Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-10

"iIavc you ever been buried alive?
No? Well, it isn't II plc;, a,,t .Nperi-
encc. II is ou.y by the nlcrest luck
that am able 70 tell YOU what it
feels like"
Lieutenant ---, The British avia-
ter was aIl;iue. The experience he
related was n:ir he had while he was
atjI ia the infantry.
I'VE were rather oppressed up
in the llSt liuc, and it was decided
that SOME one iuu5t carry Il message
through The s'&lunic;t,ing trenches
10 headquarters. vi the officers vol.
unt4ercl lor the So. s.r.. -Four of u
were chosen bJ Hos. lha iiociles wel,-
Smelling the Communicating trenches
with Il hcllah fire, 80 it looked like
llH@vrDGa Business The four of us
Mesp ia ta. t. Sil.otnt routes through
the trcatllcs On the cillnec that one
pi us Mu&ssd get Through; the others
we'll, good luc!. to them.
Take Different Routes.
'"rWo OF Us were 10 80 to Il certain
point, where The lmunicating
| tayucl4a5 divided in ~ There we
Nsrc TO separate, one taking the
rght-h&nl trench ard one the left.
Click N&lr!mple, Il boy from To.
runto, Wrat with ne. lie waved to
l,s - ~ separated.
~ 81, ted ol, cluuciling low in the
~ ncll. Before | had .,ui,e very far
ll!2ro %..5 q flash. Then ,iidn't know
ai.> ,airs1 Tor :. while. Dalrymple got
- head .iurtca:i; SO did enc Of the
u,her aa. Hey saw that l was
missing and thought probably i. had
sot it on the way.
"D@llymple was ordered to take a
company of men up through the trench
Though which ] bad passed for the
Fe.et % the men holding the front
,'e, Nh the WAY lie kept Il sharp eye
rG. tol ily Near Tie point where we
A2st separated he came upon u great
pile OF dirt in the trench. 1t was a
NATTER of taking bis men over the top
oG il, which would have been as dan.
Hnls rs taking them through an
open tield OF else having the mound
removed.
III set his men to work with SHOW.
els At the bottom OF the pile he came
u3440 my left foot. ] had been buried
b. :; shell that had burst just along
SIDE The trench as WAS passing
through ii. 1 had been under there for
nearly two hours. They say couldn't
have been, but l am ready to swear
Was conscious i.l0&t of the time.
III was the trnMch mat at the bot.
tom uf IA" II m"l, That saved my life
TIN trench INST is y lln,i cf boardwalk
laid along tie bottom of the trench.
With Il few inches between the mat and
Tie ground.
Thought Hc Was Blinded.
~ h9d f"Ii 81, "ac. down Oh the mat
auH ind lre8l.cl the air between the
i rlr and The water underneath.
Wnon first regained Consciousness ]
tnuaNt I was blind. I could family
hc;ir he explosion of shells, but
cpa,ln't see anything. Everything
fr;,G dark. I thought my eyes must
have been blown out.
- laT there lew minutes think
Ing what wnuld do. My idea was to
g@t UP and wander about until
,u3nvd into some one who could take
N' 10 til" hospital or call q strctchcr
begrer That WAS an excellent idea
until I tried to put it into execution.
/ tried to rise. but found I was pinned
down. Thcn realized what had hap.
poncd. was buried alive! began
recalling tho stories of other men who
had been buried alive.
"I'hnre WAS no one within mile
half as scared as I was Mt that mo.
ment When they dug me out they
found me unconscious. 1 had re-
ceivod tlrre broken ribs, Il broken
breast bone and. a broken nose. They
| fastened Il couple of tunics across two
rifles and Wore carrying me to the
hospital on this inprovised stretcher
whom l stopped piece of shrapnel.
"IAat meant some time in the hos
| .)ital. They took me back to Eng
/ iand. When I had been repaired !
! went back into the flying service.
Somehow it didn't seem half as danger.
GUS"