Know ll:- Wae There - Delu- Dnrknrsa and So Food. A remarkabledmstance of physical en- durance. has been brought to notice in Arizona, Where a miner was entombed for thirteen days in the Mmmath mine by a cave-in, and his rescuers dug mouth 127 feet of hard porphyritie rock to save his life. James Stevens, fie minerie a man of medium size. An “Hellman, by Earth, he has lived in GM mines of Colorado for eighteen years, during Which time his 'habits lure of the most rm'ular nature. It THE PLUCKY FIGHT FOR LIFE OF IINER STEVENS. BHTUMBED FOR 13 DAYS. and I felt as though my flesh was drap- pi'ng off. My knees grew so weak that .1 could hardly stand. I wondered if, after all, I should die easy, with no horrible pangs of thirst or hunger. I slept all Icould. and the only exer- ‘tion I made was to knock with my ham- .mer once or twice a day to let them know that I was still alive. The last ‘day was the hardest to hear. I was afraid that they might give up and conclude that I was dea . The pains increased, andsl was In constant agony tried to think rationally. I hammer- :ed land! scraped every Lirttle w'hfle to as- sure them that I was alive. This made them think I was crazy, I afterward learned. - "On Saturday morning about 7 o'clock i ”The paisns now eased up. and the fapasms occurred only once. or twice a fday. I} realized I was i â€"â€" - v-v MU A. vvuo ucspxcaa auu ,after they would die away I lay back ;e;:hausted. The last bit of food had disappeared. on Tuesday noon. It was just as well that no other man was left in the drift with me. for one of us Would; have certainly eaten the oth- 91‘ “There was not a drag; of water in the drift after my canteen was exhaust- ful. After that awful silence of five hours bun) Wednesday I heard sounds in a (new place. I located them up in new ground and then I knew that they were going to sink for me tlhrough rock. . l was doubtful about it. I seized up my strength atnd decided that I might hold out nine or ten days altogether. Three days! were already gone and they had! to blast through 127 feet of solid rock. ' ! â€"-â€"vâ€" -w’rw “W“, “H“ ”Wu {they knew that I was alive. Then :they began to sink near the prospect shaft. I listened to :their :workmgi when I was not sleeping, until on Wed- nesday all sound ceased. I listened and waited, and wondered what had hap- gened. Not a blow was struck for me home. It was then that I began to give up 9hope. If ‘they could not reaeh-' me that way, how was I to es- l‘ape. That was the toughest day of the whole time. I was in intense pain from munger amd thirst. My throat hurt_me very much. It was hot and stmgung1 pains dhased each other right along. Sometimes the stomach pains were so severe that I was helpless and 'and. tried to sleep as mluchI as possible. I! kept close to the place where Icould hear the-sound of the drilling above me; and tried to calculate how long I must hold out, I knew the nature of the rock, and the depth they had to go. and had some doubt about their ability :to reach me before death ended ,my troubles. hammer and rapped back. and then vâ€"v ‘Iâ€"uv' .. m. “v as well have eaten the food all at one time, for the nibbles seemed only to make the pains more severe. “About! noon on Monday my candles gave out and the rest of the time I. was in darkness. I managed to keep track of the passing of time, however. My watch is an old key-winder, and l lknew! that it took two turns to make the. watch run an hour. I had wound it 'up tight at 9 o’clock Sunday night when I last lookedat it, so that by winding it! up and keeping track of the number; of turns the key made I told of the hours so well that when l was fin-ally rescued I was not out of the way‘ more than a half hour. ‘ ” soonmade up my mind that I must save my strength as much as possible, GETTING 'WEAKER: RAPIDLY __'â€"~- â€"-â€" â€"vâ€"v-v lee 1 { threw away; thinking the}. good. 1 decided not to eat excepting when the pangs of hunger grew too severe and then only to take a small nibble. of the pde or .tghe ‘cak‘e. __I might "(I ----‘I L tion1 I began to take account of stock. [found I ‘had a piece of cake and two precesa of pie in my dinner bucket and about. two quarts of water. I had two candrles and fifteen matches. ‘My tobac- I) “Soon It: was all over. andas soon as I could relight my candle I set out with my‘ tools to explore. I found that the reach the shaft my chances were good. »It happened that the air box was not injured, and as soon as I had cleared a space to that I knew I was safe for some. days to come. I kept on digging l to. find if I could get out in a short time; but soon the dirt began to cave Ln. {around me and I had to quit. _ ”Then; I lay down and tried to think i "As I stood in the drift. thinking What it was best to do, there came a. fearful roar, the ground about me trembled, and I knew it was all up with me. I could hear the old timbers crashing as they broke under the weight (of the mass of rock above them and (the thud of ”Du'st' was now flying and the timb- 'ers nearest me began to snap. The noises seemed coming nearer and near- er. 1 paused a moment to listen again, and: that pause saved my life. I knew I would have to do some climbing over broken timber, with- mighty little time tu do it in. I realized that it was bound: to be a bad case of cave-in, and I-fdidn't like ”to mix upin it. groaning. Finally I decided that it was a. pretty bad case. and I picked up‘g‘ny tools and sggujtod to; the shag. THE ROCK AND DIRT gelglessi and THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. August 19. 