Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1895 — Saved Forty-Six Lives. [ARTICLE]

Saved Forty-Six Lives.

An instance of noble adherence to duty to save the lives of others was recently recorded, which is worthy a place in the school books beside John Maynard’s famous deed: Shortly after 11 o’clock the engineer, Thomas Lloyd* discovered that the engine house was on fire. He made an effort to extinguish the flames with a few buckets of water, but was unsuccessful. Lloyd was alone In the building at the time, and he remembered that there were forty-six men In the mine. Without losing any time, he ran to the telephone and gave the alarm in the mine. The footman at the bottom of tbe shaft told the miners to throw down their tools and get on the cage as quickly as possible. By this time the flames bad surrounded the engineer on all sides. He patiently awaited the signal to hoist the men to the surface. At last he got the signal and brought up the cage with lightning speed. Eighteen men were aboard. The carriage was then returned to the mine for the second load of human freight. On this trip ten men were brought up. The side of the building now collapsed, and the burning timber fell all around the brave engineer, who still held the lever. At last the remaining men got on the cage, and In a few minutes all were brought to the surface safely. The engineer was badly burned, but will recover.—Ram’s Horn. ~ mv Give people cause, and they’seldom fall to be grateful. Tbe trouble is that they so seldom hare cause.