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Show Narrow Escape From Death. (Special to The Telegram.). AMERICAN FORK. Nov, 27.-John Houston. Jr.. had a narrow escape from a frightful death -while at work In the Wyoming mine Saturday. While working en one of the higher stopes, he missed his footing and fell twenty, feet, landing on a projecting plank. He fell on his back, but was held until he could make his position po-sition more secure. He is suffering badly from severe bruises. Had he failed to land on the board he would have continued contin-ued to fall to the bottom of the shaft, fully seventy-five feet. |