Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-07-04
KANSAS CITY ACCIDENTS.


Three Boys Drowned While Picnicking-
Fatal BIast-Death IN a Sewer.
KANSAS CITY, No, June 2S.-While
swimming in the Blue river near Sheffield
about two O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Fred Brice, Edward Camp and Willie
Oviatt, aged ten. fouri cen and fourteen
years and six months respectively. were
drowned 1t was a sad termination o.
what was intended for picnicking party.
The boys had left home in the morning 2
with the consent OF their parents, who
had provided them with we'll flied baskets
and it was the intention 10 spend the en-
tire day fishing and swimming
The youngest of the pa-ty, Fred Brice,
was the son of Fred H Brice, a butcher at
S07 Delaware street; Willie Oviatt was the
son IF Frank L Oviatt, a boot and shoe
dealer az 1921 Main street, and Edgar
Camp was the son of Edgar L. Camp. at
S410 independence avenue. Allen Oviatt,
a ten-y -year-old brother of Willie Oviatt,
and Walter Cheney, aged fifteen, COM
oleted the Inflated party.
FATAL BLAST.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. June ga fatal
accident occurred at 5:I5 O'Clock Yesterday
.vening at the stone quarry at twenty
itth and Grand avenue, in which NJ. c.
Hill, single man iwentv-eieht wears old,
met horrible death. Hill was for. man of
the gang of quarrymen and boarded on
Grand avenue, h1lf a b ock from the
quarry. The men we're engaged in blast
ing and had just started The fuse of an
unusually heavy blast two feet deep in
the sol. d rock.
The fuse burned within half a foot of
the pocket aud then hung fire. After
waiting until he believed the fire had died
out Hill approached to see what was the
matter. Just as he was bending over to
examine the fuse the blast went off, tear
ing an enormous hole in the wa of rock
and throwing out sections of stone as
large as bushel basket. The other men
rushed up t. see what fate had befallen
Hill when second explosion followed,
throwing out another though smaller
piece of rock. Fortunately none of the
workmen was hurt by this second blast,
but as soon as they recovered a CHASTITY
discovery was made. The dead body of
their foreman was found lying among the
mass OF broken rocks with the whole left
side of his head mashed in and torn, and
his brains spattered about over the rocks.
He had probably never known what hurt
him.
FATAL SEWER GAS.
KANSAS CITY, Nc. June .S-Several
wOrkmen in sewer district No. l22 had n
terrible gTappla with death while exca-
waiting for connection in the rear of 1921
Flora avenue about six o'c' ock last even
ing, and Thomas Linquist lost his life in
the struggle. Lnquist was digging for a
pipe connection with the vault in the rear
of James Hobson's residence. when sud-
denly the cesspool wall gave way and the
gas began to pour forth from the orfice.
HobsOn himself was standing at the edge
of The hole in which LinQuist was digging
when the accident occurred.
II dug too close 10 it," LinquiSt said,
and suddenly fell upon his back Hohson
gave the alarm and j. H. Winters. Otto
Alback, Jack Best, laborers, and George
Schultz teamster in Hob>on's employ,
went to the rescue. The sewer men fear
leSsly leaped into the pit, which was 1T
least twelve feet deep, and attempted to
lift their cOmrade out. They would have
been unable to do this had not Hobson and
Schultz lowered a rope. When Lin
quist had been taken out, Jack
Best tainted. and after he ping him
out the others made a scramble for
their lives. Once on the outside
of the pit, the laborerS fell fainting TO the
earth and were carried into engine house
No. 10. Linquist died a few moments
later and B. SITS life still hangs in the ball
ance. All the others were more or less af-
fected by the gas poisoning and were re-
moved to their homes.