Show MINER HAS NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEA DEATH EUREKA Aug 26 D. 26 D. 6 D. D M. M Hall a miner employed ed at the Yankee Consolidated Consolidated Consol Consol- Consoli Consoli- dat dated d property came very ver- vernear near to losing his Ills life at that mine early carly y yesterday He had l lighted the fuse on the powder r rIn In on one of ot a round of ot holes ho was s preparing preparing preparing pre pre- paring to fire fre and while he was spitting one of the other fuses a terrific ter ten rifle explosion occurred Hall hail was thrown with wih great reat violence against again t th the side of the drift though fortunately he did not lose consciousness and mana managed ed to crawl out of the cang danger r zone before the eX explosion I of f the remainder al of th holes O t The flesh rs was torn from his s arm n and legs and he was s bruised and shaken up generally Hall Hal was al found thirty five feet from the face of the drift by Wiliiam William Wil Wil- J liam lam Underwood a skinner who at once summoned medical aid ald It is supposed supposed sup sup- posed that tho the injured man was delayed In some manner while pitting his fuses and did not realize that the powder pow pow- den der he hE had already Ignited was so IO near to going off Had he not had presence of mind enough to crawl awa away from the face of the tile drift he would have been literally literally lit lit- lt- lt blown blow to pieces by tho the succeeding blasts blats |