Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-03
ADAY OF ACCIDENTS.
A ,slnT Caves In and Covers Man ana
Ills Tearn--Two Men Ru" Over-Ah
unfortunate Wresttc.


Unfortunate wrestic.
The old gravel pit in the west end
oc,be town was the scene of serious
accident yesterday afternoon. FOR
some time past teansters nave oeeh
digging away the bluff anu haullnS
The gravel to the city for use on the
streets by Messrs. Laing d Ratican,
the contractors. Not long since the
authorities ordered the DIS
continuance of the work az
The center of the bluil,
ON uccount OF encroaching on the sa-
cr,.d precincts of the dead. The
gravel al that point, however, seems
10 he much more desirable than any
where else, aud although the con-
Tractors no flied the teamsters Ia as
continue getting IL there, as stated by
one of the latter to The GAZETTE man
Yesterday, Quo Guenihrr dug gravel
there. IA his wuik he had dug severa!
iepi back AZ and lew feet above tue
rrouud. 80 that above there was Il thick
out iutting shelf of gravel
extending upward to the top OF the
10 uff. fifteen feet above he level on
which Mr. Gueuiher was standing.
His team was alongside below. He
hat II He'd HE wagon aud was standing
between ii and The blun when lac
heard "A uoisu above that told hun win
lightning flash of thought that the
TANK was caving in. He took one
step. when the punder"us mass OF
gravel that had formed the biuil above
an Instant before, fell with Il
dull crash, bury ing tie atlIigh!ed
4 sd 81 .atNyH a..
ing the wagon. II. p. Chisholm and
John huffman, " hU were working
huuortd yard, away on either SIDE OF
him. heard the fall. and rushed to-
gether TO the seine. They looked
i'm vain for Gurnthrr. He was COM
pletely buried in The mass. Finally
Mr. Cuishuim nea!d a labored breath
ing, and stopping down saw through
the wagon what booked Ike
the head Of MS iellOwwork uan. He
worked manfully aud soon uncovered
Mr.. Guenth,r's urad. HIS body WAS
gradually eXtricated. II VAS found
that he hat filien un his right sid.
He had taken one step with his right
foot, ana tins eft his lief; leg some
what extended to the rear he side
bluw of he mass was sufficient to uis
locate his hip. Tue mule was
The inside OF the two animals and WIS
completely covered up. ! he hos was
on tle outside. and only received Il
-g II quantity OF the gravel OF him.
His lex was broken. The wagon
Suffered the loss OF Il front wheel aud
the tongue.
Mr. Gueuther was taken to the Office
Of DIS Betl ~ Adams, where Drs.
Beaii and Bro * removed tile disl0ca-
tiou. He was sur ring con-
s,dtrablv last night, but it
is expected that he will be
yut IN q few week. lie would have
been eUiE Gated brfre help rrarned
Tim had nut MS head fallen against
the wheei Little If the dirt and
gravel went through il. and 50 he
hrrathed through the spikes. The
fall of the cmp.nkment left exposed
thIee lumber cutlin~ with lest priut-
Ing toward Mecca, u CHASTITY
SIGHT ten irrt from he
ground q was as ii Shaksperian
spir i inhatit-d these silent aU1des
nj with AN unmuttertd cursed be
The man that move, The s. bones, - de
family they showed tire Intervening
und overhangiug mass upon HIM
who would not let them rest
'oUT or THE FRYING PAN.
As IN n named Lewis " : crossing
NJ IN street near Spenr-r x fuckers !
Yesterday he saw the street car was
almost on INN end ian. But he did
NOT -ee The bus | at was coming even
murr rapidly and WAS knock, q down
10y il ami says he was run over His
ieg was vtrA badly utused. 1t was
ores d by DR. Beult, and he
wa taken to his lone in the eastern
parC of the city.
AZ UNFORTUNATE sCUFFLE.
George johnson, youth. while
hnviu4 Il filendly scutilr with h. n
Rowland in The rear of the Plaza
house, got decidedly the worst of il in
80 broken coilar-bone. Dr Brooks set
i. is very painful, though not
wound.
REARING HORSES work.
MT. kurk Buneit has a very fine
black pony which is not now on tue
a. il has ruined all PROSPECTS
i"r "a iuiurr trade, uni IS it reforms.
y colorrd boy named Lewis Gre en-
wa. ii ing hun IN fr. mt of Mr.. Bur
nett, when he reared and fell over
backward on the boy. The saddle |
L RACED the boys legs above |
hr knee, confusing II |
badly. DIR. Beall dressed il. The boy |
Is thought TO be- hurt otherwise.
RUNAWAY.
a man named Steven. on from Wise
county was work ng on the bluff road
beyond Houston street. " hen his team
ran away, throwing him out and niv.
Ing him some bruises and hurting him
Dr.. Feld dressed his
The team ran around the
Dluir doing the WAGON some consider
able injury