Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1918 — 14 MINERS TRAPPED IN SHAFT [ARTICLE]

14 MINERS TRAPPED IN SHAFT

Only Three Men Escape From Surface Cdve-ln at Crystal Falls, Mich. Crystal Falls, Mich., Feb. 22 Fourteen men were caught in a surface cave-in at the Amasa Porter mine here, and up to a late*hour the rescuers had succeeded in reaching only three of them. There is hope that the remainder of the entombed men will be brought up, but as the ho.irs pass, and the workers are met by fresh masses of falling earth and rock, the hope dwindles.