Hi! I was looking through some old newspapers and came across the following article. I'll send it to the list to be preserved for posterity. - Jean Griesan Colorado Buried Alive - On Monday of last week, Mr. H. N. Gillett, of Quaker Bottom, while working in a deep ditch, which he was digging for the purpose of draining a pond, suddenly found himself buried several feet from the surface, the sides having caved in on him. Fortunately, there was some little breathing room left about his head, which he managed to enlarge by patient scratching with one of his hands, which he succeeded in partially disengaging. The ditch was about ten feet deep; the earth caved in about nice o'clock in the morning, and he was rescued at one o'clock in the afternoon, by his son, who had come in search of him, having been completely buried for four hours. He was very much bruised, but will recover. We congratulate Mr. Gillett on his fortunate escape. Ironton Journal, Wednesday, March 25, 1868 Note: H. N. Gillett was about 70 years old at the time of this accident.