Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-10-26

EMINGToN, H., Oct lT.-By the pre-.
mature explosion of dynamite while
charging the village well at li:l7
o'clock Monday morning five men were
killed and five seriously injured. out
of the five injured only two have any
chance for recovery. The explosion
shook the buildings within a radius Of
miles and not a whole pane of glass
IS left in Emington.
The Victims.
The killed are:
Chris Eyer, Of tine firm Of Eyer Bros, well
diggers, Dwight III. leaves wife and one child.
Z. Fowler, Eniugton, Iii. leaves vie aud
Two children
James Gre. weu. Dwight. single
Fred Eyer Olney H. cousin Of the Eyer
brothers
Tom Eyer, o,ney. III: also cousin Of the Eyer
brothers
The injured are: James Wyllie. VIII
liam Wyllie, John Kennedy, Jahn
Brown and Chris. Sherer The tuo
latter viii die. All are residents If
Emington except Sherer who lives at
Olney.
Cause Of the Accident.
Wylhe Bro. of Emington, VINO
are well makers, had contracted with
the city Of Emipgton to furnish well.
Having gone down to depth IF 305
feet their drill broke and they were I'M
able to 90 any further Hence they en-
gagged Eyer Bro, TO use dynamite in
order to further their work The lat
ter arrived Monday morning from
Dwight and began their labors
two-foot piece Of a inch gas-pipe was
filled with dynamite They had filed
the tube and were Gaping it with sol
der, when the pipe exploded
A drop of the molten lead If Is
thought, seeped through tile. joints Of
the dynamite's tin casing There was
"a mighty crash, followed by a strange
stiffness. In the fear Of the ensuing
moment no one thought Of the workers
nj the village well Homes Law half in
ruins, as though marked by the vista
ton Of an earthquake After awhile
the people went out on the streets
Shreds Of flesh and bits of clothing
lay scattered about deep hole about
feet across and close hy where drills
and derrick once were Ii was sight
that for time deprived the onlookers
of speech or emotion. Across tile
street from the weil hole ay
two hiaeAened hgurcs They were
those 1T the Eyer brothers Tile
Intense stiffness was pnnetuated pF
moan from one of the injured re-
covering With that sound came re-
turning Nenslh3lltE - stupehed by-
ISLANDERS. Lough lmproVlsed ttter-
we're brought out ana the whole VIC
TINS q the DISASTER We're taken across
= " ikod drug store Doctors were
summoned
Found shFedS OF Flesh
The killed aud injured We're near the
place 81 the explosion anu were thrown
over ~ ieet 10y the SHOCK. They were
nangiea So baoly that Identification
was almost impossible. Their clothes
were completely torn from their bodies.
Chris oherer VINO cannot live, has
pieces OF IA al wood driven into his
body which Is the case with all Of the
injured.
From the heaps Of splinte red timbers
shreds OF clothing and flesh were gath
cred and all we're carried over 10 New
hoh Bros. undertaking establish
ment. While the bodies OF the dead
had been literally torn to pieces the
faces IN three eases were Recognizable
The doctor on reaching the scene of
the explosion with the help Of others
commenced 70 carry the dead and dy-
ing 70 the undertakers, NewhoH Bros
Fred Eyer's left leg was entirely blown
OF and cannot be found