St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-10-01

MAN LIVES II IInI IL UNDER GEoI. Nj.
~ I DIS BEFORE EE~tIEp.
At West Springfield. one day last
week. Lester Sykes WAS buried in Il
we'll. some - feet below the surface.
He nrard the tIcachrTnII> starting of
the quick sand ni the sides. and started
Ia ascend from Il depth of 81 feet 10y Il
Ladder: hut the incoming" tmhcIS
caught him imm"vahll. but happily 50
a> to allow freedom of the head and
sufficient breath. And. with broken
arm. it i believed. Mr.. y kc> stood up
on the ladder from about !::iO l.. VI.
Yesterday. until ahout 3 O'Clock this
morning. when he died. while. he neigh
hnr> and wnrhmrn from this city and
Chiropr" we've steadily digging around
the we'll Ia his rescue. He WAS not
painfully pressed 10y the earth and tim
hrr>. while small pipe which had been
driven down to linn. admitted album
dant ali and allowed of cnnNcI>, with
the people above ground.
The loratinm of the accident WAS ON
the JAMESTOWN road. about half Il mile
neN"nd the new reservoir. where Daniel
I alden had dug Il we'll beside his house.
81 feet down. without finding the water
to fill 1t. Work had been suspended
for Il few days until Nh. sykes. Il pro
te>>i"nal wrll-b"rcr WIS secured To
pierce the bottom foI the expected WI
ter supply. Mr.. CaIdrn himself fixed
the ladders. and. yesterday attcrnn"n.
sykes descended with his tools. The,
bottom "t the we'll wis OF quick-amd. Il
curhn" of plank backed hl Straw ,.N-
tending nearly Ia the bottom and to
WITHIN II feet ct the top. The resi- of the
upper part being gravel and requiring
II" cnrhIn@. sykes had bored but Il
little way before The quicks;ud hogan
I" move and he jumped for the ladder
but not quick enough to escape. The
sand flowed i'll under the curling. and
81 let loose the pressure from above.
forcing the plamking against sykes.
fastening him Ia the side of the we'll
and ais" caNing in from above. He
called I" Caldcn for help. but the Latter
was p"WcIlc>> To aid him. The implis-
oncd man then directed the Irishman to
summon help.
The response from the village WAS Il
quick and quite general one. but of
course the work of relief had to he pain
fully delibcrate 1t was found impns-
slblc To do anything in the we'll withnut
speedily endan"cIimg the life of lis plis-
"ner. and 50. under the direction of
ke>. who reported the pressure was
from southeast side. then some - men
who had 10y this time assembled. began
digging Il Scml-cllcular pit. some 30
fcet III diameter. and about three feet
from the we'll. intending to carry il
deep enough to umcaIth the man. I'm
patient OF the delay, Albert Ward went
down the well-it being open some %
feet or more and Sykes being some IL
feet from the bottom where he could
speak to ~ krS and see if sometime
could not he done in the we'll itself
Sykes told him 10 get Il Saw and cut off
Il certain plank and he could then free
himself. Ward got the Saw and emf
the plank nearly of when the. Gavin"
sand compelled him to cease. Mean
while the men III the pit were working
with all possible speed. though slovIl
1T best, IN the gravel about the we'll
Night coming on il huge bonfire WAS
klndlcd close 10y the well To furnish
light for the toilets: and all nirht tI,,.
word was continued bV willing hands
''' " "" ~ y Nus niu S'llu that In.
was getting weak. and 81 IL pipe was
forced through the earth which y,y.
HIM abundant air.
Inc scene was intensely exciting. As
the news spread, people kept fIockiuu
ny horse and foot. until a connie nr
hundred had gathered about the sn,t
whence issued occasionally the f,int
VOICE OF the unfortunate man askium
particulars of the work above. which
50 concerned HIM. sykes is unmarried.
about ID Years old.
FULLER PARTICULARS.
ne announcement that the rcsc,,ino
panty AFTER working for T. hours FINN
1 1nf ' ,', me sand cared i'll upon him at
finally reached the conclusion Ill.,, I
was dead and suspended work fn, th'.
rest OF the night, of course left no bnm..