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Show WAS SLOWLY' ni'KILD ALIVlf inn rv; "iim r a iitm . rIIIII.I K. UIIIIKIIIII. vs.. Male own lr " Whtea t, lleee.1 l file ap Anxiart lllm While rvleaila Wre fr:n.leav.rleg te wn lllm. William Cummlng. aged ?7 yean waa aulomhrd In a cave-In In lha Y4 keeilloodle ahafl naar Uadvilleal It 4' Tueaday morning. Al midnight it. had not Wen rescued and there ll no bope of getting him mil alive, lit burled too feet below tha anrfaae IU waa married last Chrialmaa. Cummlng waa working In an npraia and cut Intoan old elne. Tha Willi of the atope began crumbling and falling fall-ing about hlin Five men were working work-ing III the uprise below lilm aud the were forced back by the fall of dirt and ruck The rock began pillii uf on the Inlge and atnlla on n hlch Coming Co-ming atood Those working wltk I,, a were able to see hlin and talk to he until the rock reached bla waial, m waa held down by the weight of tba material, which seemed not to pita ay any higher on his Ixtdy but lo i past him. closing up lite enlrseec. tha uprise. The men worked henaoslly In an endeavor lo ahovel away lae waste aa II fell, lint dirt of the ileye continued crumbling faster I haa lha waste could tie removed. Ciiaitnteg talked lo ihe men uulll ha waa l isUy cut off by Ihe dosing of the eniraire lo the uprise He kept repaanagr "lloya. I m a goner." and "It'a no , bova." Hr sen-, lender far wrtll. lull meaaages lo Ills wife |