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Never knew that, there must have been loads over the years.
Gotta be one of the worst ways to die being buried alive in a tiny box trying to get out then realising your stuck.
The Aussie term 'dead ringer'came to mind then, so had to Google the term. There was mention of the other expression 'saved by the bell.'

A dead ringer - meaning and origin.
They were obsessed with dying in the grave a few hundred years ago and can up with all these contraptions. I am sure this is how vampire and zombie legends were created.