A PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3981, 7 December 1891, Page 3

A PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.

The Inspeotor cf Police at Dtraedin has received information of an acci - dent to a miner named John Bobertson, at Pomalfika. From Robertson's statement it appears be was working on the afternoon of the 19th of last month at the face of his claim with the "nozzle," when, without warning, about thirty tons of staff fell, and nearly covered him, bruising him very much. The "nozzle" was flattened by the fall, and the hose broke. In a very providential manner the 3tieam of water from the broken hose became directed on the mass of stuff, and washed enough away to enable Kobertson, who is a powerful man, to creep oat. He was, however, unable to move more than a few feet away from the claim, and remained helpless there for twenty-one hours, at the expiration of which time he was discovered by a man sained John Fargo, who obtained assistance and carried him on a stretcher to tbe hut. The matter being reported to the constable at Roxburgh, he, in company with twelve other horsemenj proceeded to Allen Gully, on the bounds of Southland, a distance of fifteen miles, and on arrival at Robertson's hut found him in a very bad state indeed, lying on a stretcher. One of his feet had a large cut on it, and was swelled to twice its natural size, and he complained of severe internal pains. A stretcher was constructed, and after a journey of seven and a half hours across four high ranges and several creeks, he was lodged in the Albion Hotel, whence he will be removed to the Lawrence ifoapital in a day or two if his condition permits. He is fiftyfour years of age, unmarried, and is possessed of considerable