The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-20
4 terrible sccidne occurred ut Concord, N.
n. on Friday last, the facts Of which were as
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= aeorse,A Dew, gof the firm Of DoNI Ken
GYsnc 1ell. known naaster amasons, vas
SsSeSa6 Wisn two or mora men m digging
- on, tho uemises; ofiCoscnei aeofse;H.
GSssSsis,e. saTdMeRfifnac.streeail iUP,to noon
- Sf1lhe &SaafoR6 6n wen: The wqrkmen
66fSSSh6d g depth ,of about thirty y-eignt leesf
E& q the 'Shaft destended, the plAnks eg5D-
inx Nss put in BY Mr. Dow IN person: his
1Hi6T aE s dsp6sfS6 fS6ua Undertaking. BE an
SE9RESasY9a 1cFn6Mhat but have no fearss
64SAd h1if6 N Tie cdrbipg myself"
.naf fH& fiiISH of, ,fh6 acci1ent, Yhich occurred
ASoaf arsI sr1pss4 o8 0oloSk. NJ Dow was ss
~ 1.HIe assisfants we're NJ the top letting
- lumbar md Soo,s. SiAs the clook eHuck
6le0 be Gang oatp p,easantly TOME men above
SySsSe GcI6eE, ma slliS we'll Ne are getting
A IIceiS YbsSs Rere tie fsst, words ha
3sIY H2Sfd .ta spaak Soon. afterwards there
T EansbIinE n the bottom of the yell and
fh@ men 1eekea dewn and saw that the bottom
earth, Az the rumbing sound commencea
fhcy- heard Mr.. lnBIs voice, but could not dlsr
Su&triSk his Wordssl r ssSsSs@. L:
Tse alarm WAS at once gwen. and hundreds
rushed to the spot. Mr. Lyman 3. Fellows,
With his gang Of men. who were engaged on
sSS E05s aS Fssss ssHs
lars until the arrival of, Captsin A. B. Holt,
Who assumed the .charfe iat the request Of all
preeent at first it was attempted 10 lower
man WITH q bucket and WindlaSs to commence
oShuminR at the bottom. A Mr.. Patch was
1ln0re9 90 g6tf inte sfAe bucket; but he had
been more ss2 al sns ssS dSun ound Tasa sSat
Its liie MS not safe IN the well.
Part OF the crowd then commenced digging
sxax,the surface Of the ground near the top OF
die veil. and others began the constr auction OF
nav cufhfii1. 10 be let down inside OF that
vhf6H whole. The work was prose-
dH With all The Iapiditg and earnestness
6sSSSe5y we're capsble- af exhibitna.v At fye
05ceaE the Hfstsspiece: Of new ecrhing, fifteen
- nv Length, ,eWasi successfully let down.
. a1Q1i(sgNorei igotin with considerable dit-
E8KyfsitL Lspsb1at three O'Clock this morning.
ast3 .HeeTh we've hours unremitting and
d11RslUub ;labeiI the body 'ef MI Dow vas
discovered ct the depth OF some tmrty-fvur
1eet. He was m an upright position ana
HTaless- The anestiQn them arose as to how
the YAinanE c5uld Be estrieated. The men
hon 6sS Il sasSihf, @ ahd 4 q each piece excepting
The first two had to be smaller than the one
preceding, 1t was ePdent tist sfa ;snothef
lection would have 10 be much more contracSs
ed. The work wsslthenpruuouncedv very dam
aerous by engineers, who said that another
csyfnRw waB likely q Occur az that time, and
TSieS Nouid inevitably csfry death to all in
the shaft. Still, braRe meg, whose heroic
deeds Will long be remembered, came Forward
and calmly yolupteereal b. 80 70 tss bottom Sohora
and relieve those there wnose hefcuiean isDols ns
had almost exhausted them. Alarge crowd 5 1I
ps6pie were stil collected, representing all
classes of citizens.. Ladies we're present aus
DensIng coffee and refreshments. A rope was
niaced at a suitable distance from the well TO
Keep back the eager crowd, whose ptessule