Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1884 — A TUNNEL HORROR. [ARTICLE]

A TUNNEL HORROR.

Nine Railroad I.al»orer» Killed l>y the Collapse of a Scallbld. [Special from Ligonier, Pa.] Krupp’s tunnel, on the South Pennsylvania Railroad, was the scene of a terrible accident, by which nine men were instantly killed and eleven others severely injured, with slight hopes for recovery. A large force of men were engaged in excavating a tunnel about a hundred feet from the main entrance, when the heavy scaffolding gave way with the above appalling result. The frightful disaster occasioned the wildest excitement, and a great crowd gathered at the mouth of the excavation. Physicians were hastily summoned and the work of recovering the dead and injured was commenced without delay. A great amount of debris had to be cleared away, and when the dead and dying were reached it was found that their bodies were so horribly mangled as to be almost unrecognizable. Legs were broken, arms tom off, and skulls smashed in. It was found that the break had taken place about one hundred feet from the entrance where the men were at work. As far as is known at present, the victims are all Italian laborers who had been brought there for the work of excavation. Their names cannot now be learned. Similar accidents having taken place at the tunnel before, the excited community demand a rigid investigation at the hands of the authorities.