Show narrow escapes from being buried alive have been remarkably frequent of late john stephens an old man who lived at nanticoke pa has had a remarkable experience on saturday he was found a apparently par bohn dead in the house bouse of john alexander the physicians stated that he was dead the body was put in a rough coffin and placed in an outhouse until next borni morning when the coffin was placed in ina a wagon and was carried off forthe for the poorhouse Door bouse where interment was to re be made the wagon had not gorte gone far when the driver was startled by hearing groans from the coffin and the noise of someone struggling he halted the wagon wrenched open the box and found stephens alive and perfectly conscious he says he was conscious most of the time and remembers being placed in the coffin and carried to the outhouse but not about lying in the outhouse for thirty six hours he says he suffered terribly from fear of being buried alive |