1897. finiflbâ€"I! (id. you’d be wish “'8 :fougnld'tell whethar it was Itflkht lministration of the political affairs of so great an aggregation of peOple as London has. but there ought to be some mode of overcoming them in the the interest of that homogeneity which seem so essential to the futherance of broad plans of inprovement. It would be more statesmanlike if Chamberlain would set himself the task of curing defects complained of instead of pro- moting a decentralization movement which will almost certainly result in the retention of all the e‘fils, although they may be slightly disguised by VALUARLE PRJVILEGES for it is the aim of those who advocate the unity of London to emulate the example of such provincial cities as Glasgow, Liverpool, Birmingham, Dun- dee, Leeds and Huddersfield, and pro- vide Greater Lond on with all the facil- ities which. have made the municipal ‘governments of the places named so decided a success. That Chamberlain should be in practical Opposition to such plans at this late day 'will not improve his reputation. It will be dif- ficult to persuade the people of Lon- don that his separatist programme is a sound one when they compare the re- ‘ lative backwardness of the metropolis with the progress of the provincial. cit_ies and the cities of_ the 'continent. and theyj Ire determined to maintain their hold as long as possible.‘ They realize perfectly if the county council’s plans are systematically carried out. that in time they must surrender their ‘ The stand taken by Chamberlain is surprising when his former attitude is recalled, and can only be explained on the hypothesis that he has surren- dered to the powerful vested interests which have London in their grasp. The water. gas and dock companies pf] London are receiving enormous re- turns on‘a tremendous capitalization! But Mr. Chamberlain. who seems to be the foremost figure in the exist- ing government, not excepting Salis- bury, regards with disfavor the cause of London unity, and is lending his powerful su to a scheme of de- cemtralizatio 'ch if finally carried out, would re 11 London to a mere geographical expression. The plan is to erect the metropolitan areas into separate municipalities. If this is done there might be some improvement lin the minor details of government. but there is reason to believe that the policy whieh won [or Chamberlain such distinguished triumphs in the early part of his career, can never be rarried out. and London will have permanently inflicted upon her the private water and gas companies, and will have to abandon all hope of an improved tran- sit system and many other thmgs which could only "be secured by united action. ‘ T'HE TOWER BRIDGE, the construction of greatly needed cross thoroughfares leading out of Holborn and the clearing of narrow streets in the vicinity of the houses or parliament must remain in obey- ance until some reformation can be effected in the method of taxation by whidb the rate payer, upon whom all the burdens of improvements now fall will obtain some relief. It is still admitted that the bounty cmmcil has made many important im- provements but such projects as the widening of the Strand, the opening of new approaches to ment act, under which the London |00unty council was organized. For {some time the new system seemed to give satisfaction. The critics of muni- cipal affairs, as a rule, pronounced it a decided improvement, on the old plan 0f government by vestries, and there was good reason to believe that the effort to make a homogeneous city of the wide-spreading habitation consti- tuting London would prove a perma- nent success. Not long ago, after considerable agi- tation, the citizens of London succeed- ed in persuading parliament to pass what was known as the local govern- Proposition to Decentrallze the Great Munlclpallty. It is rather noteworthy that while the people of Greater New York are doing all they can to forward the pro- ject of uniting the citizens of New York and Brooklyn under one muni- cipal government, there is on foot in London a movement the purpose of which is directly the opposite of that ‘ entertained by the ambitious Ameri- cans who are eager to create a city- whose numbers will cause it to take second place in the world’s list with a good Show of leading in the not l‘e- mote future. icime. I had to five on chicken broth for: two days and still Without water. Then I drank and ate a mashing din- near. The first three days I gamed fif- teen pounds. and I mended rapidly after that. The boys got up a benefit ball for me and the company paid me full wages. (for the time I was underground and did not charge a cent for my board"! Stevens is 45 years of .nge and a thoroughly experienced mmer. stand the heat and light After sun- down I was hauled out m a bucket and the men. cheered. 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