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Show A STRANGE ACC'DNT. Vaouc.1 CitrlNinle rl,l In a llrowrry VnI. sometimes happens that men whoso work It Is to clean oat browcry ats aro overcome, by carbine acid Ono such case, which resu ted fatally, occurred In tho town of Ithymney, Kn gland, awhllo ago Tho man was 23 years old Tho tat was 8 feet deep and C feet In diameter having a man holo IS Inches square Tho vat wai of an almost obsolete pattern, th modern ono being laro and shallow It was used for s oilug bcor prior tc ' rne1ng " Tha ber had bean drawn off, nai ing a sediment or 'slummsga' of n few Inches In depth nt tho bottom Tha vat 'was then flushed with watet and the cover put on tho niantiolt sometime In tho afternoon It la salJ by tho man himself The object ol covering up tho tat was Id facllltali tho subsequent cleaning, as othcrwlst tho sides beca'mo dry After rcmovlna tho color and allowing tho hoso to run Into tho vat for ten mlnutos tho man entered tho vat with a lighted candlt In his hnnd About twenty minutes oi twculy-flvo minutes later a cellnrman, wishing to borrow the mop, called out to him, and, receiving no answer, went up to look for him, when ha saw him lying on tho bottom of tho nt face downward, with tha laddor, which had fallen on Its side resting up against his body Tho candle was subsequently subse-quently found on tho bottom This Is an Important fact, as It Indicate! that tho man wns otercomo beforo oi shortly after .10 had reached tho bat torn tho custom bolng to stick thi candlestick Into tho sldo of ths vat, s splko being attached to It for that pur poso Having called for help and procured pro-cured nnothor laddor from an adjacent adja-cent office tho cellarman descended the ladder, folk wed by nnother man They hitched a ropo around tho arm, and with tho aid of some others got him out of the vat In about tlireo minutes, when a doctor was called and arrived within a quarter of an hour. |