IMPRISONED IN THE EARTH FOR 105 HOURS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1386, 11 March 1881, Page 2

IMPRISONED IN THE EARTH FOR 105 HOURS.

A singular adcidedt is recorded by the correspondent of a Melbourne paper as haviiig occurred at Ucrricdota. A man named CornelionS QalVirt was engaged in sinking a well on HiS Selection} and had reached a depth of 30 feet, when, on going thrdugh a drift the slabs of the wall fell in and buried him up to the neck. The neighbours vfrdrked day and night digging another shaft td get him out, food being conveyed to him in the meantime down the original shaft. It was not until he had been 105 hours that he was ultimately rescued. He then complained of cramp and extreme chillness in his lower limbs, but no bones were broken, It appears that Galvin saw the wall of thd wels caying in, and called out to the man above to haul him up. He was pulled about 12 feet up, when about 19 feet of the shaft collapsed. Three slabs fell round one of his feet, and firmly pinned it, and the quicksand soon ran in an filled op the crevices. At times Galvin’s head was covered to a depth of six inches in sand, and his features had to be kept cleared, whilst brandy was frequently administered to him. Two shafts had to be sunk to get him out, otic drt each Side of the hole. The slabs were removed by augur holes being bored in them, and the interren-. ing pieces Cut clttfc with a chisel. A collection on the grdund for Galvin realisd £3O. The affair created a great sensation in the district: