Show A hair raising experience illiam working at tie minola had a miraculous escape from death first of the week lie and hi partner bad pit a number 0 boles in the bottom of the halt got into the bucket and signalled signal led tor the top clif ilane who was running the engine at once mien about thirty e bell rope knocked the victim 8 bat off and in trying to latch it he let 0 o of the rope and fell back wara out of tl e bucket to the bottom luckily he alighted on his hands and knees and was not stunned or hurt to any extent but the hissing of the burn ing fuse cent a chill jp his pine that as de cidely uncomfortable fortunately however the engineer at once detected I 1 the lightening of his load and concluding at once tint ing 1 ad happened lowered tie bucket again and that 11 all that eat ed the man waiting acx bously at tl e bottom whose hair was pe edily elevating aa ie the deadly alree the heavily charged holes it may readily eur that he lost no time in climbing back in the bucket and vigorously giving the signal to hoist mr davne let the bucket come up at t e liveliest rate possible andja tin time tuo for just as it emerged at the shaft collar the ehlts went off in rapid succession the miner was only slightly bruised but it wai leveral das before his hair would comb decently ue Is now back at ork |