Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-13
rhree DAYS of Terror.

>yi,o,, N,n,ire. the man who was re-
I'll, rescued from an old shaft near VIZ
ginia CITY, Nevada, into when nc h,'u saI l"
len. had been thoroughly wasiieui, No. ses.
in clean clothes, and placed on coii,oi
able bed. he seemed perfectly happy. Al''
he had been fed on beef tea ana SNe"
proper amount of whisky, he was aD'e ~
converse quite freely and comiortaDiy, anu
oave DIR. Kirby a full account oi now nc
came 10 fall into the shaft, and his ieeiinSa
while living there alone so long IN the uarh
and horrible hole. He had been worhihS
at the New York bakery, South stlee''
and saws that in company with MI: Ahii-
me,man also of the bakery named, he was
about town drinking, and got pretty 'iuil-
About four O'Clock in the morning, Hliii
norman left to go home, but he conciuueu
not TO 20 with him. He Thought that as ile
had been drinking rather too much, walk
would do hIm good-that he would VAIN
off the effects of what he had been drilAinS
before going to bed Besides he considered
that as il was Sunday, and he had no WORK
tn do there was no need of his being IN
hurry either about going to bed or getting
nm He started out on the Geiger grade,
and finally coming to the tunnel, which Is
nearly a mile north of town, he entered u,
and for so doing gives a very SATISFACTORY
reason. II was now daylight, ana as t,ie
mouth of the tunnel faced To the east ne
went i'm a long distance before coming 10
where it was quite dark lie had no
thought of there being shaft In the noor
of the tunnel until he found himself at the
lhottom of il. He was somewhat stunned
bv his fall of about siXty-five feet, Dut
thinks he retained his senses. The first DIS
covery he made was that he had no use oil
his les, and was convinced that both were
tbroken. His hands and arms were all night,
however, and he began to feel about. There
was some mud in the bottom of the Wine,
hut no water. Feeling about, he found
some pieces of boards, which he placed
under his head as Il sort Of pillow. lie
. then felt quite content Tor time, as he tOio
the doctor.
.But after YOU became thoroughly sobei
how did Won feel !r asked the doctor.
, Il did not feel 50 well, said Mcguire
) 81 thought about what mischance it Wa
: that brought me out to the tunnel and int
the Wine, and concluded that It was mo-
( at all likely that any one would come IN
to the tunnel while | was alive. though
A | must lie there and die, no one having tn
S least suspicion of my being in such a ter
: rible situation.
presently began to be tortured witt
: thirst. felt that could have one bi:
c drink of water would willingly die. l
was worse than all my hurts. My thirs
finally became SO terrible that took VI
handfuls of mud and chewed it for its cool
: ness and the little moisture that was In II.
5 He says that he slept at times, but oni.
: short maps. He did good deal OF shout
J. ing at first, but afterward only OCCASIONAL,
and in fits of despair-when it seemed GOO
Z to hear the sound of his own voice-tOr
seemed useless to try and make any on
hear He had no idea how long he was 1
the winze, but it sometimes seemed that h
had always been there. When he hear
: the echoing steps of the two men in tn
{ tunnel and caught the sound OF their voice
he felt that his last chance for life was
= make himself heard. He cleared his mout
= of the mud he was holding in it and shou'
u sd with all his strength