, 1875-08-02

fCQH HEfi SUI FCCPfE III FOUL talt. T..
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People l,viug III tho yisi:.ity Of tue Vulcan
1ron-WorkH were startled yesterday afternoon
py ths report thak through fIta! c.laiu Of acci-
dents four meu lad lost their liycs III priyy
vault.
Tic circumstances Of tho affair, as clic!ted ut
tho Inquest held. wtre AZ follows SouIc time
Rince. Thomas Douohoe. living on tho csst side
OF Uenton, betwenn Nsrccau and Clay streets,
waa notified 10 nbate lllllaanco consisting OF
full priry vault. To effect sLs Ito had new
vault ding beside tho old Que, nlout " fec. III
depth nnd tcet ACROSS. lio lad stated LIS ill
tcu.ion to Eloyo the couttntp floln thD old to tho
no. vault, nnd then lasb tho Old one eloaned.
Had ha dGoe thls tho fatal catastrophe "o'Isd
not have occurred. Instead Of 30 doing. how
ogcr. i1o Concluded to five expense l!y draining
tho contents OF tue old vault Tito the other. aill
Lad Intended to dc tho woil aurip;: tile nlsht.
For some rcason, huwoyor. ho cAangcd Ais
mind, aud won't d,Iwn iu tue new vault ytstcr-
day afternoon about 2 o'clock to TAP thu wasL.
IIo lad no Boomer nl1t!o nh upersiE III tl1e brick
wall thau deadly volume vi Kar wasr 1'reBeut
i'll out-Auuset. tuhhed through ;:.s atrtare. ~
BinGe inhalation WAS sufficient II l,"ra!fzo h'H
strength. Almost III MI lpstaut his lui Oh tho
ladder loaaeued aud he iell t. tbs bottom Ut ttle
pit corpse.
young man named Charles Prunty, a boarder
al DonoEoaB hunae. HtloI afterwards remarked
shat Donohoc was Eono lons time. and went 10
Hoo wtiat was tho matter. 0u looking down ho
tbs lifeless forn lying hall buried III tAth Ut
the foot of thu ladiler.
uo shouted An nlurn. TO several otlotB who
were within hearing. anil then rushed llecdessiy
duwii tho Ladder, probably thinking 10 e1tr!Cnto
tho body before lilo Should hec0me e1tncs.
Tnuso who had heard his call mud ston him hur-
riedly enter tho vault ran inln'eulsfely to t''o
place, but WHOM they arrived. could htar no at-
swer to their an11oas inquiries ~ to What was
tho trouble. Tooring int, tl4s depths uf the
hortid rit they could dscovcr the tNo bodies
lying together at tho bottom. No doubt the seo-
ond lnau had been oyercosns by the foul air as
aoou III he arrived opposlto where tao Will
had been tapped, aud hud purlshod almost ln-
Bsan.ly.
1,y this time qute q crowd had collected. and
among than waH yonnE nM.l nimG1 .;anIeA
1Iunry. ur, not BupLsHs,s.; tho lnrE dead! hlst
seeing the necessity for instant actlon, prepared
to descend 10 their aksistalcc.
With greater Ir,.dcncn than rho ono who had
pEacedcl hln, liz tod rore Abont his waist and
arrangnd that At u glssn slGnal thohe nboye wcEn
10 draw min out. This aEreotl hpoa. he won't
dowu TO saw, II possible, tie hulpieas nlou bs.
neatli.
IIo went steadily down for sou,e distance,
then suddenly changed lis act!1r, Lealtatsd,
halted, and t0sepl lIs arus III silial to 10 dtaHn
out. An i,sataat he hung suspended III tho uir,
and it sceo.od to thoso who were Watching him
from abovo that deadly pallor Ind ovuE'
sproad his taco. Strong armb tuEgcd At tht
rupe, aud Tho daring man. pcshal's already dead
had commenced to nHcuud, when au nnfOrse0l
calamity occurred. The Enpc, which tu tt1e eA'
citenent Of tho moment lad b0en insocnrol,
fastened, Slipped trom about lis waist and ths
body foil with dull thud TO llo with those lha
hsI gono befnro.
Tho men above looked aghaat ut thin terrible
mishap. What wAs 10 l,s dono7
The question ~as eoon answered. Another
young nau, Joseph ScAlicktig. volunteered K
make thu descent aud too.lstly permitted t.
do 10. The sickoning dotalta can la nparud. II
few short minutsss \ fourth victim ~as adutt
70 tho NUMBER and tho talo Of horror wss CLOSED
4 poles officer wont to tho station. obtainst
hooks. and, amid the most profound Horrow o.
tue part OF aii tlere assembled, tho ltfolos1
bodleB wefo ono by one drawn out upon tht
ofpund.