Hide Article Text (OCR)
FEAR I SHOE WILLTv 11Cl•val tin M 6 wh ablt; an«tiodeiPrisoners fee in Good Spirits;1 Ask Rescuers to Be Cautious.iELY Not Dec 28 —During the last twentj fo ir hours about twenty feet oC earth was removed from the Alpha shaft in the Giroux mine where the thiee miners are entombed Dangei of another slide of muck into the shaft is possible an\ moment A huge pile of cord wood ha« been hauled and dumped into the origim.l «dide In an effort to present further loosening of ! the sail This nuj prove effective un-Lless the removal of the timbeis sup porting the weight of the mass now filling the «*haft should uncover a weakTlfravTVltoofCO I Sttbness In^the wails further down .dtThe imprisoned men from the thou lt;?3ml foot lev clr talking over tho tele j phone to those who are working to i rescue them sav the''- are making thetlittt*obest o? their perilous situation and. ini id »_e:smiet‘lt;1Uurge their fellow miners above to be extremely cai tious in their efforts to clear the shaft When the cord wood that has been placed in the original slide settles *oIldlv excavation can be made more rapidly The uncertain snliditj of the debt Is as well as the ‘condition of the walls of the «haft above the workers makes the work of rescue verj dangerous and naturally hinders rapid progressEXTRA CR^EW AT WORK.\ crew from the Veteran mine has been giving valuable aid in rescue but In a dav or ;tvo the £3iroux men will be able to handle the work themselves ■%o risks through haste are to be run The unfortunate men have told therjaistfl!eh$11m j £ v \g[2ll We would rathe*1* be where we are[ee j a little longer than for 3 ou to take any j ™ j unnecessary chances in our behalf ^ hTip to the present time the men have • fl11 been well -supplied with food drink and' ^rtsle1hfresh air The medium through whi£h hthese necessities are conveyed is a t«^ large «ix*i'nch water pipe which still”7{retrains unobstructed and will be the *rtit {3s I means o£ the mens salvation an the1 rr I a | event another cave-lm does not prove b | disastrous. „ j j,
Newspaper Details
Oakland Tribune
Oakland, California, US
Sun, Dec 29, 1907
Page 17
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous A.
WI, USA 21 Oct 2021
Other Publications Near Oakland, California
Sunday Oakland Tribune
Oakland Tribune
