Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-10-17
Buried Under a Mass of Oats.

A dreadful accident occurred last
night at the farm Of Mr.. Northruff,
eight miles east of this place, in
which four men were killed outright
and ten more narrowly escaped with
their lives The fourteen men were
members of a threshing crew who
had been threshing for Mr.. North
ruff the day previous. They were
sleeping in the lowsr story of a gran
ary, in the upper story OF which were
stored I,400 bushels of oats. Dur
ing the night, while all the men were
asleep, the floor suddenly gave way
and the falling oais completely bur
led eight men who were sleeping al
the end of the building where the
floor first gave way. The other six,
who were sleeping at the other end
Of the granarv, were partially crowd
ed through the side of the house,
which gave way under the sudden
pressure OF the descending grain.
and made their escape without seri-
ous difficulty.
After giving the alarm they set to
work to release their buried comrades.
When the unfortunate men were fnal-
" reached four of them were dead
from suffocati0n and some of the
others were so nearly so that it was
matter of doubt for several hours
whether they would live or not. The
dead are Andrew Larson, r. a
Rhodes, Charles Vim and another
whose name is not knswn.
Mr. b. X. Jamison, the Philadel
phia banker, who, together with his
wife and two SONS. arrived in this
city Thursday, having driven all the
way from Philadelphia, was met III
the Riggs House by Post reporter
yesterday.
Yes, 1 drove in yesterday" he
said, '-but not direct from Philadel
phia. / left there aboEt two weeks
ago and have been driving all through
Pennsylvania through the oil re
gions, the iron country and all along
the Cumberland Mountains. That
is the way we always take our vaca-
ton. There comes my fix now," he
said, as a large black chariot, drawn
by four fine dark bay horses, drove
around TO the ladies' entrance. where
it was Immediately surrounded by Il
crowd of curious people.
Upon an invitation from Mr.. Jam
ison the reporter examined the equi-
page. The body is built something
ike the old-fashioned stage and paint
ed rich black. The springs and
running gear are bright lake, with
black stripes. The outside of the
coach has seats for three in front and
two back; two large lamps are on
each side of the front seat and one
large headlight on the dashboard
1t also supports a clock, axe, knife,
pistol, etc On the left of the 'whi p
is a small leather case that contains
driving gloves, change for the toll
EdlCN anu
On the left side of the coach. ada
cent to the box, a silver handle de
notes the existence of a private lock
er, which carries travelling supplies
of all kinds, even down to hard tack,
with water-cooler, marked '.Ram-
bier" On top is a large willow
trunk, Immediately back of which the
tent, camp chairs and blankets are
stored. The back seat is situated
over the boot and is approached by
iron steps; under this seat is place
for another large willow trunk, hang
ing behind which is step-ladder to
be used for ladies when taking seats
on the outside of the coach. Inside
of the boot all kinds of cooking uten-
sils, napkins and table cloths, mark
ed Rambler" are packed. On the
sides of the coach are two willow
cases for canes, umbrellas, fishing
roes, guns and such things.
Inside there are two roomy seats
facing each other, tie soft springs
heavily covered with rich cherry
leather, accommodating six persons.
Affixed to the rear inner wall is a
leather dressing case, with everything
that goes with a lady's toilet In
the cushions of the doors are map
pockets. A thermometer. barome-
ter, compass, clock, night-lamp,
MATCHBOX, glove pockets hang on