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MESSAGES FROM THE
DEAD.
ENTOMBED METER'S LAST WORDS.
A new drama of the Redding Pit,
Falkirk, where 38, men were drowned, is
disclosed in scrappy in messages found
among the belongings of Thomas Thom-
among the belongings Thom
son, whose libdy "iras *rbught from tha
These notes (cays a Ixindon itapcrl
were mitten on pieces of paper torn fn.ia
the book of the pit fireman. Written
in the darkness they are scarcely decipher
able, the words running into e=!i oibim
Dear .Wife. Willie, and Jcannie (h>a
tiro children).—Be Rood to your motlier.
1 am tine .on this, Bth, day. ... II they,
get on.
Another note read: — ?
Dear Wife—My love to you and mvi?
Written by father.
Mrs. Thomson, the widow, Baid her him
band had tried to ficratch a messajw ?>n
hit; tobacco bos with a piece of rtxnis.
In the box -were a. threepenny bit anJ ?
penny for his ear fare home, which lia
was never to nee again. He had cvi?
dently spent the lant period of life in
cleaning his oil lamp, for it was brighuy.
burnished.
it will be remembered that fiir >.f?
were rescued alive from the pit on Oc
tober 4, having been entombed for nittt
days. mmmmm^^^^m^m^
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