A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34544 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington City Weekly Gazette Article Date: May 18 1816 Article Description: Extraordinary Escape Article Text: Extraordinary Escape On Sunday evening week, Mr. J. HOLMON, a farmer of Parran, Cornwall, was returning from a place of worship across a common to his own house, a heavy mist falling, he mistook his way, and fell into an exposed shaft of a mine, 96 feet deep, besides 9 feet of water in the bottom; and almost miraculously, he reached the water without receiving any serious injury. Being an expert swimmer, he kept himself afloat during the night; occasionally relieving himself by clinging to the projecting points of rock in the sides of the shaft. The return of daylight, on Monday, enabled him to see a kind of ledge, on which he contrived to get, and on which he lay the whole of Monday, calling for assistance; but no person approached the place, and Monday night came on whilst he continued in his perilous situation, when, overcome by fatigue, he fell asleep and again fell into the water. The darkness of the night prevented his regaining his resting place, and he had to support himself as before! , until Tuesday morning, when he regained the spot from which he fell. He had now become quite hoarse from cold and almost incessant calling for help, so that the only resource he had for drawing the attention of those whom, he supposed, would be sent to seek for him, was by throwing stones into the water. Tuesday night came without affording him any relief; but the terror of again falling into the water effectually prevented his sleeping. Wednesday, however, the noise made by the stone which he continued to throw into the water, attracted the attention of some persons whom his distressed family had dispatched in search of his remains, and he was extricated from the dreadful abyss, without sustaining any serious contusion. (London Paper.) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com