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Show mis HOHT for urn. Klmiclf. nr n Man Mini Met nllli mi e rllral In Ihe 1,1 r.....tl.l. I'rom the heart of the Adirondack wilderness comes the following pathetic pathet-ic storj or a woodsman's heroic strug gle for life, arter meeting with a terrible terri-ble accident The accident occurred on the shores or Lake Massswtple, In th'i town or Plercefleld. A lumbermin by the nume or lerry Dudy had contracted to film lull logs for the mill nt l'lerce-fleld l'lerce-fleld He occupied with his wife nnd week old bib) a solitary cabin on till shores of the like Dudy was at work some three mile In tho forest fulling spruce timber One diy last week ho had cut through n tree about two and n hilf feet In dhmcter, and In felling It, It had become lodged In romo nearby trees This Is n oommon occurrence, hut the work of dlscngiglng the tree Involves great danger, nnd Is the causa or many serious accidents Dudy pro-ceedel pro-ceedel to "butt oft" tho tree Tho crash came at an unguarded moment, nnd he was knocked down, his right leg pinned to the earth under tho grent weight Ho wis unconscious ror soma time but nricr regaining his senses hu waa not slow to rcallro the exceeding peril or the situation In which ho wav Placed Ho knew that It ho remained Inactive for nny length or tlmo h would freer' to death He could Just reach tho nx, which had fallen near him, and with his knlfo ho cut on a portion of the helve that he might ao the blado to better advantago In his reclining position. Tho night advanced, ad-vanced, tho stars appeared one by on In tho heavens, nnd still tho brave man tolled on Ofltlmea ho dropped his ai In despair llut the thought or wlti and baby at homo always caused lilra to take up his task with renewed vigor At last the tree was cut through, anil with all his remaining strength hi rolled the short tmtt from off his limb He wns free He tried to rise, but till strength was fast falling, and he sank to tho ground On examining his lc he found It to be broken In two placet and froxen stiff 1-nto tho next diy In reached tho door ot his cabin, almosl dead from exposure nnd lovs ot bloo I Ho had crawled threo miles over tin broken and almost undefined wool trail dragging behind him his crushed nnd broken limb The thought of loved ones at homo hid given him strength to accomplish tho almost herculean task. Ills wlfo rendered such aid ai was In her power, and then tramped through the deep snow a distance ol over a mile to tha nearest neighbor. Everything was done to relieve lh man until a ph)slclan could arrive from tho vllligc of Plcrcefleld, 13 miles away. Pneumonia set In Ho suffered moro than human strength could endure nnd with tho wlfo and child be-sldo be-sldo him, for the lovo of whom he had suffered so much, ho passed away. Utlca Hernld-Dlspilch |
