BURIED ALIVE. A PATHETIC STORY FROM LEXANDRA. April 1Oth, 1876

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 607, 11 April 1876, Page 2

BURIED ALIVE. A PATHETIC STORY FROM LEXANDRA. April lOth, 1876

A !ee,i, but fjruma'i'.y outy > tva, 131 -<n v\a-> thiown o-vui our serricn-nt tho other day, by a report- that -ne o uur raoßt enterprising Had vuluuble settl. rs hud been suddenly baned aliv* by » ira.ll of tue aaud bank at tile cutiin^ near tho bridge. His own, an I tuerefora the true account of the accident is, that vrhile assisting" one of bid meu to lo.id a dray with sand he was suddenly engulphed, and h» made sure ti>ut he hud beet) sum lowed up by an earthquake which nude him quake in.]e«id, fortunately his first impulse was to ejiieuhto a short but earnest prayer in that fooling language which persona seldom use ; the word;* had scarcely escaped Ins lips when he was suatohed from the jaws of death as it were by a miracle. A bright thought had Hashed across the mmd of his bewildered com. union, and h» at ouce yoked the stroug team on to tho still protruding ley of hia buried brother, and with one crack of the whip a>\ay went the horsefi at a aioait trot, evidently only too willing 1 to uiuist in rebCiing their rat tor horn hia perilous position, and aorue ol' tlio Dystandcn »ssure me that they (,onvevei him B.*fo i) *me tbro'iyb tne streotß to his loving wile m thj.t> i'«siu hi, bi-foro they ooul 1 on sktuptH, which may o-.rtibly b© aCi'ounled tor by tieir h tving 1 fikeu alarm at the voe f"rous aitmtir-r in w li.'h he was a oacm^, d.) dju*^ expiO^d ing hisgrutibudb 'or hisait'-i dulivjr.uiuo. It is a »aJ thing at nay time to h»j.r Uia be.l U>i', but I can assiiie y*>u tn.it it would never ca'Ho a deeper (,l^»m, tor w« all Knew how hard it would btt to fill hw \»e*iifc piacj. rhedjotor ox «y dtill shake his h-Ja 1, bat my tnoiid s-euid q.i t« det^r.niuel in cheat the o-d if jntu-in.tu thu uma ; au-I I am qaite sure i.'idt t'V.-iy one who Ichj-vs the worth of a real good fellow and an, uynooC man wui iMjoi^e w h u\<n t>i hear that Hope still lives.— [Co iMUNICATSD.]