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Show I RESCUED FROM AWFUL DEATH. Plumber Caught In Avalanche of Sane While at Work. Now York. After fighting ngalnst dentb for moro than twenty-two hours Jeremiah Fisher, n plumber, was res cued nllvo on Thursday from a san pit nt Tompklnsvlllo, Stnten Island In which ho hnd been Imprisoned since Wcdnofldny forenoon. Fisher It In n pltlnblo cortdlton from cxhnus ton nnd may not survive Fisher wns working In an exenva tlon when n passing strcot car loosened loos-ened tho ground nnd sent down nn avnlnucho of sand upon him. The Band elftcd In nround his logs, holding hold-ing him ns In n vlso, nnd gradually Tlslng until only his bend was vlslblo For hours a largo forco of rcscuera worked with frantic hasto In nn effort to savo tho Imprisoned mnn, but tho shifting Band surged bnck nnd ro-mowod ro-mowod Its grip upon tho prisoner nl-Imost nl-Imost as fast ns they could remove IL l . |