The Southern herald., 1910-12-09

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the position Of a molasses funnel
turned up side down, lbut as I
can't draw a picture Of it, will try
another description.l Take a
step-ladder and put wheels on top
of it, say two, and turn legs up,
and then, as it sits on the two
wheels, see how long it will stand
without support. Put a stout
cord to one side Of it and tie some
thing stationary to one side, and
you will see how one tower works.
Said cord will represent the cable
aud the inverted step-ladder the
rocking tower, the other tower
being stationary until the opera
tor wishes to move along the dam
to distribute his dirt. Well, as
aforesaid, the unfinished tower
We were working on like beavers.
or rather bees, gave way from the
simple fact that a force of men
were at work on the other tower
loading large box with rock, be-
ing Il counter weight to offset the
four yards of dirt and big bucket.
The two towers were already con-
nected with the large wire cable,
and the strain proving too much
for the timbers one broke and the
entire structure fell, and fall it
was; timbers II inches square
swapping like straws, Il could
have said reeds, several men be-
| ing caught wnere they had no
chance to run or to jump it was
almost sure death, two men be-
ing on the very top of the leaning
or rocking tower, go feet up in the
air, and two more were about 80
feet up in the big box which was
being loaded with rock. All four
of these are seriously if not fatally
injured, three others being pain
fully bat not seriously injured.
The four badly injured men were
conveyed to the sanitarium in
Dallas as soon as possible, three
OF whom were reported as dead at
an early hour this morning, (Nov
~, but later in the day it was
reported that all were doing we'll
except a carpenter, and this is
why one Dooley is glad he slept
late on Nov, 10, for he might have
been up on top Of that swinging
tower. One Of the men badly in
mred was a carpenter from our
gang, and had both legs broken,
skull crushed, and an arm,
think, broken, ana probably other
injuries.
To give you a little idea of the
blgness, vastness, or magnitude
! of the undertakings of some Of
these parts, ! will say that it is.4
: miles to the nearest railroad, and
as we have to have car loads OF
lumber, cars of reinforcing steel,
and cars and roore cars of cement
} aud gravel, the Katy" which is
nearest to White Rock Greek
| Reservoir, built a spur to this
place specially to place the mate
rial here with which to build this
dam. The cable way machinery
; alone required some half dozen OF
more ears to bring it here. The
; work O. building this reservoir
was begun early in the spring,
and there will still be work to dc
| here another spring. | find this
a very good picking place, though
the northers are getting to be a
; mite too cool. But | have clothes
? enough to keep midlin' comforta
Bile; also have a good place to eat
and sleep, as am now living ii
/ the big house on the left hand
: side Of the road leading out O
: town. Not only living in the big
? house, but am living with thu
biggest men on or about the
9 works. Mr.. r. E. Holland, thu
e superintendent Of the works, anC
: wife, having rooms in said house
+ | find Mr.. II. to be a fine man