Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1913 — Wandered Thirty Hours in Mine. [ARTICLE]

Wandered Thirty Hours in Mine.

Wandering for 30 hours in a coh liery near Cardiff, Wales, an eTderly miner named William Davies wat found the other day by a rescue party safe but greatly exhausted, in a part of the disused workings two miles away from the spot where he had been last -seen by his son. Davies told an interesting story of how he missed his teay and got into a disused working place. "My light went out,” he said, “and I was left in darkness and in Ignorance of my where aboutß. Most of th£ time I laj stretched out on the ground listening for any sound of my comrades coming to look for me. I was hungry and thirsty. As the hours passed the hunger seemed to grow less, but the craving for something to drink was terrible. I had no food of any kind with me, and no tea or water, but in my tea-can I had some moist tea leaves, and from these I sucked the moisture and kept on chewing the leaves. I had my watch with me, and by opening the glass case and feeling the hands I could pretty well guest how the time was going, but unfor* tunately I accidentally broke the hands when feeling them, and the watch became useless. Several time* I knocked on the sides pf the pit, but could get no answer. I did not shout until I saw the light carried by the men who brought me out.”