Show harold beck has narrow escape at about 8 0 clock last monday morning harold beck met with a very painful accident while being lowered to ered into tie may day mi amne ie a freshly sharpened pick which he was carrying being d iven almost entirely through the fleshy part of his thigh the accident happened just above the 50 level where byck beck allowed the pick to he khe t hers of the shaft aa as the biage cage mas as rapidly a idly descending and it is little itt tie ho of a miracle that he escaped with 19 life four oth other er miners L E ross cole william NN ells elis and T A christensen were upon the cage with him at the time of the accident all felt the jar to the cage aa as the pick went into I 1 I 1 the shaft timbers and in reply to a question from one of the men beck answered that the pick had bad struck him then after gai giving ing the engineer the signal to atop stop be he dropped to the bottom of the cage uncut scions I 1 upon being removed to the surf surface ace he was attended by the I 1 physician dr hensel she fhe point of the pick missed the bone and the main artery and while the injury was a very painful one reco recovery verv should be rapid |