Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1860-12-07
, u,n buried Alive in Wen.


j; 50 otors and steamboat explosions, that we CT
oouod unon to record more melan- i
=, ooo;dent than that which occurred c
. mile south of this village last /
:. turdav A Mr.. Obadiah Gage, man l
Il about SO years of age, was employed I
Jobn Merrill, in repairing an old we'll }
~ we'll was originally made IN very 4
rdv ground, to the depth of about ~
&ot by sinking brick work upon wheel
Fhat is to say, a circle of brick was first
Lid upon wooden wheel of the required
;ometer with hole in it about the size
the inside of the we'll, than the work
han dug under the wheel, sinking the
xbole structure and adding to the brick
all as the work progressed. The well
having become dry, Mr.. Gage was SINKING
Il deeper by the same method ana haa
rcached depth of about ~ feet' "A
Email breach in the lower part of the work
had already given indications OF danger
I'd bo had been warned to abandon the
work but intimating to those above that
There was no present danger and that he
h would soon come up, he proceeded with
his labor, until quarter before eleven
o'clock, A. NJ, when all of sudden one
side of the lower portion of the well gave
wav. commencing at the, bottom, and run
n;no IN some seven or eight feet, closely
followed by the quicksand outside the brick
then completing the entire destruction Oh
the lower portion, buryiGg Mr., Gage and
Is leaving about Is feet of the upper part
of the well, uninjured.
The news was soon brought to the VII
LACE, and crowds of people Immediately
b ostcned to the accident with shovels and
shades. When we reached the spot, about
SN an half hour after the disaster man
had descended the we'll and was dipping
I'M buckets full of sand, which were drawn
nm NV those above. 1t soon became ap'
norent both from the danger OF the sltua
tion. and from the fact that the sane
rushed through the brick as fast as /
could be gathered up, that some othe
WI method must be adopted for the releas
Of the unfortunate man, although at tina
time his head was probably not more thai
two feet under the earth. Forty or hit
sbovels were Immediately at work, and
rumor that sounds had been heard trol
GAGE, added not little to the zeal VIII
which the laborers applied themselye
M For an hour and q half the shovellng col
# tipued. making an excavation OF abo'
30 feet in diameter, the brick IN the mea
time being removed down to within thr
or four feet of the breach. The occasion
falling in of the embankment impede
the progress of the work somewhat al
rendered it SO dangerous to those at Wo
IA below. that curb was made, by nam
boards to four inside posts, and inside
this the work progressed, until the be-
was finally reached. 1t was found IN
upright position so completely wedged
with brick and sand, that it was necessa
70 die down as far the kcees before
could be extricated, and it was not III
o'clock in the afternoon, that the dc
body was raised from its living sepuic
The body still retained some warmth,
no bruises of any account were found
the mouth and nose were completely Ill
with sand. 1t is altogether improba
anv sound was ever heard from ga
after the earth once closed over him.
is much more probable that all life
consciousness were extinct in very
# moments after the accident occurred.
# We are panied to be obliged to add
mi the sorrowful emotions which this
IN case occasions, the fact that Mr.. q
M leaves wife and several children in air
Al entirely destitute circumstances
# ford Telegraph, Nor 30.
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