Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-04-28

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washed away, and the massive timbers
and planks were tumbled in disordered
heaps upon the shore. The perspective
was one awful scene of destruction. and
instantly the mind reverted to the dread.
full situation of the men who were
every morning such familiar figures on
the works. The people acquainted
/ With this state of affairs on the shore
! concluded that the men had as soon as
there was danger made for the shaft
ana secured themselves. But the trouble
was that the opening of he shaft could
not be secured from the inside. and
again it was likely that when the crib
was torn from its fastenings it would
tear away the connecting pipes and let
the water into the shaft. Another fear
was that the leak in the bottom of the
Shaft would soon fill and drown the
men.
| 1t was an awful sight at s o'clock to
see the huge waves washing over the
bottom of the crib, which, being an
chored by stone work to the bottom of
the lake, still remained. At 9:3O o'clock
a great shout arose from the watchers
on the beach
There they are! there they arer'
cried little man, dancing up and down
excitedly. See, they are out on top.
See them! See them
| Sure enough on top Of the little pier
could be discerned the dim forms mov-
ing about Cries of ''Thank Godr God
be praised went up from the women,
While one anxious wife threw herself
upon her knees in the wet sand and
cried. Telescopes were procured, but
owing to the flying surf it was with
difficulty that the men could be dis
tinguished. But there they were, six of
them, the remainder presumably in the
lock.
That the men ON the pier were aware
of the excitement was quite apparent
1t was also evident that they were la
boring under a great strain of excite
ment and fully realized their perilous
position. Gold they must have been,
too, for every now and then they could
be seen swinging their arms to and fro
and rubbing their hands, A little flag
sent up on the pumping station as Il
signal, was answered with the waving
of hats, and one man swung his coat.
Then the crowd ON the beach again
broke into huzzah, loud and long,
While the women prayed, Wept and
kissed each other alternately.
The crib was located 3,14O feet east
of the shore craft 1t was built substan-
TALLY, the outside diameter of the
tWelve-sided polygGn being Sc feet and
the inside diametey Of the hcxagonal
well 20 feet. The depth of the well.
was % feet and the bottom Of the crib
consisted of four tiers of II by y inch
pine timber. The bulkhead around the
we'll was divided by a solid II by II inch
timber walls into six water-tight com
partMents, and all the joints between
the ironwork and the timbers in these
wallis and of the walls of the we'll and
crib and Of the bottom of the crib were
ealked, so as to make each of the six
compartments and the center well com
paetely water tight. The inner and
outer walls of the eric were further
by IL by II inch timber
ties. The crib was provided with four
infets, each feet square and with two
openings each 5 feet square, the wallis
consisting of solid timber to tops. of
openings and capped by 70 by 70 inch
timber, the wallis each being tied to the
bottom OF the crib by two 2 1-2-inch
rods provided with nuts and washers,
cou1d ersullk into the tizuiper at each
end.
Milwaukee, April 21-Ehe steamer
Burroughs, owned by the tunnel CON
tractors, went out to the, wreck of he
crib house this raorning and recovered
ten b0dies.
The bodies of Gustave~ Leukohiteh,
of Milwaukee, and Charles johnson,
of Chicago, were found floating in the
well around the air chamber, which; i1s
the present calm condition Of the wa ger,
projects above the surface. The bodies
of the, following victims have been
found:
William ETueSSner, chicago.
Frank Brown, Milwaukee.
Joseph Pezol, Milwaukee.
James Murphy, Chicago.
John Donovan. Chicago.
John Marion, Chicago
John Heafy, Milwaukee.
Charles Johnson, Chicago.
Gustave Leukohitch, Milwaukee:
Michael Dwyer Milwaukee.
George Gregg, Milwaukee.
E. Cambreen, Chicago
The bodies of Michael Dwyer, the
engineer, and George Grogg, the. lock
tender, drifted ashore near the scene
of the tragedy early this morning. This
makes thirteen accounted fOr-dwelye
hoGies and the one survivor ROW in
the hospital. 1t is now sale; there
We're only fifteen men on the crib.
James Miller, the sole survivor Of the
CRIB crew, is improving as rapidly as
could be expected. In an interview
today he said the crew realized their
danger at 8 o'clock "Wednesday night
and retreated into the air chamber.
At 6 o'clock yesterday morning they
discovered that the air machinery had
stopped, and water began TO pour in
on them occasionally. When the air
became so foul that they could stand it
no longer they climbed otrt and all but
six were drowned by the infowing
water. Four of those who reached the
top of the crib were soon washed away,
and only Miller and John Mcbride
were left. Mcbride was washed off
a few minutes before the rescaing
tug arrived.
No new marine disasters have been
reported here thus far today.
The district attorney will impanel
Jury for the inquest at 9 o'clock tomor-