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Show THOUGHT HE WAS KILLED. Small Accident Nearly Scares Workman Work-man to Death. A workman In a big building company's com-pany's yards nearly died of fright a fow days ago. Tho foroman heard a yell and much commotion among n j lot of carpenters In tho yard and i rusln.J to tho scene. He found ono of tho men on tho ground with a two-inch two-inch bit apparently sticking through his side, white as n ghost, and practically prac-tically out of his mind. His follow-workmen follow-workmen had sent for nn nmbulanco and wore about as badly frlghtenod nn ho. Tho foreman took out his knifo and silt tho man's jumper and shirt down tho back. The bit camo I away with tho shirt, tightly rolled up j In It, and tho man was absolutely un-scratched. un-scratched. It appeared that ho had been Btnndlng against an unfinished caisson In which two-Inch holes wcro being borod. Tho bit was run by compressed air, and when It camo through the planking was very hot. It wa3 tho heat from tho bit which mado tho workman think it was In his body. Now York Post. |