Show HOH ah of MUS RESCUED AFTER 22 HOURS HOUR S IM IN COLLIERY HE DIES OF SHOCK FIRST TELLS STORY OF ESCAPE exuberant with grat tude to comrades for H s release he soon sue cambs to phys cal strain and death ends his suffering freeland pa imprisoned tor for 22 hours in the angle formed by a large lock with the rib of the gangway in oakdale colliery jeddo and covered by hundreds of tons of coal and earth michael clebon the imprisoned urn berman was released at noon and brought bro ight to the surface in apparently goo shape though manifestly suffer A ing internally after telling his won darful story he died at seven clock in the evening clebon who had been one of the last men in the disturbed section of the mine to abandon his post of duty and rush tor for a place of safety was caught and imprisoned at the edge of the f tall all he was wedged in a space about eight inches high at the base of a steep incline owing to the unsettled condition of the root and the mass of material rush ing down the pitch the rescuing party was compelled to tunnel through the loose mass and to the root roof and sides after ten hours hard work the im prisoner mans man s head waa was reached fresh air and nourishment revived his exhausted strength and he bore up bravely encouraging his rescuers un til finally released 12 hours later medical attendance was given him as soon as he was taken to the gang v way ay he talked freely with his res cuers auers and profusely thanked all the practiced in attending tor for eign workmen at the mines are al at ways apprehensive of shock following in accident and not infrequently find fatal results so that every tion was taken to save clebon in being taken out to the mouth of the pit he spoke to his attendants and v after hours of unceasing effort they came upon the imprisoned man gave no indication that he was in eternally ter nally injured and the phyrl lans fans then found no evidence of such in uries juries but were well satisfied with his condition en route out he said after I 1 felt that I 1 had escaped death and that the worst of the fall had passed I 1 began to think about get tin ting 0 out alive I 1 could not move rny my body but managed to get one hand free and by feeling could understand how I 1 escaped being crushed to death after the noise of the falling and crunching of coal had stopped I 1 began to listen for some sound which would tell me the fate of some of my corn com rades my own shouts seemed to come bad against me from the wall of solid rock which pressed hard against my sides after what appeared to me to be a day at last I 1 heard the rapping from the rescuing party it was only a short time after this that the sound of voices reached my ears and I 1 was then able to tell the men how to reach me the work ot of rescue was risky I 1 knew but a al though I 1 was badly cramped up I 1 did not hurry the men it was a pretty tight fix to be in but I 1 am out thank god I 1 am more than glad that none of my comrades got caught and norb none of the rescuers v ere hurt during the work of reaching me yes I 1 will go back at the job as soon as I 1 get my legs straightened 0 it I 1 thank god from the bottom ot of my heart tor for getting me out alive hen clebon reached home he was able to greet his wife and two little children and he appeared in good spirits dr smith insisted on the he man being put to bed and absolute quiet being maintained Not withstand ing the precautions thus taken the physicians apprehension soon began to be verified at five 0 clock dr smith was again summoned and found the patient suffering from shock two hours later clebon died dr smith later stated that shock super induced by the terrible nervous strain during the hours he was im prisoner was the cause of death as he was uninjured physically |