Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-02-13
Appalling Accident "a Man Slowly.
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= One of the most shocking accidents Il
hats ever been our lot TO record occurred
two days since at Mountain Ash, South
Wales, to q man named David Thomas.
who earned his bread as d limo burner at
some line kilns belonging to the Navigation
Coal Company. Having drawn the lower
part of tho kiln and got out about a cart
load of lime, he thought that the burning
stones on the top of the perfected lime did
not descend as they ought, and he asked
his wife, who happened to be with him at
the time, If she would go to the top of the
kiln and inform him whether they had sunk
or not. (
The wife went to the top as requested,
and seeing that the stones had not sunk
but still preserved level surface, she called
out, "they have not moved a bit.p He
Joined her at the kiln, and taking up a long
Iron bar which was kept therc for the pur-
pose OF thrusting among the stones when
any hitch occurred, he went toward the
mouth Of the kiln. His wife begged him
to keep back from SO dangerous a position,
at the same time reminding him that if the
stones should slip he would be drawn with
them into the kiln. He said, 80 never
fear, will take care of that" aud disrc-
garding his wife's repeated supplication,
he stepped forward to the topof the kiln,
and commenced thrusting at the stones
with his iron bar.
For II few moments the mass remained
firm aud resisted his attempts to disturb it
but, upon his increasing the violence of his
thrusts, they began to descend, and, as his
ftinhaPpy wife had predicted, to draw him
with them. As he descendly slowly the
fiery stones closed around him. until at
length the lower part Of his body became
completely embedded in the burning mats.
His shricks were heart.piorcing, and his
agonized wife endeavored to pull him out.
Tho state of the kiln made this work of
difficulty and of the greatest danger, and
when at length she did seize his hand and
endeavored to drag him out, she found to
her horrortha tho burnt flesh yielded to
her touch and came off in pieces, rendering
itimpossible for her to obtain any hold.
The horrors Of her situation can be better
imagined than described At length her
cries attracted the attention of number of
men who wecc standing near an adjacent
collicry, and who lost no time in ropairing
to the spot, iii the hope of being able to
render some assistance
1t happened that one of Mr.. Grawsbay's
boats was passing at til, dune, aud the boat
man having hid-to to gaze at the accident,
"a man named Hobbs, ran to the boat, seized
Ghc boat,rope, returned with it to the top
of the kiln, and was preparing to thro,Y it
around the body of the unhappy Thomas,
who was still slowly burning and writhing
IN al 4
man, David jenkins, ran after him and
took away the rope, saying it was useless
to burn it, rs he could let them have All
old otfe. lie deliberately walked back to
the boat, leaving the poor sufferer in the
midst Of the fire, picked out an old piece of
rope, threw ITO the men on shore, and then
went off with his boat, without attempting
to offer the slighte,t assistance. Hobbs,
and one or two others, at length, contrived
to throw the rope around 1.-THE poor sufferers
body; but, alasi they found that they
could not succeed in getting him out AT
length some one suggested that an iron bar
should be placed under him to lift him out.
This was done, and the friShtfully cHarred
body of the still living man, some portions
of which had been literally burned to a Gin
dcr,was got out. oursehuman strength
could not survive such snffegings, and he,
died.
THE TARIFF CoRRUtTIoN BUsINEss.-
Washington dcspatcbessay that the Tariff
Investigation Committee had a protractod
session on Saturday. Mr. Stone has now
been before them for four days, and they
hayc not got through with him yet. He
testified that @. B. Matteson, during the
pcndepcy of the Tariff bill, stated that it
would take at least twehty-Gye thousand
dollars to get the bill through Congress !;
that DIatteson proceeded from Washington
to New York for the purpose of making
the arrangement; but he does not state
whether DIatteson received che money. -
When asked by member Of the Committee
whether he had ever loaned any money to
.neubcrs of Congress, he hcsitated aud
qpibbled, but finally said that hedid not
think they had a right to ask such ques-
ton. The Committee insisted nron an an
swer He then stated that there had been
some money ioaned-4~how much lie did not
know, MIR Banks borrowed seven thou
sand dollars; another member had borrowed
some which the books of the company
showed had neycr been paid. The Com.
mittee applied to the House for power to
arrest anrupwilling Witness rs &.
YOUNG man who had a light incipient
mcustache, one day while fngeringthe few
hairs, said to Harry -iI Hadn't better dye