THE POWER OF IMAGINATION

Yesterday The Citizen printed a short account of the narrow escape of Hiram Austin at the gas works. It was rather a remarkable escape, and now comes another very strange incident in connection with the affair. When he regained consciousness he spoke of his hand paining him badly and discovered that the back of one of his hands was badly swollen and covered with blisters, having the appearance of being burned. Mr. Austin could not account for this. When he went to the top of the conveyors his hand was perfectly well. There was no possible way for his burning his hand while there, as there was no fire of any kind near him, and the machinery was not running. When he became unconscious he was taken down and carried out doors, and was not taken near any steam pipes or anything that was hot. The men who took Austin from the top of the conveyor state that it would have been impossible for him to have burned his hand while they were taking him down, and Austin states that his hand was well when he went to the top of the conveyors, consequently Austin was not able to tell how his hand was burned. In speaking of the affair he stated that when he became under the influence of gas he thought he had fallen into one of the big generators which was at a white heat. He remembered it as a horrible dream, but that was all. The Jackson Daily Citizen.