REMARKABLE ESCAPE.
“ One of those remarkable escape* which may truthfully be sailed miraculous,” says the “ M. A. Mail” “ was experienced by a boy named Allan Patterson, five years of age, at Guildford on June 6. While playing with some other children he accidentally fell backwards into an old abandoned shaft 50ft deep. An alarm was quickly raised and the father of the boy had a rope fastened round him, and in the full expectation of finding only the mangled remains of his son he was lowered down the shaft. Judge hi* surprise when, on reaching the bottom his ears were greeted with the words, * Father, I’m all right.’ On being raised to the surface the little fellow was found to be badly injured, though not so seriously as might have been expected. His right arm was fmatured above the elbow, his forehead cut and his teeth sent through his lips, besides contusions on various parts of the body. He is now in the Bendigo Hospital with every prospect of a speedy recovery.’ ”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2577, 24 June 1881, Page 2
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172REMARKABLE ESCAPE. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2577, 24 June 1881, Page 2
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