Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-01-21
PRICE ONE GENT
CAUGHT BY A CAVE in.
WILLIAM CLANCY AND SON
HAVE EXPERIENCE.
They Have a Narrow Escape
From Death In
Tunnel.

an imminent danger of death, with
the earth caying and crumhling about
them, and every moment threatening
TO bury them beneath the earth Will
lam CLANCY aud one of his sons. of
Eastport. had desperate struggle for
life yesterday That they were not
seriously injured or even killed is due
more to good luck than any otnsr con.
dition.
The accident, which resulted i'm very
painful injuries 10 the son, took place
at the site of the old glass plant in
PASSPORT There was no one near to
render them aid and had they been
entombed as was threatened. their
plight would not have been discovered
until night
Mr.. CLANCY and his son have been
engaged for some time in cleaning the
mortar from the bricks which com
posed the furnace in which the glass
was melted. They had finished with
the bricks composing the furnace aud
had begun work on those composing
the long tunnel or fiue which had
been utilized in carrying fresh air Co
the underdraft of the furnace.
lt is very long, as the furnace was
near the center of the building and it
was necessary to bring the air from
out of doors The tunnel was of
SUFFICIENT height to permit of Mr.
Ohaney and his son working together
IN the underground passage 1t was
close and confinIng work and they had
progressed considerable distance to-
ward the outer end of the tunnel
when the accident occurred.
They were working on the theory
that the great length of time which
had elapsed since the tunnel was built
would permit of the bricks being re-
moved without causing the earth above
j to drop in. The tunnel was circu-
lar in shape and as fast as they re-
moved the course of bricks comprising
the circle they would remove them TO
the outside. Young CLANCY was fur
therest in the tunnel with his father,
but short distance behind him. Sew
eral courses of brick in the upper part
OF the tunnel had been removed when
the elder CLANCY, CHANGING to glance
in that direction noticed the top was
sagging TO an alarming degree With
a cry of warning 10 his son he sprang
back, out of harm's way and some
| distance from the spot where the
earth and bricks seemed about to foil.
His son, hearing the cry of ,.sD1i
ing, also tried to get away. In tlI
he but partly succeeded. With roar
that was heard on the outside, the
roof of the tunnel and large number
Of loosened bricks composing its top
dropped downward. Young CLANCY
was on the edge when it fell. Several
bricks struck him on the head while
portion of the mass of earth and
brick fell acrosss his feet. Quick to
the rescue, his father turned and drag
ged him from the tunnel. The young
man was not rendered unconscious nv
the blows of the bricks, but was some
what dazed by his experience.
1t was some time before he was
able to again resume work. Had he
been but few feet further in tho
tunnel at the time of the cave.in, he
would have been buried from sight.
There is no doubt but what he would
have been suffocated by the mass Of
material before he could have been
extricated. 1t will require some con
siderable work &c remove the material
from the tunnel in order that the saw
ing of the bricks can be continued
with. IL may be necessary to timber
tn tunnel in order to save th8remain.
ing brick and make it possible for the
men to work inside.