Show A timely rescue ida march 29 20 being covered to the shoulders with earth and rock from the collapsing sides of i a well and held captive a 27 feet below the surface of the earth cirth with one leg wedged to the side of the will wall hy by a huge boulder rendering him unable to assist himself in the least is the experience through which bishop C A 31 crIley of blackfoot parsed yesterday bishop merkley was in the bottom of an a well ell at his home monday afternoon cleaning it out when the walls of the well near the top caved in covering him to the armpits with the fist fall of the earth and rocks came the large boulder which pinned ins his leg to the wall assistance Assi was summoned and arid the work of digging asay an ay the earth from around him was started the rescuers had bad removed the dirt and arid rock freeing his body aa as far down as the hips at midnight monday night when a second cavern occur ed and again nearly dearly all of his body was caught three times between midnight and 6 in the morning the men working to dig the bishop out were discouraged by the caving in of the wells n ells sides just as their labors were nearing completion and it became necessary to abandon this method of rescue A second diwell well was started tuesday morning at tho the side of the old well nell and opening was nas made between the two and the rescue effected in this manner no bones were n ere broken but bishop Merk leys left leg was badly bruised and arid lace lacerated by falling stones and his body was nas considerable considerably bruised |