Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-10 | Page 5 | Woman Hangs over a Yawning Chasm

Woman Hangs Over a Yawning Cfiasm Saves Herself From Death by Clinging Cling-ing to Trco Roots Until Rescued. MORRISTOWN. July 9. Mra. Charlotte Jacobs of Luxemburg went to tho well In the rear of her homo to draw a bucket of water loot night nnd in returning along tho path felt the ground suddenly sinking sink-ing beneath her. In an Instant she found herself dropping Into a great chasm. By luok or by accident she etimo In contact with tho roots of a big maple which stood beside tho path and clung to thora whllo Iho earth dropped away beneath her feet. Scrambling up aho managed to got her foot in among tho roots and for ovor an hour hung there screaming and calling for help, ondoavorlng to make somo ono hoar. It was not until aftor 9 o'clock that hor cries wore heard and then Jerry Langdon and John Date, who were passing along tho road, went to her reucuo. Sho wao ten foot from tho surface of the ground, but by hard work they managed to got her up. 8he hud no moro thnn reached the ourfaco whoa sho fainted, and nho has been In a soml-hyoterlc state over alnco. On examination this morning It waB discovered dis-covered that the ground had sunk Into an old mlno shaft nnd thnt for hours Mrs. Jacobs had hung abovo a hole moro than COO feet deep. ,