New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-04
BURIED FOR NINE HOURS.
A WE'LL CAVES IN ON JACOB HEEB.
HE IS FINALLY TAKEN OUT ALIVE AND IN
HARMED-Irs EXPERIENCE.

HARMED-IIS EXPERIENCE.
After nine hours Imprisonment beneath tons OF
dirt Jacob IIccb OF Ncwtown. l.. L. crawcd ont anVe
and well yesterday afternoon. preacher was the
first man 10 lend him helping hand as he came ou'
and he drove home II an undcrtakers wagon between
a doctor and coroner.
Mr.. Iceb went to work yesterday morning al
G 30 O'Clock In a well situated properly In Grand
st. Ncwtown belonging 10 Leopold Eernhcimer, the
brewer. II was drivel well, and the 6p' had bce0
sunk siXty-nve feet. The shaft was thify-sA feet
deep and cased with boards. The lower sections oi
the casing were only two and onehaif feet long and
were insccurcly 5raced. The soil was loose and al
the bottom OF the Shaft there was eoou "e"
Of running sand.
While Mr. Iceb was at the bottom Of the SHAFT yes
terday morning, the jarring OF passing freight tram
the Long Island Rallroad c1nsed some o tle lower
sections Of the casing TO give way. The loose Sahi
Immediately into the we'll the Sides OF Whloh
caved in. and IIeeb quickly buried under mass
of earth. Several of the short bcards used IN th'
casing fell so As TO form roof his head thus
fortunately saving his life lie WAS buried IN tlc
running sand up TO his waist and one OF his arms
wedged in between two boards The caVe1h was
on one side and at short distance from the man
head a small airhoe. The two German
laborers who were helping the well digger wee
struck dumb with fear when the accident Iappchcu'
William Manwarng, an expert well digger, happened
to lao missing and Ia. took charge Of the work OF
rescue An alarm was sent ont and within a few
minutes fifty men had gathered around the well.
one OF the first who came was the Rev ;. Mailman
pastor OF the Ncwtown Presbyterian Church. lie
went down into the shaft and found that MI heeo
was alive.
send that man down here said Mr.. lieeb 81
mean that fellow talking up there. He understands
lie meant Manwaring. who was near the mouth of
tIe we'll and whose voice he hnd recognized. Man
WIRING went down and told the imprisoned man his
pans box about eight feet square was placed ABOUT
the well. and within this the force OF men
directed hy John II. Pl7,, the broker. began work
The digging was done carefully In order to prevent
the earth from caving In further and thus buryanS The
man deeper.
Nearly the whole population Of Newtown, men,
women and children turned ont. ana the Town con
stable was nj his witt end to keep hack the crowd
,hout O'Clock an air engine was brought ana com
nrcsscd mir was forced through pipe Into the narrow
,,ll below Mr.. Hclcb able ~ breathe with com
porat;vo ease after that. although qltniny on
hacked hay I'm the shaft prevented all the air from
reaching him.
The earth was dug away around the shaft for
dcpth OF fifteen feet and then the dirt was removed
from above the head OF the entTnbed man The Rev
Mr. Mailman went down in the shaft and at a 30
D. m. the welldigger and the preacher were drawn TO
the surface The crowd cheerd again and nealn and
Mr. Ucob was escorted - the wagon of Henry SHELTON
the undcrtakcr lie was almost exhausted, but stll
conscious.
Il never expected 70 get ont alive" he said.
The first thing he asked for was chew OF tobacco
hundred packages Of the Juicy weed were brandishcd
in the air and n cry Of II take mine. take mine'"
passed through the crowd.
lie was very faint but the use "'
rcstorativcs soon put him In grI condlum,;
Dr " A Combes ~ xamincd him carefully ana found
that he not injured - a., -, 4, .to
Mr. IIeeb was seen last night at MS nome IN tne
HOFFMAN boulevard With the exception Of nuie
numbncss he was In good condition. lns remarKaDlc
rescue is the talk Of all Ncwt0wn