MANY HOURS' AGONY.
| QUARRY WORKER'S FATE. DOCTOR ARRIVES TOO LATE. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1. At Louisville, Kentucky, Floyd Collins, aged 35 years, was caught by a i cave-in 300 ft. from the surface of a granite quarry, and one leg was firmly held by the rocks. Rescuers squirmed their way in, feeding him with sandwiches and coffee. At noon, after ho had suffered this torture for 70 hours, he begged his friends to tie a rope round his shoulders and drag him out by force, unmindful of j whether his leg was pulled off. ] Collins' brothers finally offered £IOO j reward if any surgeon would crawl in j and amputate the leg. Finally a doctor was obtained, and ilo vered 80ft. in a basket. He squirmed j on his stomach to where Collins' head | emerged from the constantly falling ; gravel. He was too far gone, however, ■ and perished while the doctor was work ■ | ing over him.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18940, 11 February 1925, Page 9
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