, 1880-11-15

sj!tst bGInrc 3tnrt1llH hG HotlEEH llHt tltltHci
Of thu rUiorc, men wnH Il, tIe scett atul e re-.
Wirfe hrf' t,ey s Ha S" a"'ir. ": Mrs' @ lo%eII so%
slIc s,'ppnsal they lmtl .goi. for spl'le tools,
r., 3s Tpa siart gTsy ~ f H. agk j!i E1, y;c tS] IT.
from which !t: tti,l mt return TIL Sati!rt!.y
nIglIt. Jeremiah Arthur, win liyes with Mr.
Howell, iiscoscrctt tIat tl,o yell 'ta.l f''l!rll
buried thcrr until lic,,Ils cnInc " VIII! the
ga1,r Of cnormt Inrt,. rio cninrctt ,nrtl
set to work tse'iherateiy, snppos.lE that
, ,tsnr + T.! Toy l!o'trs' labor they woMl'l ~
or "iingcE" rs l't; was always faIIliliary
sfGI W"rK 1nw minutes ons r tIls suddenly
tho, Ienrtl tue so,i nd Of n VOICE directly un-
taa, saye nul hfter ths tio ' i!en @ wsnt q
work With re''oublr.l ellnrEy. but at length,
and ;stm'cs. ttie fn.lf!Rtton IN w!!tcl! they
4uandqry. They saw l!!at ii, they continues!
IL work on the sl1rlnce tic, attncs and sand
The news tlat 4 tiat wns buried alive IN
Joe llowells wei! spread all over Smith.
town, anh !ly niglstfMll Il large crowd had
y bern, used III Hancock and tiarile!d
torclillglt. professions, werc br9uehi lnlo
service, After, tho discovery that I'row1
III tho we'll ut i time. and. the work Ut cx-
c1yntton was necessarily very slow. At
about II O'Clock at night} the question Of
sinking II new well close bEAlte the OLD one
Hs I Ill s;%sss Ss u ase S !hS e*s{ Tsy e TT Ss
N Nh, OF loppul1,e, offered t1 undertake the
Job, ar.i Mt midnight It wa5 bpkun:. 4 l,olo
nbont. four feet s4nare was :3pc:!ed three feet
r @ i "an, s acs u arey n y.; llarntsscd M % ialr
Of horses md tlruyo of fiji search of lumber
with which to make n cnstlig for the new
well. lis Sncl' casinG WIS needed to prevent
fe H. so M ~ 1o ,notE @ Efayf 5o % ianE
Of carpenters set tn work'tO nlAke box
nh0ut fourteen feet Ion. fur feet square.
I!lo new well was sunk rs rapidly rs posi-
9le. antl slowly tho h. wooden casing was let
fr0n falling III.
1t took till . o'clock Thursday afternoon
to sink tho now well twenty-five fcet. At
about 10 n. III. Of TINT day Dr0wll's yOiev wns
1nse H,vi SyeryhSy spp1se ni to BE-
two feet. the .W0rknlcn tun1cied through
into tho cid WE'LL mid wero surprised 10 tiIld
1t empty. a torc', WIS takon .Auwll, aud,
crawlins t!,rongh the tunnel, they shnntcd
looking, into tho dark cavern. they ssw that
tho well was opeIl up to within nbuut !lftcrn
feet Of thu s!irinGe Of tue ground: There 1t
Mns Mns eloEGs'l by the wetigll1g Of three Or foHr
Then tic men nscefldctl til! they reached tho
1uycl OF those bDlIttGrs, anil thoru made nll-
other tunnel. As noy reached The old well
nlt! began to pull out the earth and stones
miGe lin. would send him to tho bottom Of
the we'll, which would bo certain death. So
th9 wor<,w suspended.
~ Thursday lassed, md Friday night came.
stone arch under tio buried ,nan which pre-
vented him from fAillng to the bottom Of the
we'll, and another stone arch over his lend
TINT prevented lin from being. crushed. 4
great crowd lad gathered ut tho place, nna
lng around tho we'll to keep tlcn back.
Fifty burning torches lent a gliostiy appear
nnce to tho scene, aud now md tlleil the
%s s ea Ct if qs ts sSi1 SsSa !ss &s5"yy 5sy
dared to go tl0wn into the old well, ~ 1t WIS
dcarcd NJ each removal Uf y bnsketfnI nf
chrttl thnt tho nrcl, might cave In. At length
two or three men volunteered to undertake
tho work, no ulatter whit the consequences.
Oniy one at Il t[,ao descended Into the we'll.
raised,, alld by . o'clock on Friday morning
Brown's, voice could be distinctly heard, Ho
lin. tllat It was nearly up to the ioye Of Ills
mouth, and tint If lio wtis not out inside 0f
twenty minutes he would he suifocatcd. Iiu
had tl!e1, been In his living tomb about
tllirty-tiye hours.
The workmen kept oil. At last they. CAME
down to tug ,arge stones that formed the uI'"
lGr nrch. Tliey were then nbl1 to converse
EASILY wit!l tue ! entolabcd mum. WIZ Ieggetl gg
Brown took three swallows, and then the
hose was pulled ont. Atternb0ut two hours
lnore WORK !,ls lend WIS got free md nbove
Esondb bar en III o ws was xixf r brandy m ", Mot SSY
mcn,-,much harder, H. fact, thnn they ex-
cred 1t Was found tint one OF his feet was 80
wedged tn between tho stones composing tho
lower ,nrch TINT It seemed inposstbie to gcs It
| out. Hours wore spent Ill futile attempts to
| frcH the entrAppctl fnot, md 1t WIS olggGSt-
etl tllat tho only way to yet the man out atstl
SAYS bis llte was TO yet a surgeon, to n'nnll-
llmb w9s extrlcated, aud at tcn minutes, past
Z OIL Friday morning, Brown was hOisted out
! aiM! landed safely oil tho ground.
lio l!atl no broken bones, but he was very
| bndly bruised. l!n Nus completely exhaust
| Cd. nln fAInet while be!ng taken Into Mr.
lI0wcll's hul,sc. lIc had been buried III tho
well thlrty-ntne 1lours.-two nights md one
day.
Yesterday Brown was Mt bis homo, quar-.
station. lla WIS attended By kind relations.
llo sMtl TINT during tho wl!o!u ti.lo ot his In.
tcr,uunt lle hnd nU i!0pe Ut ever being tAkc,l
put nlLye. liu sald Unit when l,o went dowll
into tho wei! le saw that part Of tho Wall.
tug llad fnllen III, leaving M npbsllns about
Two feet squire. Concluding tliat It WIS not
safo to work In tho vol nntll TINT wns llletl
In, he nevertheless decided to lesco,ltl to the
bottom and sec Whit was needed to ba done
down there. On ascending, t!llo Of ILLS feet
happened to touch tho wall wI!ero 1t was
.ninagesl, nntl Immediately tho whole thug
tuMbled III. Tho large stones wcttgel md
fnr,.lct! two arches, one above anl one hel0w
him. lla heard tho workmen as sootI rs they
began to dix III top lse shouted fur about
two hours, then Lost Ills volcc, a..a lla4 to
keep Silent rwo, OF, three tines 10 WIS ui,-
conscious, but whether fr0ln exhaustion Or
from natural dcsiru for sleep ho lid not
know. brown salu lo lad no hope Of ever
cutting ont alive until lIe felt solhy OlIU tukg
hold Of his hand. As so0tl u possible II rut,o
was fnsteNed about his waist, 50 Tint all
danger OF Ills falling to tho hNttcnl Ut the well
WIS obylatud. Wien Ills hea.t was partly
FREQ lle dictated n tnussagu to hts mother ailtl
another to hIH sweetheart, Brown is still
| prostrated, but Is rnpluly recovering.
Ncfeat Of the Trcks.
|" Tho preas has suffered u s[Xual dcfont ut tho
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