The Delta independent., 1917-10-12
SIX ESCAPE in
BAD CAVE in
ADOBE SOIL GIVES AWAY AND
LAeoRERs FACE BEING PUT TO
DEATH UNDER TWENTY FEET
OF MOTHER EARTH.

lllE tilt tACdNdllOG IoI lHt new SieNd-
Itor. when the earth suddenly dropped
loff upon them, and it was miraculous
THAT four escaped without injury, while
lElmer Reeves sustained broken ribs
land l.. c. Roberts received only
lsome bruises. Both men were taken
lat once to the Delta hospital and
given good care. Mrs. Reeves will
remain some time, but Mr. Roberts
was released on Tuesday
+ II seems that the men had proceed
ed with the excavating to depth of
about twenty feet At a depth of
Twelve feet they began the curbing and
were continuing this work as the dig
ging proceeded. However. they evi-
idently did not figure on the sliding
propensities of the adobe soil and
the slide came from above curbing
that they used. There was between a
ton and two tons of earth in the slide
and the men are to be congratulated
that they escaped with their lives.
The hoodoo which seemed to sit on
Paonia's doorstep last week bringing
a harvest of accidents moved down
the line to Hotchkiss and reached this
city on Friday morning. There was
a constant succession of mishaps of
various kinds Friday, Saturday and
Monday and the physicians were flood
ed with calls for relief.
The desire of young Aubrey Vernon.
~ years old, to assist Billy Thomas
out OF runaway accident Friday
jevening, resulted in the lads being
run over by the maddened team.
which was drawing heavy wagon
fs1eded with apples. The BOYS leg
was crushed and the bone broken. and
while his injuries are painful, his es-
cape was nothing sh0tt of miraculous
when it is noted that Immediately af-
ter the team had left him lying in the
road, the wagon overturned with its
heavy load of fruit. Mrs. vernon's
friends are extending her every con
dolence in the misfortune. since she
was widowed a few months ago and
the trouble falls heavily on one pair of
shoulders
on Saturday evening a team which
was driven by young man named
punham, and was owned by Joseph
Baldwin of Garnet mesa became
frightened and ran away. Returning
home. When the horses arrived in an
excited state and driverless. young Lee
Baldwin. who was with his uncle.
Joseph, thinking some accident had
befallen Dunham, mounted one of the
runaways and started out to find
him. d,
Just above town on the valley road.
the horse. already frightened from its
run, became unmanageable and came
in violent contact with a passing auto
mobile, throwing the young man to
the ground with such force as to break
his left leg. 1t was terribly mangled.
also his collar bone was broken, and
for time it was feared the limb
would have to be removed He was
taken to the Delta hospital where the
best of care was given. and at this
time attending physicians state that
II is probable the limb will heal all
right.
Mr.. r. C, Egnew. of the Ford gar
age. who was driving the car with
which the horse collided with an as
sistant picked up the unfortunate
Young man and carried him to the
hospital
A most distressing accident befell
Mrs. Ethel Stout, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. Il. Smith. of Eckert about s
o'clock Monday morning. Mrs. Stout
is night operator at the Coop. tele-
phone exchange at Eckert and while
returning home the horse became un-
manageable and ran away. throwing
the lady to the ground near William
Miller's and Mr.. Lute's places. Mrs.
Lutes. who happened to see the acci-
dent, phoned to Mr Reynolds of the
Eckert store and he at once. in com
pany with Mr.. Kissinger and Miss
Beard hurried to the scene and carried
her into Mr.. Miller's house. DIR. Bur
gin was called from Delta and meiica,
attention given. but II was only after
six hours that she regained conscious
ness.
At last reports yesterday she was
recovering somewhat, put was still