Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-19
Remarkable AGyeuture-
a Man SWEPT THROUGH NILE SEWER CONF


A Man SWEPT THROUGH A NILE SEWER COMBS
OUT ALIVE.
Our citizens will remember how the showers
came gtt before last, ia FREQ uent SUGGESTIONS
pouring torrents while they lasted brt stopning
sitter brief Pour. Wen. there were, at eirtf
O'clock OF that evening seven men at the pom
IN Sycamore and Abigail streets TO which is
completed the great sewer which is really an IN
toR "a extension OF tie big Ergleston ayeu1 a
ever. Their business Is 70 clean the open EN-
Ol IhGt sewer, % a 70 IroventdelaV 10 woTkrnau
engaged IL constructing Il No Sycamore STREE
IL mad occurred to them that bystirrng the se,!-
linent at tie Bottom Of TIE sewer the water from
the showers would wash il gvay and their vorS
Moaid an tnis way I've greatly expedited. Alter
Ichg CESSATION IN the rain, they went into the
sewer ONE distance, and continued their wort
WINE 50 81 gagged one OF those heavy, snJleu
sho"ers hlci characterized the evening came
~ Or y t~eiNu Gown - trCr-cGtsC S.r-----r
ne nrst warning they hsd OF their peril was
SnCc rush q! waters UpOr them, Carving the
FSCle fttty OF their feet. The four men nsa rest
me mouth o. me sewer escaped with difficulty
pa'dlng ny stream against powerful cUrrent,
q. tS4tr three we're Carried down toward TIE
ever hy tn gaioping tide OF detiled waters
Two q them caught at T. a1-hOle near the
canal and succeeded in n aking theroselyes
i-earu oy sLeT four fortunate COMPANIONS who
nsC escaped They were drawn M 10 the soil.
ground by these. But John C'ars one of tLair
companions, was net so fortunate. He cOntiu-
trd 10 d8Net down 10 Court street, where lie
made a short turn and thence proceeded before
tHe every moment increasing volume of yyarc-,
90 hesitstoh avenue sewer, where he made a
tuTn T. the right. whence it was straight ra,I
70 The river. Mr.. Clark tells tbe story himself
ne says he proceeded down in the darkness,
Lls back 10 the press OF waters aud his face -
the Il current As he could not stand M, he ant
EiItSei a. Rear Is possible in sitting position:
ana went down the stream very Inuci ss NOV
s''dtS down hill on 4 sled, only SIR CLARK TAI
10 sled. Coming 20 the mouth OF tSs ssvyr-
whore - waters discharge into the OHIO river
he cried Tor help. Mr. Lewis, who lives in
hSs ToTboa oot at st point and who
u Il re!ilt, and saved HIM Ir. Clark. last
night, exhibited badly torn pair of Uants and
scfc, Sag Is
AN CNsuCcRssFuL "RUsE''-Lufiera,ts Sssns
~ q Iai.s3 States Coriaa5ssioacr's OGce-bn
Thursday one Emmsnue, SANCHEZ ygas before
I >. Commissioners Shields, charged with h:v-
ing f,iyo Cnstamped cigars in Ibis possession. 4
partial examination was had YESTERDAY from
which i appeared beyond doubt that the
Prisoner was guilty. Yet at the reguas+ Of ms
cuuHso an .GJC Urnrlent took place until 10 tlay
The commissioners court was assembled to- day
ana tie examination was being closed When
an ofhcer from the board of health appeared
On the scene. He explained that the letter
which be Leld IN Gis hard was received by the
board CT hoa,f. that morning. It was stated in
II that o seaman had escaped from tie Spanish
ram NUmanCia S1R4e of the crew of which are
effected with yellow fever, and that the writer
whoever nc ~ ut was auoDymous>, expressed
MS heheI that Sanchez is the deserving seaman
scarcely had the officer finished, when those in
meJl&teiy EeGr the prisoner were taken with
fright ana ;auly jumped away, throwing or the
tar.e, and even on the ground, in their alarm
some packages of the cigars found with San
chez. The commissioner mOmentaIily seemed
scared, but recovering his equilibrium he soon
made evident the dodge attempted by some one
II SaHchcz's interest. The sensational part
WoulC have been Sanchez's attempt to escapa
but lie had better sense thsD q att5nrt it. lie
hoped 10 be sent 20 the Island As a yellow fever
patient. SancheZ's wife being questioned az
united that she and her husband have been ia
THIS city ior the past two years The detectives
too, knew him for the past six months. lie was
Leil 10 aE 2it lie action of the grand iury IN
: .OG0.-E. J.. Commercial. I'm.
Iron LATs.-Twenty years ago a atm
guished railroad man was suspected OF mental
alteration for saying thai tUc line. Of railway
connecting Chicago with the Atlantic rail-oas
would tnd remuneratiye business. Tie other
day tie Chicago Times came 20 Us with one on
tire page devoted TO the railway Interests OF thar
city, accompanied by an illustration describing
p circle with Chicago represented il the centre,
ana around the circumference, dial-like. were
written the words Quebec, Portland, Boston
sew YORK, Philadelphia, Baltimore, etc. end
ing az Puget Sound being the terminal L0iutS |
OF the irCn rays that proceed from Chicago. OF
course, there are many shorter immediate ravs. |
nut IN order to make the sketch compiete thz |
Times should have introduced some OF those |
gorgeous and gilded figures OF the sun with |
~hIch imaginative persons have invested the !
ancient temples o. Peruvian iiiOlatry. However.
chicago, the new Chicago especially, is 1--we |
city.