The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-12-17
THE AKRON ACCIDENT.
Further Particulars of tho Dlsasisr--.An
Investigating Committee Appointed.

Investigating Committee Appointed.
AKRON, o., Dec. l0-The horrible
sewer accident In this city has'bpen the
chief topic OF conversation on the streets
and Ia the homes throughout this place
TO day. Hundreds OF people to-day
visited the scene Of the G, ident aud
many eyes have teen TiYetpd on the
great pile Of earth, timbaTs and stones
mat In NJ III supposed 10 cover up there
mains OF one ur two men at least.tgA A
new ffhmtW0, k,Was 10 day put In POSI-
tlon aud side walls built no that the
earth eau be removed with safety to the
diggerp.
Tue contractors, Messrs RyersOn q
LlddIe say that they are Col adent that
no mtre men hre IN the sewer, whi two
of the injured men say that they know
nat one or two more men are buried in
the reck.
August Krebs, who wa no horribly
encased, says that four men were by his
side when the walls cayed In upon them,
aud that all went down together, Krebs,
Henry Waller and Matt ROsensway, who
was dead, have been taken from the
place where Krebs was at work, which
would leave one more man unacc0unted
for, II IL thought that the wreck will
be cleared Tonight aud the matter OF
The killed definitely settled.
Wyk0h who was 10 terribly crushed
and who sustained very serious internal
lbjnrles, cannot recover, II In thought,
his suffering today being very great.
KreOS' legs are terribly swollen 10 day,
unN it la IuuVau uJiII huUa IA ka A n,n.
tated. His position was one that IN hard
TO describe. He was buried fully twenty
feet deep, aud was thoroughly encased
by the tlm6ers AZ they had cayed In
about and upon him. A heavy log lay
across hla legs upon which were tons OF
earth. His head aud upp.T part Of the
body were protected by planks forming
u regular Case about him, aud thus pre-
vented him from being crushed into an
unTecognlzable mas, The pain he en-
dnred In this position was very great,
aud his gr0ans and cries could DO heard
for q long distance around. The break.
Ing OF Il single board above him would
have buried him many feet deep, and
would have either crushed or emOthered
him instantly, Several times during
WV WV NhiH lihh WhH III lulh
rlble prison the earth cayed In about
him, and he, by his shrieks, gave eyl.
dence that he thought death was upon
him, as did all who looked upon the
scene.
The work of excavating has been
necessarily slow 10 day, owing to the
great danger attending and 10 the fact
that the hll Ia c0mposed Of earth, rocks
and timbera unwieldly TO handle.
A story has been often repeated on the
streets to-day that man by the name
OF Wright, residing In the Sixth Ward,
who 10 missing, II beneath the debris In
the sewer Digging In the sewer was
suspended thia evening, the contractors
feeling confident that all the bodies
have been recovered. This In causing
much talk, aS two Of the men hurt insist
ha there are at least two more bodies
beneath the bebrie. The Trades and
Labor Assembly have, by resolution, ap.
pointed q committee to investigate the
cause OF this horrible affair. The con-
tractors thia evening stated that by 8
o'clock tomorrow morning they would
convince the public that the Ave men
named last night were oil that were
lutied In the sewer,