Then, with victory in their grasp, another tantalizing setback came for the rescuers. Directly ahead of them was a cribwork of wood and twisted steel—the result of a collapse in the old mine structure. They dared not slash through it for fear of further cave-ins, And so they must needs burrow slowly and carefully through: the few feet of rock and earth that On April'18 the diamond drill penetrated to the cavern where the anon were trapped. Dr. Roberton explained after his rescue that they had not heard the drilling at all; they dd, however, see the flare that was dropped' through the newly-formed hole to attract their attention, and fled from It thinking that some would allow them to get around the obstacle, "The day passed, and the early hours of the night dragged on; then, shortly before midnight Dr. Robertson called up the flimsy telephone line, "The men are here." Those at the spithead saw the equipment coming. out; Dr. F, R. Davis, Minister of
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