The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-15
TWO MEN KILLED AND ANOTHER
WOUNDED.
The Stute.

Fifteen negro laborers lad a narrow
escape from death yesterday. AS it
was, two Of their number, Henry
Young and Joe Jones, Wee killed,
and Richard Hall was severely woun-
ded.
The fnlce Of hands undcr. ". O.
Couch, foreman, were at work digging
gravel at the foot Of the embankm.nt
ilst nor.h OF the penitentiary wall, and
tor;v or fifty yards east of the caual
bank, when suddenly Q part cf the en-
bankmeut slid out as it were ana the
top came tumbling down, the stones
and earth flying in every direction and
causing the above stated fatalities.
The news spread to The city, all
curious crowd was soon al the scene
of The disaster. Dr.. Frank Green was
among the fist to get there, and he
began the work of relieving the in
jurfd at once. 1t was found that
Henry Young was dead and that Joe
Jones had his left thigh broken, also
his right arm, and had suffered internal
injuries. He was sent Immediately to
the aims house, where later in the day
he died. Richard Hal had his right
ankle broken, and was suffering, in
tensely. AS soon as possible he was
carried to his home. where 81 list &C
counts last night he was res ing as
we'll as could be expected.
The account of the a"cident given to
Superintendent Rivers, of the Colum-
BIZ Canal Company, who ~as present
at the time, is that the force of fifteen
nj gro men were at work taking dirt
from the foot of the em5ankment,
viii! i US ten or twelve feet high, TO
lac on tn, clnal bank. No danger
wa- ppreherded at all, aud there was
no d: ging in'o the embankment which
slopcl back al an angle Of fifteen or
twenty degrees. The men were merely
taking the dirt which was at the foot
of The erlbankment, when suddenly
about half way up, a part of the EN-
bankment slipped outward, and the
top of the earth, with g:eat deal of
rotten stone and gravel, came tDmb!ing
down Mr.. Rivers, who was standing
near the men, happened to look up at
the instant that the fall commenced,
and he yelled to the men to run, which
ali Of them did, save Henry Young,
who seemed dazeu. All of them es-
capped except Young, who was killed
instantly, and Joe Jones and Richard
Hal, who suffered the Injuries &c.
scribcd.
Mr.. Rivers says that The greatest
care is used whenever the men are at
work, but that there was nothing to
indicate that there was any danger TO
be feared from the embankment, at
the blse of which they we're working
yesterday. That only few Gays ago
he himself, to escape the rays OF the
sun, sat for q considerable time Just
where the slide occurred.
Subsequent investigation showed
that vein of soap stone was fhe cause
of the trouble, and that the earth had
merely slid away from it.
A few hours after the accident hap
pened Coroner Roach, accompanied by
Dr. kuowiton, arrived on the scene.
The coroner empanellcd jury, who
examined the place and heard the
testimony of those present. The ver-
dict rendered was that Henry Youog
had come to his death "by an accident
caused by land Slide"
DR.. Knowlton examined Young's
body, and stated that death had been
caused by the breaking Of his spine.
Subsequently the coroner held an
inquest over the body of Joe Jones,
and verdict identical to the first was
found
The Columbia Water Power Com
pany will pay for the medical atten-
dance of the injured and the funeral
exdenses of the killed since the accident
occurred while the men were in its
employ