Rio Grande republican. (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1881-1914, 1889-02-16
Las CRUCES NEW MEXICO. sATURD Az FEHRu.4RY
HORRIBLE DEATH.
Five People Killed By the Gazing ia Of
4 sand Bank.

Lust nigti seieyram vss Eeeisine b
COreres Armstrong e thi. ely shss az
accident bad ooearreG Il fxseta dariuE tie
Afsegnoan 10 Ave persons. ald requesting
hiss - e, &c TIA, to@s and bs.ll an ibqHczt.
Full PAF,seuiar. of the sSsfr could not te
Earned unt.i ,Ais rn0sning. 1hsa C,I. Ges.
fsy lar rsepPei int. the TEisane aEs.s s=-a
szvu-1E ne Partl-OlArs. There were Eve
persons Who nei N aE,islely end, ana Hear
uAmes are ~ follsws p Il. Jgnrss tsligor
q YslelA Reporter, formerly Of Gu.ss ar-e
eoaHiy, hls sea DudI~y, Eis two dsagtiers
fiakey ard Aiise and person BY Tie name
of Wade HAmpion Wit. Il rcems tia,
Mabel Joue,, -1;E tie baby. snd Gus. Nc
Grnhis- zsfe playHg n cave in the ssnd
bssk Of tie Ris Grxnie-- -4a@se th~y hSd
made play house. T5nkey. Abce and
Wade Wa Sese ~ a. tie back otthServs
ao.ne sFte~n fees from the entrsncs. waat
the light quickszn3- ezzssAA sz.3 CslI.. Il
ne Iast urs. ehildren oaly partially. the
sAad b@ins up % their xsists. Tse otbers
ran screaming towards tie b5u.s zlsd gave
tie alsran. uhen Dudley sid tatlne4s Nc
Gjnris. whO we're ssanaias OUTSIDE OF the
hea.e. rza II 44sse4 70 the scese- Mr. Jvnes
Ani Mr. Bro~n. Ebo Eere sitting in The
h.sss-e, ran Ous Aa5 made lor iba cave. Nh
Bro~n sid wteh he sot there Da3ley an
Colsmbas Me;ihnia ~sss trr'ng 10 81 The
ehii1rsn vi u lsei, reriloas position. and
NJ. Jaaes raa IL. Stopping iorrrrd, ~hen
lhe heAFy sa.g >syer-he.a caHse da~n, cdveF-
ins him ag,d Dsilsy. CSlll,bus was cover
ed ~ ~ ~slsi- bal beias urrighi Anl strong.
Est os.;
TIE NeAicss. and otber frisad. .oaa be-
gan di=saE. snaeagoril< to rescue their
t'eads alive. bgs wbvn they rescAcl the
! poor unfortunaies they ~ers All dad whHe
taking he dead bsaies sa, NJ. Brown xss
struck b. sli,is u the heavy soil. but for
iIz.tsls =ssiEE-.rsi 10 set76Vs ia;aF
B!iss WAi and H,sis ..Harper Giiiett were
en lseir way 70 play With the Jones'
ehidrsn, ard were wiiAin sfty ysrds Of llae
cave Whea 4 tel il. AID The sudden fsll,o.
tbe bank, had ihsy srriveS At The pom, II
p.eAsars ezsiisr. would pcobstly have sdde3
tao m1rs yirtim. 70 tor rribie dssta.
Eii.or Joass wa trephew Of EaEasli
g9re~. and eas of the Old Texas families. shd
he was = H,en.her Of Hao-l's famous fszss
Bris-ie. H. a.ed !. ipss at III pot OF honor
ard dusy, isyiaf 10 ave kron d,ssh those
h. lowed.
The ssl,ea snt fstAl sees.ies.l ,iz. hsffFii, !,
+ tise esiiS0s - he Reporter ard bis children.
sSai resPsrtir-'y ffse,,. Ten sad eight ,e4rs
ai.a 'hs ssati. q Hs,!e H.mY,5n Wat has
81; g-s,ein ever ths es,irs c1rl-nn,.i;ies 4
b,,sh / Y.t..sA sad Il Pasa- TIE Tr;baus es-
trpas IL sYmrs;aies u these xha are bercf,
u fashsr.. sans and daughters. as,i raNy the
ssef Silsag it.ins WIN r.z. 1t: :: i'EzFE
uH,rhfaI eass osrr lh,-e aha hlz- =s-.4s--s
ts.r tss.r is5sz u isaF dead. To K s-Egt7,teI 5,
sIeHih san-t b. borTib!e in the 5rx,resssc. = "a
aise saf-rings endured iy-the br-ye ORR ~ts
. a..biy sl.ssnFs-i TO rescue ;s,,se biiriei
i-siire tsar-sh the g4;ekszn4s - Sls- ss,r
t'sai-'asr, 1s'IF Eea can BOT descrsse. Le
teesH rest 10 rsaoe AHa ussy t55sl har,
merry ea their soaI..-Ea Paso Tribanc.