Salt Lake Herald | 1908-05-09 | Page 10 | Miner's Marvelous Escape

MINERS MARVELOUS ESCAPE Buried for Over Six Si Hours Hour Under Tinder Mass of Ore Is Rescued Practically Pre Practically Uninjured Special to The Herald Bingham May S To be burled for over sIx alx hours under a huge hue mass mas of ore and to be rescued and sustain no Injuries other than a few fe minor bruises was the thc experience experience experience ence of Andrew Forsness who Is em employed employed as machine man at the Utah Cop Copper Copper Copper per mine Early Eary thIs thia morning Forsness was sent by b the shift boss to put up a machine in an upraise off a drift from the main tunnel of the mine mIne He was at work worl doing this when without a word of warn warning warning ing lie he was entombed under a mass of ore Of which came from tho the level above A rescuing party was immediately put to work by Superintendent J D Schilling The rescuers knew just where the man Tle was aas by means of tapping and in that way found that he was alive alve At 33 this afternoon just six hours 11 our after the accident had happened the rescuers who had been working tirelessly succeeded in getting a hole through and rescued the theman theman theman man The company physician who was wa in attendance found after an examina examination tion that there was wal no bones broken Out Outside OutsIde Outside side ton of a few bruises on the body bod the miner was uninjured Forsness Fosness is a and is consid considered consIdered ered to be one of the best miners In Inthe Inthe inthe the camp His many friends are tonight congratulating him on his miraculous es escape escape escape cape