Show miraculous ESCAPE A man falls hie distance of forty eight feet and I uninjured wa have to record one of the most providential escapes from death ever known on tuesday morning as brother hugh mckay of williard city was engaged in doing mason work at the top of the southwest cor ner of tho temple lo 10 had occasion to step backward on the scaffolding As he did his foot slipped through small aperture between alie platform and rock work and he was precipitated between the outer wall and tho central pillar at the corner in an instant his effort to clutch whatever was within reach ho was whirling downward to what seemed a horrible death iio aavo himself up as lost believing as he eang that every body would be broken he struck on a bed of loose rocks forty eight teel below accompanied by a stone weighing about fifteen pounds which he biad carried with him from the top almost immediately he rose to his feet and walked out passing about half way around the building without assistance then bo became faint and was carried into tho sleeping rooms doctor ormsby was speedily called and after having made an examination found that two ribs on the right side slightly cracked and the ends of tho fingers were slightly lacerated internal injuries of a dangerous character were at first feared but probably without the fall must have been unbroken as there was nothing the walls in a straight line which could have his progress within two feet of the bottom the dounda aioo both of tho outer wall and the circular pillar extend inward about eighteen inches leaving the space into which he fell about three feet in width it is probable that ho alighted on his feet and was thrown by the shock upon ono of the projections thereby causing tho injury to his ribs had his head struck the wall in all human probability instant death would have been too result and how he escaped being dashed to pieces except through tho direct interposition of providence is unaccountable iia converses freely feels cuite comfortable and the physician thinks will very soon entirely recover no blame can be attached to any one because of tho scaffolds being left open as this was necessary in order that somo work might bo done in one of the windows logon latr |