Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1914 — FIFTY MINERS ARE RESCUED [ARTICLE]

FIFTY MINERS ARE RESCUED

Telephone Directs Men Near Death in Missouri Shaft How to Escape. Joplin, Mo., Oct. 2. —Fifty men narrowly escaped being entombed when the workings of the American mine caved In. About ten acres of ground caved in, carrying with it the powder magazine, oil hoist, sludge mill and a residence. The 60 men were working 250 feet under the surface Newton Kelthley, foreman, nsing a telephone to the surface, advised the rescuing party as to the location of the men. All were directed to go to shaft No. 7to get out. Flight were seriously injured.