The Davenport gazette., 1851-07-03
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE

remarkable escapes probably on raco,l ~ '0's
is almost miraculous: y h
The children Of MIR. Georgo uo,
citizen Of Scott county, were ,l."h' !
gether 10 field, aud near the mo,n us %
fa,homless sink hole. In their gamIa, anu Of
Of them, boy about eight or ten va. ,s'0ie
age, pushed his little brother abos, ssa's q
years old, headlong over the cd,e ana a' !, lou
into the deep dark pit below. + ~"a "1u0'a
time after the child was missed hac - soias
certain information could be dr,wal 'eany !
the others as TO what had become af li Ii'a
aud it was only by threats of sevo'. - a'ai
ishment that finally oyercame ,be. pun
and extorled from tho boy who i, sai' ~
deed confession Of what had hnnn.s.I' a 'ls
An effort was made immedia,alp r'4sa'
certain the situation OF the i'm. ~ ~"
and afford him relief if he was no, LUCY 'sao.
its power. Ropes were tied .oge,b. us,M
a stone attached to each end '' s'a
attempt was made 10 fa,hom i,s de,'h" Ius 40
meath, bu, more than sixty feel FS' Il .a ue'
were employed IN vain; no bottom eenIl 1i
he reached. A lighted candle Va. d 'I.'u ,haa
let down but its light gave no honefI 's 'asa
cation, except tha, the pi, was fres m r.a .u.
choke damp impure air, as far down :. ',I. ,s
candle descended. Night came on ,n5 '.s ~
further efforts had to he for the time OH ah'n ~
doned '0'u'
On the next day further lr;,Is 49,.
made of The depth Of The pit. but ui,h 'e y
better success. In despair the frantic i" !. -
rents were about 10 give up all homes of
recovering or relieving Their little nnrcon,
and preparations were being made e. clo
sing the mouth Of The pil, 10 preye,, IL,
occurrence in the future, when i, was sau
cesled and agreed apon that another and !.
tinal effort should be made by letting d0un
some individual by ropes 10 examine H.
nature oi tho abyss and ascertain if bere
WAS any encouragement for further etIo,,
to be found below. A brother of the ios
child undertook the fearful task, Co,}
were fastened around his waist and limb.
and one to his wrist, by which be mipb,
indicate 10 those above his wishes enberta
descend or be drawn up.
lie was swung of, aud slowly loweiej,
until having gone the depth Of dlty feet,
he looked below him, aud there shops
through the thick darkness two elisteurs
eyes, intent'y looking upward In saot,
er moment he was standing on shell q
angle 10 the shaft, with the child clasptd
q his bosom. lie fastened the little fellow
securely 10 his own body, aud bidding hin
AXE The rope firmly ia bis haads, The .g
ual was given 10 draw up. The chi!
hung convulsivels to the rope, and 10
lew moments, they arose within view d
he hundred anxious spectators, who AZ
>embled to witness The result; aud when
the first glimpse of the lit,le fellow airs
caught their eager gaze, screams sni
shouts Of joy from the excited multitude
filed The air, and big tears Of sympslhy
started from the eyes Of every beholder.
After the first psroXysms Of delight had
subsidized. the child WAS examined 10 see i
f, had sustained any injury, and eztraOi'
binary 10 tel, with the exception Of H.
Tie bruise on the back OF the head. j, was
perfectly sound aud unhar,. The only
complaint i made was that il was hungry
being nearly 81 hours under the ground
To inquiries made Of il, j, replied that i
saw a light and heard il thunder. From
the nature Of the pit, i; appeared that iht
little fellow had fallen perpendicular dis
tance Of 40 feet, upon slope or bend il
the shaft. aud from tia; place had slide
down 90 feet further 10 he spot where h
was found, leaning against sor, Q! plla
or wall, and gazing upward. How he es
capped instant destruction is beyond oil ac
count.
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