Killed - 10 8 9 Pursglove No. Killed - Acmar No. Killed - 10 24 Old Ben No. Killed - 18 25 Gates No. Killed - 11 31 1 2.
The mine was flooded by the nearby caving of an old shaft. The rising water had compressed the air which sustained him in the small chamber he occupied. After his rescue, he complained of hunger, but otherwise he was quite well. O'Brien, a foreman, had been lost in the mine and without food for 52 hours.
His light had gone out and he wandered off in an old heading. It was speculated that he might become insane from his experience. None were injured by the fall of ground, but all suffered greatly from thirst and hunger as no drinking could be obtained and they had nothing to eat.
Thousands of people were at the mouth of the shaft when the imprisoned men were hoisted to the surface. When the men heard the crash of timbers, they managed to escape to a dry drift on the first level, and after the fall had ceased started to dig their way out.
They had drifted twenty-feet when the rescuing party burst through from their side, and were about exhausted when reached. The drifting by the entombed made their rescue several hours-earlier than had been expected.
