The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 30, 1924, Page 11

SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNI Reporters, in | _ Mine’s Depths ~ Taught Lesson 7 In the depths of the earth, 1,285 Piset below the level of the sea, a/ farty of Seattle newspapermen on Mfuesday learned a lesson—several/ ‘tssons, in fact. They learned what | % means to be brave, to be patient, | to practice unselfed love, | Arriving at the Black + Diamond | ‘mine at 11:30 o'clock, representatives *of the Seattle dailies prepared to take up the watch, to wait the outcome of the search below for the two men who had not been accounted for in *the disaster that had overtaken the men in chutes 29 and 20, 11th level euth, the night before. One had| been brought to the surface dead. | “Perhaps you would like to see! | Just what happens when the men or-| ganize the ves into volunteer res. | ene parties,” suggested Nat ~Moore,| ;¥ice president of the Pacific Coast} Coal company. j The newspapermen agreed they | would. So the trip was arranged for. | After lunch they were outfitted with | dveralls, jumpers, miners’ caps and ectric lights. Then began the long trip down the -5,500-foot slope. In the front (far rode Daye Botting, manager of the mines. He carried a flash, which he played about the walls sand track ag the train rolled down. ‘Extreme caution was necessary. Many of the men had never before sbeen inside a mine. The roof of the slope was low. A slight ra - ing of the head might mean instant th. } The first plunge into darkness was a sho Gradually one’s eyes became ustomed to the change jand with the aid of the roof lights and the glim from the miner’s light vach man wore, one was. able to| see about. The air was damp and chilly.| -3ome had expected to experience am inferno as the lower depths Were reached. But, arriving at the, Uth level, where the cave-in had occurred, the men were surprised | fo feel a strong current of cool,| fresh air pumped in from sbove. } Then began the tramp thru the} ‘Mth level tunnel, 1,800 feet to the Seene of the rescue work. Water) fan in small streams; reporters, Wearing street shoes, slopped thru. | J’ Who cared for wet feet? Nobody. Warnings about this, that and a thousand things, it seemed, were | founded continuously by Mr. Bot-| | ting, Vice President Moore, Jack ’ Parker, deputy state mine inspector, Engineer Ray Smith and other Mamiliar with the works. Ther Were live wires to guard against, | Projecting chutes to dodge and, as} “the party progressed, new timbers| 0 climb over. 4 A group of silent men stood by} /While the party passed. They were “Members of the rescue party. | “Weill, boys, he's up in there Somewhere,” sald Supt. Gallagher. | "That's where the men are digging for him.” 4 Just then a relief party prepared ‘to enter the chute, And down from ‘the manway climbed a group of; /Men, stripped to the waist. The | ®Weat rolled from their bodies, They Were weak from exhaustion. They breathed hard, + “We heard him,” said one, “The | fon of a gun is game, too.” + We listened, A faint tapping ould be heard. All about lay tim- hers, fallen rock and coal, mute eyi- _ dence of what had happened in that Apot when the big. “bump” oc- red, “You men are im danger of an- One Saved; Two Killed | lor “bump” occurred Monday night Upper left, Dave Hughes, assistant foreman of Black:| Diamond mine, who refused to quit work until the body of | Robert Doucette was recovered. Next at the top is Chief Deputy Coroner Frank Koepfli, togged in miner's uniform, just before he entered the mine to visit the scene of tht ac- cident. Structure shows the mine tipple and the slope house, or mouth of the mine. The coal cars are hauled up the tipple. by an 800-horsepower electric motor. “Man” cars are also hauled by the same power plant and cable. In the bottom row is shwon Mrs. Robert Doucette, shortly| after the recovery of her husband's body from the cave-in area. Next is Mrs. Manley Cooney, grief-stricken, before word had reached her of her husband's rescue, Jack Parker, | deputy state mine inspector (bottom right), worked all night with the rescue party. He has survived many similar accidents in his 85 years’ experience as a. mine worker. } | | in Black Diamond Mine Recover Body Last Victim Wednesday; | Survivor Feels Fine | Black Diamond | | Mining Camp BY JOHN W, NELSON | Manley Cooney, 35, rescued from Ed Louttit, a miner; Ben Davis, a} the 5,500-foot level of the Black {fire boss, and Al simmons miner, | Diamond mine late Tuesday, was|all of whom were working on the completely recovered from his haz-|11th level, where the “bump” oc- lardous experience of being