Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-09-11
General News.
From the y. Y. Times.
uuried In q Well.

From the " Y. Times.
buried In a Well.
MAN Cru SHED BENEATH THIRTY FEETOF
ROCK FOR EIGHTEEN HoURs-THRICE
REACHED AND THRICE COVERED AGAIN.
a sad and painful accident happened to
to well-digger named August Norbeigh,
who was engaged to clearing out well in
Leavenworth, Kansas. on the I'd inst. The
Leayenworth Times OF the Sd says =
About O'Clock he was being let down
into the excavation TO relieve q fellow la
borer, and when he was near the bottom
the whole wall fell in on top of him, al
most completely filling up the hole. and
| crushing the unfortunate man down into
! shallow water. His voice could be heard
calling in the most supplicating tones for
help, and as soon As it was ascertained
that the man was not Killed, hundreds set
10 work 10 clear the debris. windlass
was put in position, buckets procured, and
the stone raised at the rate OF one bucket
in a minute and aquarter. AT o'clock,
two hours after the accipent occurred a
| depth Of IL feet had been reached. aud the
voice OF Norbeigh could be heard quite dis
tinctly, calling upon his rescuers TO hurry
up, for he could not stand it much longer
The excitement was intens. As soon
-, : -.au Urea at the
otoer jumped pace. The menu
her. nj tho Fire Dana
hand, and worked with desperation. Sew
en- O'Clock came, and with it the cheering
news that the man still lived, which en-
| Outraged the dggers. Only nine feet
more of stone TO be removed, and he would
| be freed from his terrible situation. Dark
ness hindered the progress OF the work
somewhat. but lanterns were supplied and
the task of excavating went on. Half past
eight and the unfortunate mans hat was
found, damned between two large masses
! of rock. Quarter to nine, and the rim Of
the bucket in which he went down was
struck, and underneath this was Nor
beigh. Then the excitement among the
crowd surrounding the well began TO in
crease, and SO fierce was the rush toward
the windlass that several individuals had
To be knocked down by the police before
the surging mass could be moved back =
The bucket was raised, and under this
Norbeigh was found. damned into sitting
posture, and wedged up against one side
of the well by large heavy stones, which
pressed heavily upon him. He was in
good heart, however, and said he was not
badly injured. His rescuers had him un-
covered nearly to the shoulders, when
they discovered that half of the wall
which they failed to take down twas show.
indications of caving in. Still they work.
ed TO extricate the man before any such
event should occur. A slight jar, howev-
er, occasioned by one of the buckets being
lowered, detached a portion of the rock
and earth, which fell, striking one of the
men in the bottom, by the name of Schil-
ley. and severely injuring him about the
neck and face. He was drawn I'D, leaving
only one man in the excavation with Nor
beigh. About this time the rattle of crum.
the pit that the two men below were in
danger of being covered up again. The
hight went out below, and while new one
was bein. lowered. a frightened cry from
the remaining man in the pit to send down
the bucket at once, was quickly responded
TO. Scarcely had the man. whose face was
blenched with fright, reached the surface,
when the remaining part of the wall, &C.
companied by large mass of earth. cayed
in upon the unfortunate Norbegb, who
still wedged in the bottom.
When this terrible fact became known.
the silence of death prevailed. Not a
word was spoken or a sound heard except.
ing the heart-rcnding groans of the unfor
tunate man who had been rescued from
horrible death by the almost superhuman
efforts Of his fellows, only to be covered
again. 1t was terrible scene. The mans |
family, consisting of wife and seven |
sro"n-up children, were well nigh frantic. |
wringing their hands in despair, and |
screaming out the most piercing lamanta-
tons. Just before going to press we WIS.,
tied the scene Of the accident, and receiy.
the astounding intelligence that the man
was still alive, and talked beneath the mass
OF stones and earth that covered him to
the men at work above. At l 80 a curb
had been sunk, and the earth was being
rapidly removed, but no hopes were enter.
tained Of his being got out before morning.
He rests beneath nearly six feet Of clay
and stones, and owing to the moist char
acter of the earth it is feared that the SUP.
ply of air will be shut of and the man suf-
located. Physicians say he cannot posi-.
bly, live after being brought to the surface.
In its issue Of Thursday, the Times tells
he unexpected story Of his rescue, say
ng; Yesterday forenoon, at IL O'Clock, it
vas announced that the man Norbeigh, who
vas buried in the well at O'Clock on the
lfternoon Of the previous day, was again
cached, and was still alive and able to
converse. For eighteen long and terrible
lours he had been entombed thirty-five
Get below the surface. During that time
he well had been thrice dug out and a.
many times caved in Just - the unfortu.