The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-07-22

mis-. Ont. say is.--By Mail
~uAn In the we'll IL no longer
~ Joshua SANFORD. who had
= - entoxnbed IN = %shafs for four
- vas ssi~ssed At s1s o'clock
- night. IN TIE presence Of seee
yeople. A days rest following %
beers spent under 20 feet Of brick
eHd sand. prompted Sanford this af-
Hrncon to be allowed 70 at Up In bed
end 20 hear what had happened dur
Ing the days he had been buried
sanford IL % years o. age. was en-
Gagged with John Henderson IN deep
eninE an ss-foot we'll and their dFfii
had penetrated f70 feet below the
surfaces. The boring had been large
~ through quick sand formation. and
be1nG Mp such q quantity Of shifted
eand AZ to create a cavity Immediate
VI under the we'll
Dottsrn Fsii Out
While Sanford was working FRI
~ afternoon. the bottom Of the web
o9nk beneath him. and the brick
enefng on the sides OF the wei fell
y. bringing with II large quantity
- loose earth. He was caught In
mis- before Henderson had time 20
AAul him 10 the surface. HIs arms
u<r< free. and he was enabled To re-
e41fe air and 10 talk 10 his rsseuers
through the casing which enclosed
the iron drill. although he was cav
sred By 50 feet of sand and bricks.
The drst attempt at rescue was
~ carefully removing the debris
vatch choked the well. Late Friday
u18f this work was abandoned. and
. e1aft three feet west Of the well
- begun with fsverfsh haste the
xsFk was pushed. and Sunday morn
~ the shaft had been sunk 50 feet.
horizontal tunnel FROM the shaft
4th> we'll was then begun. and SAN
nfs rescue seemed certain.
AT ut III. 20 o'clock the trearhsr-
- sand shot down several feet. and
r ground for several yards around
ne well rave way. The shovelers
we're safsIy hauled Hp, but Sanford
vas given mp for dead
Sanford sill Alive
Late in the afternoon James
Hhseier and j. K Martin. while near
lns well. accidentally discovered that
sanford vas still alive. He could
e beard crying Tor help far under
neatn the srounG. With Incredible
rapifity 4 tremendous crowd gath
sred. uorkmsn sprane from their
BEDS. and the work was resumed,
~ Monday morning the shaft had
been sunk 90 feet. and a second hori-
sonfai tunnel beneath the first one
Eas constructed after many delays.
carefully and slowly the opening was
enlarged and timber supports in
serted. The workers knew that the
slightest disturbance of the earth
meant destruction 10 Sanford and
Themselves. The well was finally
pierced. and Sanford WAS found 20
De lying on hts back In a cylinder
shaped chamber. formed By loose
bricks and pianks His lower limbs
we're buried IN bricks and sand. The
work Of removing this debris was
nov and dangerous. He had been
" Sunday.
At 4 o'clock In the afternoon Dr.
Dnnfon descended I he shaft and
fFasiad over the well and admins
.ersd festoratives 70 Sanford. who
Bad swooned away whsn ne received
IRE fresh air. He had avoided suf-
location during his long imprison-
menf because IT the many loose
tricks above him. which had allow
&c the air 10 slft through
~ midnight 81 Monday he was free
efeert hfe left lex. With a crow
bar be helped himself to extricate
WAT member. and In a few hours he
vas carried through the horizontal
,nnnel and up through the shaft 70
ue surface.
Tho Crowd Was Still
~ Sanford was carried from the
wei n n house nearby. the big crowd
~ar quiet ~ death. and no sound
- heard eKoept.the half hyaterfcai
tinruiasi0bs ~ Sanford himself ~
ne recognized hts friends.
Ny good old standby. my pipe,
,srFtd me to tap on the iron pipe 30
: eoalld be heardis he says II think
wvuld have bied 70 death had I not
dubbed sand into nv soaip wounds
esnsen ~ falling bricks"
1.hfofd had the pleasure OF read
~ nir hatterine obituary notices In
- ufWapaperR Thanksgiving ser
.o1s we're preached IN the churches
sseosnt VI his rescue. Repre-