Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-22

divided In shifts oi from thirty TO toriy
men. Each SHIFT IL sub divided Into
two gangs. Work proceeded con'inu'
ously day aud night on tho tunnel,
each shift working eight hours AT The
tim. tho accident happened ono oi the
morning watches had Just gonS Into he
tunnel, and the other gang was turning
out. The men wcro in tho air iock, and
when they heard the rush at water they
hastonrd cut ot the air chamber, hut
M QuioL Did the Wstsr Como Ia
that tho cave was partly tllci With wa
ter boiore the men could open tho door
aud yet into the shaft They ran up tho
ladder lradinp ~ tho bottom ui tho shalt
aud escaped the escape at one oi tho
eight named Moline In not absolutely
certain, IN ho has not been seen by tho
officers ol the oonIany. Tho shifts arc
changed at \ O'clock IN tho morning. !
o'clu,k Ia tho afternoon and u o'clock
midnight Tho men take their meal NJ
halt past four Ia the morning, aud tho
men worn just coming out Tot this meal
when tho disaster occurred.
Location OF tAe Accident.
Tho tunnel had been extended "ut
about AOO irot from tho working shalt
tn, accident occurred close io the work
ing shalt. There IN u space oi about W
irct from Ihe working shalt toa point
ia the tunnel where pconaacnt wmk
has been huilt. THIS slopes toward the
river, aud has hitherto bcrn protected
by Temporary Filling. WoIkmen have
been engaged ior several days replacing
this temporary hulkiug with permanent
work. Iron plating abosc tho root had
been placed la position, aud men wrto
working thcir way dos inward tht"ush
the slit snd dhrs putting iu iron plates
ut the s'do u IN supposed that some ct
thrao plates, which were placed next I"
the brick wall ui the working shalt,
wcIu
Not Placed Cioss Enouah
d. coutine the condensed alr supplied io
tho Iuru working Ia the shalt hy the
engine on Tho suriarc. Thus compr,ss
cd air worked iIs WAY oui, tuning the
plates bach ward aud allowing tho water
Ia ilIw to tho tunnel II wa' not the
water directly lrup The river that linw,d
IN, IN tho place NhrIe tho hreak oc
,uIrcd IA about hity icrt from the hulk
head. hat the ground Is iillcd ~ ground
aud WAS much lousrucd aud ho"kcn up
hy tho excavation ior working tho shaiI
Tho ground ~ lillod With water, aud ~
u current was created, the wafer tom
tho riyrr rushed in through the bulk
head hlling the tunnel and working
through the refuse shalt a. the working
shaft,
tiIIing u with Finy Feet of Water.
aud coning within ten or twelve icct oi
tho suIi,ru al tho ground. Ihr ground
immediately over tho creek SAITH about
cighl ur ten icut, aud tho water N nov
Maudhug tnt ar iwn deep ~ the hot
tom ol thls holc. immediately after
tho accident word vas sent I" tho pollrc
station IN Jersey city, nnd Capt. td
muuianu hasicncd in the Srcnr With
live ul his men aui kept back the crowd
III excited men and women. Ropes
were stretched hnm point a. point,
A largr thrnug III men aud hnfS gath
rTrd at the wcuc ~ Suon IN tl,o nowH
EpIcad abroad. MANY III them acre al
II.rIvd hy mcIc curiosity, hut among
the thrung wcIr
Tho wives aud Friends OF tho Men
Who arru caught ~ tho tunnel nnd
druanrd Whom the iull dcis'lr al Tia"
calamity acIr known, aud u wa. inund
that Ihrsr men woio diownci nhd
buried beneath twenty i"ct ot earth, and
that II w"uld hu lmp"ssihlo Ia recover
ia, u hniios lot twuu three DAYS many
al ihcs. anmrn were icd Ia lhclr honcs
hy sympaihirlng l,ruiS, hut the cu,ios'
" sorkcIs remained aud their uumhris
CONSTANTLY inrica-cd Two Catholic
priests arrived upon tho scun, aud did
much to quiet aud cons"lc the S"r'nw'ng
women. The crowd was very "tdrIly
and the pollccmcn had u" trouble ~
L,cp,ug them outside ol tho llncs,