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Show Saved From Death in Old Shaft A most remarkable escape from death was that of a young girl who was rescued the other day. from an abandoned shaft about CO feet deep, close to the Kalgoorlie (West Australia) Aus-tralia) race course. Two prospector?, j who were visiting the shaft with the , object cf commencing oncrntions. heard the faint echo of a human votre j from below, and immediate!;-" snt Tor 'he po'icc. The windlass ae men quickly erected over the r.hafr, and a man descended on a rope, finding the young woman at the bottom. Asked how she got there, she replied that when running away from some bns three da - previously she had spd to the top of the dump, and while looking J hack at them, had fallen Into the j shaft. The shaft had not l.(-n ork j ed for ten years; and the r.rosictors had visited i' for purposes of inspec tion. They did not go below as thro was an offensive od r coming froa) tbe shaft: but declden that before commencing com-mencing work net day they wvjld shovel some of tie dump Into the shaft, which ermrse thfy were abut :o pursue when the gi.l's voice van heard. We n.nst confirm, to a irt;iln er tent. Ill lb- c.invi-ii! ifjl-H ' it : "3 Of ctt fifty. I.-.T ihi-v ate the ni.. rnll of a vari. .. nil) U-t.j r. ,-e r A A lie. g ' j |