Bellows Falls Times

Terrible Suffering.-Two men employed by a gold mining company to drive a drift on Pine Island, in Lake Vermillion, Michigan, worked alone, and one day, about a fortnight ago, a blast having failed, they set to drilling it out without taking sufficient pains to prevent an explosion. The blast went off and blinded and severely wounded both men, who lay where they were hurt nine days before assistance reached them. They were found in a horrible state, with worms preying on their wounds, and it is wonderful how they survived so long. Great loss of blood saved them from suffering the cravings of appetite, but they must have iron constitutions to survive that and the other horrible circumstances which beset them. They are likely to recover.