A BRAVE MINER.
(To THE EDITOR or THE " Sregrsme."3 do not know- whether the enclosed would be of interest to your readers. I am presenting two medals, one from the B.S.P.C.A., the other from the Canine Defence League, to
Leonard Sharp on Saturday afternoon, the 24th inst. am, Sir,
Hewer S. WALKER, Lieut.-Col.
Park House, Wortley, near Sheffield, Norember 20th.
On Tuesday (P October 9th) a smooth-haired fox-terrier fell down an unprotected air-shaft in a plantation at Stern Hill, Ecelesfield. On the Thursday, Mr. Leonard Sharp, of 94 The Common, Ectlesfield, hearing that the dog was alive, volunteered its rescue. He procured a ions rope (" rope went four times round a load of hay on a dray") from Mr. Arthur ,Creswick, farmer; and in the company of Jack Hall (owner of the dog), Wm. Bettney, and Horace 'lather he proceeded to the pit shaft. Mede fast to the rope, Sharp was lowered down the side of the shaft. No timber baulks were used, as would have been safer. The shaft was one hundred feet deep, and bricked for the upper fifty feet. Half-way down there was an obstruction, which Sharp removed; but there was the danger of loose material falling upon him during the remainder of the descent. Indeed, some bricks did fell, bat -fortunately missed him. The lower half of the shaft lens through the natural rock. At the bottom of the shaft there was only about a foot of water, and the dog was taking refuge upon a ledge of rock. The dog was very weak, but licked the wrist of its rescuer, who fastened it safely to the rope—and sent ihe dog up first. A few minutes afterwards Sharp was safely drawn up himself. Leonard Sharp is a good-looking, modest south, a miner by occupation, and was to be married at Eccles- field Church on Saturday, November 17th.
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