Garland Globe | 1907-10-12 | Page 5 | Miner's Hard Fate

1 Miner's Hard Fate. A Welsh colliery fireman named Evan Howells died recently ns tho result re-sult of terrible Injuries ho hnd sustained sus-tained In a fire in tho Hhonddn valloy. Whllo tho men woro working nt tho pit bottom tho pit "knocker's" clanging clang-ing gave warning thnt something was wrong. Howells wont up in the cngo to seo what was tho matter, and near tho top of tho shaft ho found a lire had broken out. Tho cago was drawn up into tho middle of tho llamcs, and Just as tho man arrived In tho heart of tho tiro tho "knocker" wlro broko, and tho signal to stop tho cago was given automatically. Tho shrloks of the man in tho cngo drew tho attention atten-tion of those on tho bank, and by tho time tho cngo hnd been drawn to tho top, Howell's clothes had all boon burned upon him. It Is stated that tho guide ropoB woro whlto with heat, nnd ns soon ns tho fan was stopped to pro-vent pro-vent tho flro getting Into tho pit n ball of Uamo roso from tho shaft, shot up by tho air presBuro.