MANY HOURS 1 AGONY
QUARRY WORKER’S FATE. SAN FRANCISCO, February 1. At Louisville, Kentucky, Floyd Collins, aged 35 years, was caught by a cave-m 500 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 he had suffered this torture for 70 hours, he begged his friends to tie a rope round his shouldets and drag him out by force, unmindful of whether his leg was pulled off. Collins’ brothers finally offered £IOO reward if any surgeon would crawl in and amputate the leg. Finally a doctor was obtained, and lowered EOft in a basket. He squirmed on his stomach to where Collins’ head emerged from the constantly falling gravel. He was too far gone, however, and perished while tho doctor was working over him.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19407, 17 February 1925, Page 8
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