The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-24
FOR
"A HOURS
He STILL
LIVES
Friends Work FranticaIIy -
Reach Victim and Believe
Efforts win Succeed.

SAVAGE, Nd, Feb. ~ With
his Howard county neiRhb0rs dir
ginR necessarily through the night
to extricate him from his prison,
twenty-five feet below the surface,
and with DR.. Frank 3. Shipley
making half-hOur trips down the
narrow shaft to administer hypc-
dermic injections, Maynard EastOnr
twenty three year-old well digger
Of Savage, is making 9 heroic fight
for his life.
He calls constantly for his
father and for DR.. Shipley. His
voice can be clearly heard from
the mouth of the well. He has
been imprisoned since / O'Clock
Yesterday, when he was trapped
in the well by q cave-in which Oc-
Cured as he WAS emerging.
Pinned to Wall By Door.
The well u an old one and Easton
and his father, VIII Easton, had
been engaged to dig II deeper
Young MAYNARD hangs slsapsn0sa
about tWo-thirds cf the Nlay mr.
cellar door had been II r.
,6oint 81 The cave.fi1, end qs ~
7pssS being hauled up he braced hill1-
AsIf against the door, precipitating
the cavei1.
The wooden door forced Easton
against the other casing, wedging
hts body at the hips. A pile Of sand
came down upon his head. burning
him completely.
At noon today the sand llad been
removed frOm the upper part o Ms
bOfYy. but as fast rs workers tried
IA remove the sand sufficiently 70
release the door, which ID pinntmg
him. additional sand slid I'm from
the side.
Another Well Planned.
II the victim cannot be rescued
in this way the rescuers are con.
templating digging q well q few
feet from the present one and
tunneling over to the Imprisoned
man.
Richard Borr1tz, OF Ellicott CITY
is in charge Of the rescue work to-
day. John Wells and Tom Griffin.
of Howard county, worked In re-
lays all through the night, and DR..
Si1ipley has not left the scene OF
the accident since it occurred YES.
terday.
Two score men labored through
the night, hoping against hope to
bring Easton to the surface alive.
BY straining every nerve the men
early this morning reached the side
of their imprisoned friend. They
talked with him, administered medi.
cal aid, but were unable to re.
move him from his prison.
The men, two at q time, climbed
down the we'll, keeping a continual
pull on the heavy log which had
pinned young Easton's right foot In
the deep sand.
AS the sand began for the second
time to fill the well from the
walled-up sides, Easton, although
weakened from his long imprison.
ment, pleaded with his friends TO
leave him to die. 81 feel myself
sinking, climb to the top for your
lives"
Up went the men, but not to
abandon Easton. AS one crew be-
gan to patch up the cracks,
through which the sand was leak.
ing, another crew began tunneling
LIlOuSh lnO O0A (A I'LL Ou6A . ANcW
opening.
Rescuers Refuse to Quit.
The ground was frozen and the
digging hard, but they are etill
laboring. Although other friends
from nearby places are arriving to
offer their services, the men who
began work at o'clock yesterday
refuse to leave their posi-
tons.
Easton IL wedged beneath door
and log setting in a " shape. These
slid down the we'll during the slide
Of sand which carried the youth to
his imprisonment. To remove the
door or log would cause tons or
sand to fill the bottom OF the well.
Easton is a well digger, In bust.
ness with his father, William Eas-
ton. They had been cleaning out
the well on the Basford farm. The
lad was coming to the top OF the
hole with piece Of pipe he had
cut when the. sides began to give
way.
DlslOdged From Rope.
Robert r. White was turning the
rope, Quick" shouted White, but
he was too late. Tons of sand be-
gan caving In from all sides. Young
Easton was thrown from the rope
on which he was hanging by the
heavy weights which crushed him
Lumber, along the sides Of the
sperins went next. after which thu