The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-10
DEATH IN A CAISSON
Fourteen Lives Lost By CarelesSness At
Louisville, Ky.
the Death oT Fourteen Workman
searching for the Bodies of
the Victims.

LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Jon. 9.-Thc most ap-
pallug accident known hers. i'm many
years, occurred this evening about q
o'clock. Cais-on number 1, about ten
yards from the Kentucky shore, used i'm
the construction of the new bridge be-
tween Louisville and Jeffersonville, sud-
denly gave way and the workmen em-
ployc'l on il were either drowned
crushed tn death 10y stone and timbers.
As tn. workmen at the pumping station
were looking for the m IA in the cai-son
I" put OIL i'm their boats leaving
for tn. night, they suddenly saw
the low dark structure in the d,shinR
white waves. The life saving station was
Immediately notified of the accident and
three skiirs were manned aud pulled tn
the scene of the wreck. Word was also
sent to the police station aud a squad At
once ordered tn the ground to aid in the
work of recovering the bodies. The site
of TIA. bridge il at the upper end of the
cIty just below Towhcad island.
Within an hour from the Disappearance
of the caiSson thr....t housand people were
on Tia" Shor" and strained th.ir eyes try
ing To- Sc. something Of the wreckage.
Dozens of boats were plying about over
the spot where the caiSson had stood, and
lights danced tn and fro with them, but
there was no trace of the massive struct-
urr.
IL was soon known that only four of the
eighteen men who were mt work at the
time of tn. accident had escaped. The
killed are:
H,NsE-, WILLIAM. aged ~ years.
Nc ADAMS, aged ~ years, oi Hyde Park, Pa
M>irm. fn,>S, aged - years, a native of
N,Yrsi, r,r. aged q, Of Philadelphia.
Ash, THOMAS, colore'i, aged 3O years. Of Hen
.,B"wLiN,. MQ>H"r. ."lorrs. aged oo years. OF
CuILn-, CmNnLrs, eolore.i. aged 10. of Hen
j"ms-"s. THOMAS, c"lored. aged -. of Hen
| Gonn.N. Jo-nrH. eoiored. aged -. OF Hen
| MoKKI-, HAMiLroS, aged 10. of Henderson,
| Sn,rsR, FRANK. color-,i, aged -, Of Hender-
| TYLER, Honrnr. aged III, OF Henderson. NY
| The last man out Of the cai>son was
| Frank HasiiiN. He was barely saved by
| Murray. who dragged him from where he
was caught waist deep in the auicksand.
sto.,d nearest the iron ladder by which
to get in and out. He heard n r,Imb-
ling noi~" and there was rush
tie jumped up ia. r,,ngs OF the ladder,
| followed by the other men. They had
hardly got clear of the c.,is-on when the
water burst through "a man-hole, knock
ing the men all into the river. where they
were picked up. HasIdx said he saw
| Morris, who was climbing next below
| himself. swiftly drawn under 10y sand. and
heard his cries for help but could
Tho caisson is not wrecked. "a was first
supposed, but has settled down i'm the bed
aud water. The pumping station il hard
at work clearing the way To the bodies
but n"n'. will b.. reached tonight. There
! seems absolutely no hope for any of thoss
caught within the cai-son.
Negroes who escaped say that John
Knox. the gang boss. had them dig tos
deep before letting the caisson settle, ans
th. digging was too close tn the shoe OF ths
cai-son. just bcfor. the accident Kno,
gave some Order to the keeper in charv,
of the upper door to the exit. He opeuet
this door aud the compressed air whicl
kept out til. river rushed out. letting in
stream. The men say they workin,
in ugly quicksand at the time. The Gals