River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-06-29

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! angle Of As degrees with the surface
so tile latter's distance underneath The
ground may be found by measuring
the distance from thep0int where the
rod begins 10 turn to that whore it
points perpendicularly downward. M.
Latimer 5 pamphlet IS certainly very
Interesting, and gives ress5n For q
! thorough and eailyscieutitic inyestiPa
! ton Of the matter
| Man Buried In A Well For Twenty Home
The Utica Herald Of June = La a
letter nom Rome, oneida county
which says Martin Bellman was
buried in a we'll at l.30A VI sunday
and not rescued until about 5 A, NJ.
Monday The, digging fol him was
! continued al of Sunday night At /
O'Clock Monday morning the inen bad
dug down as far as BIZ waist at least a
| dozen times, and as many times the
earth caycd IN again covering him
completelyS andfar time all hopes o.
| getting him out alive Would be given
up. Several Of the wuTkniep were
caught BY the failing dirt ard had to
! be dug out. Bellman had become eX.
hausted bat an air pump was got to
work, which revived him somewhat
! The men had been al work Va u trench
| upon one side Of the wei but when
they got down about fourteen feet the
! trench became So marrow that only one
/ man could work ia il, and hat only with
di1icuuy They then COMMENCED dig
! glng q tfenUh around the we'll 20 feet
IN diameter, which proved 10 be the
most successful plauOf operation They
t0iled diligently, hui Were WON out,
As some OF them lell their homes be
! fore dinner and had eaten nothing
At 3 a VI. they bad got down aUOut i
| feet on the new plan AZ 400 AZ those
at the well were tired ont, the rolling
mill whistle sounded the Gre alarm.
which brought lot 81 fresh hands 10
.the spot, and the work progI essed
mOfe fapidiy,f As.the farth lad been
| continually giving way under Bellihan.
his feet fully Is feet below the surface
when he was rescued which was at
$40 o'clock Monday m9rhingn When
first taken out he was a5linpas dish
rag. but was Cheerful andwhen offer
ed some brandy, SAID he did moi want
It, but would like an 3ystei stew Ills
ears, nose, mouth, and eyes were filled
with dirt, and he couldu0t spsak above
a whisper Ills legs were as cold as
a stone and entirely helpless, a. the
circulation had stopped entirely, ana
his face wore a cadayeIOu5 look that
was pitiful TO behold lie was placed
ef If traa ~ 4 a.
home on First street where he was
examined BY Dr Flandrau, lie was
found TO zoe very badly bruised from
head to foot, but more especially about
the hands and limbs, bHt no homes
were broken y Hasggs washed IN IL
qa0f and wrapped IL warm blankets,
and uefore nooll1hs hloodbegau 10 cir
culate. aud he slept very little IN
the afternoon he was able to move his
limbs little Tut was very weak and
could only whisper lie I3 being fed
on beef tea ana little brandy, and
the doctor is confident that unless IN
domination sets IL he Will get around
ali right Ia few days IN converse
ton with youI correspondent Bellman
said that he never lost. MS Comage
bat once aud that vas after he had
once been where he could see the iaF.
light and breathe the clear air and
then vas covered up again by moIe
than d wagon.lOad 81 dnt Ii SAWS
that the pump Afforded protection f0r
has head and had it not been for that
he would have been crushed entirely
and that the ar pump did him iiu
mense service, rs be was almost
suttocated when ii reached him. Tie
~ hours during which he was con
fined seemed longer 70 him than
month, and he does not know how to
thank the willing hearts and helping
hands that saved his life and restored
him to his family This is the second
incident Of the kind that has occurred
IN this same well About h ears ago
"a colored n3u was cleaning Il when
the walls cd.ed hi ia nearly tne same
manner that they did this time lie
was got out alive in about 10 hours
bat was more seriously injured than
Bellman is, as one Of his legs was
broken and one Of hls hips badly crush.
ell. The we'd Nlll now he entirely
| filled up