Wburied|curred, escaped, tho tons of rock alive, 1,285 fect below sea level|and coal fell around them. Wednesday, according to A. L. Roo from Black Diamond. mon, was 1,600 feet away when the ‘At 4 a. m. Wednesday the crush-jaccident occurred. The ed body of O. C. Wise, known | forced down the gangway with such t it carried shavings and Vils recovered from fe as Jack Wilson, was of coal with it, Roosevelt velt, an inside motor- reports | alr was particl |the mine by members of the rescue | eaiq, party that had driven thru the rock| The accident occurred at 9:20 and coal continuously since tho fall|P. ™. Monday, Deputy State Mine |Inspector Jack Parker; Dave Bot- |ting, mana cific Coast ¢ mining engin was recovered by; ™mond mine; he. rescue party| foreman, and Dave Hughes, assist. jant mine foreman, took pérsonal at 11 a, m. Tues-| charge of the rescie work and and has! r of mines for the F Ray Smith, chief r for the Black Dj Jack Gallagher, mine day, guided the dig- een taken in| gers driving tun- sharge by the) @ncls thru the fall- widow. The body; of Wise was be-| en rock and coal towards the bod. ing held at Black] ies Namond pending} Bros nested eceipt of word)? 4 ma 8 to its disposal) ee ae anyone rom Mrs. Wi ae aye caine ho with the| 11 a. m. Tues- iii, pipie’s woh « Ii} iy when signals ; non, 1s residing in| 7 mfrom~ the en Botting — portiand, Ore. | tombed Cooney 4 ee | were heard. ‘The | Five others narrowly escaped | rescue work pro- jdeath In the accident. Two of | “#7” gressed with the them, George Rogogin and Willlam Moore miners — working Bleht, tlinber’ packers, were alightiy In crews of three for 30-minute injured in the “bump.” Rogogin's|" mq mine, the deepest on the skin was plerced by small particles | American continent, was shut down | of coal driven with terrific force by | when the accident occurred, and all the air concussion, Biehl was) efforts directed to rescuing the bod knocked down a coal chute, @ di#-|{e9 of the entombed men. It will tance of 16 feet, and sustained a| resume operations Thursday, N, H. bruised side, Both were treated in| stoore, vice president and general the company’s hospltal at Black Dit-| manager of the. concern, said mond by Dr. J. I. Rains, company |~weanesday, Moore was at the mine physician, all day Tuesday supervising rescue efforts, Funeral services for the two vic. tims are pending, It ix probable that a double funeral will be held, but arrangements have been 4 layed until word from Mra. Wise can be received, it was announced Wednesday, She is in Oregon, other cave-In, aren't you?” was asked. “Maybe, but we're a-goin’ to got Manley Cooney out and to hell with everything else!” he replied, The newspaper men filed out; they had learned their lesson, one 'T WAS ao holiday at Black Dia mond Tuesd Not a ton of s hauled to the surface by | the h electric holuting engines Not a pick was driven for profit, | ind men stood {dly about { coal ¥ | But what a holiday! Down in the depths of the earth three men were buried by earth tremor. One was known to be alive, The other| two were thought to be dead, only! lminers and mine officials don't} think when accidents occur, ‘They | Jact. . | | All. was quiet and orderly, but sub- | laued, above ground. ‘The normal | activity of a coal camp had halted. | an But 5,600 feet down crews of men | ere driving their puny picks -lagainst a barrier of coal and rock | shind which continuously could be heard “rap, rap, rap,” the miners' | distress signal. | | ‘The day broke fair Tuesday with | /a slight haze in the alr from near by forest fires. A lazy crow flapped |his way over a Jumble of wooden |whacks and the engine house at the | |mouth of the mine. | Youths loitered and smoked clgar- ets outside the safety zone near the Jgaping tunnel mouth, Down below, 1,285 fect below the | level of Puget Sound, men sweated | as they worked, and breathed heay lily, but seldom spoke. “{ hear him—listen!" said Parker, state mine inspector. Tack | Tap, ap—tap, came the signal from the | entombed man, “It's. Wise or Cooney.” A new crew crawled into the chute’s mouth and replaced the res- cuers, who emerged limp and hag: gard. ‘The digging continued, while above and around them the “root” of rock |snapped and cracked ominously, owe Is THE town of Black Diamond, nome half mile from the mine, } another scene was enacted. Mrs. King a “teacup” prophet, was talk- ing. “Manley Cooney 1s not dead,” sho sald, ‘The cup says so, He'll como out allye.’" Impressed women and doubting girls listened, Mrs. Cooney, soon to become a mother, wiped the tears from her dark eyes. 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