Show WORKMANW AS BURIED 1 Narrow Escape of John L Davis from Death 1 I SAND BANK FALLS ON HIM One of His Fellow Workmen in a Sand Pit on the North Bench at tho Head of I Street Was Covered Up to His Neck When Davis Was Disinterred by His Companions He Was Found Alive Though He Was Black in the Face It Was at First I Thought His BacK Was Broken That John L Davis Frank Mellon and Martin Foster arc alive Is a source of congratulation to their friends after the experiences of yesterday Daviss life may be said to be still in the balance bal-ance however and while It Is possible he may recover there are yet doubts In the mind of Dr Benedict who is attending at-tending him The three men were at work In then the-n 1 pit owned by the city on the north bench at the end of I street It is from this pit that the sand Ts taken for use on the new University buildings build-ings The pit has been worked for ml some time and had been made Into a I I crescent shape the ends hanging far out while the center bank also overhung over-hung and at about the height of sixteen six-teen feel The fact that the banks had a dangerous look was remarked by the father of Mellon on the day previous pre-vious but as there had never been an accident there before the young fellows fel-lows laughed at his fears He again warned them of the danger they w reIn re-In and yesterday morning at 0 oclock It was shown that his fears were well founded Without any warning the western I wing of the pit caved in this was followed fol-lowed Instantly by the east wing and then came the center Davis was caught under five feet of sand and I clay Mellon Jumped on the wheel a wagon near by and into which thesandf was being screened but Foster was not so fortunate being burled up to his nock with the dirt Mellon started to assist him but Foster insisted that he was all right and that it would be a much better Idea If he would dig out Davis As Mellen proceeded to do this Poster managed to struggle free and then the two men after about ten I minutes work succeeded In uncover ing Davis whom they at first believed to be dead Mellon says he was black I n the face and he had no hopes that ne Avon id live The patrol wagon was sent for and It i responded taking Dr Benedict along The doctor at first did not think that Davis had sustained very serious injuries I but had him removed to the Holy Cross hospital where an examination exami-nation showed that he was bruised around the shoulder and the head but when he was stripped his back looked as though it had been broken Daviss parents however insisted that the protuberance In evidence had been with him all his life A later examination showed that he was paralyzed from the waist down on the left side There did not appear to be any bones broken however He had not regained con sciousness at a late hour last night Mellen escaped with a scratch or two while Foster has some bruises but they are merely of a minor character Davis Is 21 I years of age and unmar ned He lived at 114 North Sixth West street He and Mellen have been chums since childhood I I |