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outside the grounds over night, with
standing a downpour of rain early this
morning without a sign of breaking
ranks. Equipped with horns, whistles
anti vocal powers of unusual intensity,
these rooters kept up a din that grew
in proportion as the crowd increased.
The morning’s rain dampened the
field, even if not the crowd's spirit,
liowevei*, and the combined efforts of
an intermittently shining sun and a
corps of workmen was needed to put
the infield in condition. The first and
third base paths were sticky with
intid.
Heavy clouds drifted over the park,
but growing patches of clear sky
minimized the prospect of further
rain.
A band in left field helped keep the
: spirit of tlie early arriving crowd alive,
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1 ,(M)-FOOT CRAWL
TO FIND AIR FAILS
Mine Blast Victim Dies Within
100 Feet of Goal —24 Men
Missing.
By the Associated Press.
ROOK WOOD, Term., October 5.
The almost superhuman struggle of
one miner to escape and his failure
with fresh air and safety but a hundred
feet away, was revealed today as res
cue crews penetrated deep Into the
Roane Iron Co.’s coal mine near here,
where an explosion Is believed to have
taken a toll of at least 28 lives.
Apparently crawling more than 1,-
000 feet in an effort to reach an air
hole, Clarence Stevenson fell victim to i
the deadly “after damp” a few min
utes before he would have reached
safety, members of the rescue crew
which found his body declared.
The rescue crew, which merged to
day fter several hours of exploration
of tlie Rodgers entry, where the'men
were trapped, found two other bodies
in addition to that of Steven sop.
