The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-09-17

Rarely has more sickening spectacle
been presented than that which waS witnessed
BY large number u people AZ the lime-klln ~
u. r. johnson. on Water street. last evening.
shortly after nge y clock A Representative ~
the C.Ytuisr WAS notified that man hal fallen
into the mouth ~ Johnson limc-kiln and v q :
rossting 20 death The newsman FASTENED 10
the scene ~ the accident. and found large
crowd collecting. while "A number hal climbed
UP 10 the mouth Of the kiln and we're gazing
hOrror-sfricken into the yawnin1 furnace
Climbing up. the scribe lr0ked into the crater
and saw q human being IN the last agunies ~
dissolution and 40 arEniy wcdgrd IN b. ne
limestone a. "a render efforts ~ rescue him
futile. The clothing had taken fire and cnrn-
menced u burn. hut the flames were stopped
b. q couple ~ pals % water thrown on the
now inanimate furm- The flesh Was fairy
baked through and had been burned Oh IN
ibic. M
After taking In the situation of the unf0r-
funate the work W elicifinx the facts ~ 10
how the accident 0ccurrrd was commenced
II seems that occasionally the stone tn the
kiln burns Out fNelow. leaving quantity On
the surface that packs closely together. form
Ing a snrt ~ crust some two. three. ~ four
fest rntck- In order 70 Inss~cn this u became
necessary 70 pound II with iron hars called
'thumps- - tnnt u would six into me kiln
and thus burn. Il was "A this wYrk thar Mr..
Johnson Daniel Parkhurst tine unforunar q /.
and twO others were engaged AZ - y cinck
last evening. They felf the Stone sinking ic-
meath them and all jumped OUT ~ the mouth
hurst wh0 teing new hand. evidently did
not cOnlrr. bend the danger. AMI. heSifnt mr. AN
instant was carried duwn into the kiln with
tho stone susne twe ~ more tons ~ which IN
weight cISed around him ard wedvc.f him frtirn
the hip- down a. firmly ~ IN a yisss. while the
surface teinw broken the heat from fht fur
mace bri0w came M and added ~ the horrors
Of Pnrkhurst@ situation
A. ne ~rnf down Nr. Johns IN handed one
81 the "fnufnp@ - him. aud. holding the
other md. nfft npted 70 pun hlu out. but
CDuld ndt accomplish IL. Pnrknurst called IN
his companions - help him. and ripe Was
quickly procured which the Imperilet mAn.
rapidly roasting. fastened about his own
waist The united strength Of six men was
insufficient 20 start the nOiy ~ the man an
inch and the broken stone ~ere - hot that il
WIS inps@sibie - touch them hal thcy bc m
able ~ rcach hem with their hands Thus the
companions ~ Parkhurst. uhD we're tugring
and pulling ~ the rope aided b. his cries and
command ~ -'pull him Ia two. II necessary.
we're unable 70 cxfricarc him. saw him rapidly
rUa-f 20 death before their eyes. his head To-
ing only three cr four feet from the top ~
the mouth N the kiln farkhu-st realized
hi situation. aud his groans touched the
hearts ~ his companions soon The intense
hest -tinel his voice. AMI insensibility and
death followed within fifteen minutes from
the time he went down.
A large pair ~ tonxs were finally procured
and the work of recovering the body conn
menced. Only portion ~ the stone c0uld IT,
took hold Of the ripe around the body and
nnally succeeded in Hitting II out and over me
mouth. whence II was lowered 20 the rround
on stone car. used IN taking stone from the
ground 70 the mouth q the kiln. nearly an
hour after he fell m
Not Avestige u clothing remained On the
body 81 the unfortunate man. the flesh was
baked blisfcred and torn IN places by the fre
and the Jagged edre- ~ the stone. presenting
Got.r<r.