Show Specialists Fight for Life of Miner Saved by Derby Hat in Foot 70 Fall DENVER Colo Cob Jan 5 Medical 5 specialists toda today prepared to fight to tos tove s save ve the life of John Fleming a Crip pIe pic Creel Creek miner who fell more than thanO 70 O feet down a mine shaft and escaped es es- es instant death because he wore a derby hatA hat A week seck ngo ago today Fleming slipped and fell into the shaft while he was preparing to explode 17 shots of dyna dyna- mite Projecting timbers timber checked his descent down the shaft hart The miner landed head first and his derby hat saved swed him from a fractured skull So terrific was the force foice of his landing landin however that his spinal column was broken Physicians believed be the hard boiled hai d boiled hat saved him from being killed outright Despite great grent pain and shock Flem Flern- Ing still conscious after the fall all as S quickly as possible crawled into adrill aside a n side drift drill Just then the dynamite exploded at the top o of the shaft and an avalanche of ot debris fell on the spot he had ad just left lell Fellow workers discovered the miner He was moved carefully to his home and medical assistance mcc sum summoned Since the accident Fleming has hns held his head in one position on only To move it the slightest might cause death Physicians who examined the miner found that only the spinal cord and md flesh connected his head with his body He was vas taken to Colorado Springs s last night and was to be brought here today for Cor special treatment treat treat- ment mont in an effort to save his life liCe |