, 1881-08-04
BURNED AT AN o1L-WELL.
I1orrld Fate al Four Warren County
Operators.

f'ittstnry IuNln,trel -Haztltc.
Tho Gronpr boys wcre operating OIL tue Davis
trnGt LII Clarendon. Their welt toachcl tho
said OH rrt,lny last and was tnrpctoc,l on Sat-
ur<luy morntug. Ttcy snrc Obliged to work ut
tho well oil Su,lay In or.lor to cloan her out.
Thoy hnl their Sunday clutnos on. md, not Want
i1g to ret tnon, stncurcti with oil, kept At safe
dtstaucc. Tho hpilcr WIS situated about sixty
five feet lrum tho derrick. 4 number Of rMls
below tho tlcrrto's stood Il slhnty, whore tho
men Judged. THO NTH weru NIL lii tho derrick,
nnd wcre chatting among themselves. The
hcarcr was run two Or thrco times, aud, not
bringing up nny amount ne oil, tho tools wero
lnwcrod. 1t was nuticrl that they Ill! not 10
down TITO tho hue rs rar rs they should, ehow-
Tug tlat sho ha.l brltiged somo twelve fcrt, hut
by I, little work thoy ronchcd tlte required
tler,t, wlcn they hcnrl tho oil nud Eas coming
up. t}y thls time Jpo Grtticr was ut ttd boiler,
and tho scnsA.n.ug three rncn stood lnsl<tu thu
derrick. Upon hcnring tho olt they. yelled
boiler. Soon ,le oil bcgan to l,1hhio up nbuvo
as IL ~ '% SSs a u se Ses IT, s she
md hlsher tn an i9staI a # I wns ,"tleeu jess
sre nr, # te ,s noG e. p, u s ssca 1nas Gs
eiothot hrig sutur;tetl with oil cauEht TIRE md
burned ilpIIIy. and soon thn oNttro derrick. cil-
ao sursbn t ieus ~ TO ~evS r. " II so SS
lluines, pnsl those who wero stant!lng at thu
sl.naty took 70 tto wotxl* n0ar ~. nlu' m On
rIets but he Gould not. Tho burning OF tho dor
ruk nttra1tetf:tlI1 attention Of tho town people,
whO catne Immediately to tho spot. Henry was
tl,st found lying about two rols from tho der
r1Uk deilt1, nttll burned to a crlap tlla MtKcra
| could cnsliy hRvo been broken Off, thpy wcro 30
Orittu. ttlout was rushing from hla cMrs, hose,
Atid mouth It Ia npt supposed that he lived over
| hnlt minute nrtet he Full. and WINS uh9hlo ~
risu. Edward Htcr1,er wns next tound. Ato lay
Hotne fur rods frU1n tho tlar!ek In fho bushes,
| witcrp he hnd rE1i, and, bustg exhausted. fGl!
down. Ills wfIne body WIS Drnctl except his Tout.
! which wuro protested fyy Ills bnotS Ills skill.
| wien tnt1chcJ, would peel on. md tho breast
aud abdomen soellle1 to lp burned tho uonpost.
lie dEutl ut y. IN. Ito WIS A. llrothnr-tn-eaw Of
tho lronor hoys, md WIS helping them IN thelr
wells. ilu wls Ah0ut T.. yours old, Stcphan was
found lying n}uut tcH ru4!s from tho t!orrIck.
| nhove tho Ehnnty. Ills whole body was burned
except bis fcut. Eonao places 1YcrD burned dcop-
| or lhan olhors. Ills buck nnd shoulders woro
| ltlrneu quito severely and ho received informal
| injuries. 1t wis thuught ut llrat that TIC MtKhf
1.-Two II ho wns not buFpd too seyGrefy informally.
| but 10 expired to-tay ut 'c!evk. I[o wss next
| to tho tllticst Ut the bTothers, and Wna married.
| about ono yoar. H0 luuyGs chill 3tnofitlH old.
Joe the oldest, WIS foAntl walking from one I'd
tho other, uud seemed crazy. md was cnNtEnu-
aiiy drinking wator to qucnch ais fns!u0 btlrLs
lIo received burma principally RbDut fa0 nrIlG
and hands aIlu BllTht bNEid A6out tho fAce. lie
seerus out OF his held Ou ncc0unt pf thu sovcrO
pains which he hts to endure. When spokon tC
6y tho men h1 tutla tAoul to lgt hm alone aud nc
away. 1fo IL about ~ years old ind uutuAr rtcd