STRANGE EXPERIENCE OF A MINER.
Great Suffering and Attempted Suicide.
Buried by a Fall of Earth.
Rescued by his Sons. [United Press Association.] Sydney, This Day. A miner named JJ>.rtell had a sensational experience at Bombala, a town in the south, near the Victorian border. He was walking throngh a tunnel when tlie earth collapsed, and completely buried him Fortunately, a crack jn the earth admitted air, and he nonaged with a pooket knifo to olear tbe dirt froni his month to allow him to breathe, He was penned in tbis position for 26 hours, and his sufferings were so great that he 1 several times unsuccessfully attempted to
ent bis throat with his pocketkn'fe.^'HK.Y/ two sons, who: were searching for' tlieir, .":•;*. father, walked on to'the heap,- of enrbb.YY and he manned to attract tbeir Attention.' .;; Having obtained tissu-tinco the man -was' .' • rescued from hia perilous pbsition.and is now recovering.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 49, 27 February 1896, Page 2
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150STRANGE EXPERIENCE OF A MINER. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 49, 27 February 1896, Page 2
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