Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1890 — CAUGHT IN DEATH TRAP. [ARTICLE]

CAUGHT IN DEATH TRAP.

Fourteen Live* Lost by the Sinking of ■ Caisson. Louisville (Ky.) dispatch: Fourteen workmen employed on the construction of the new Louisville and Jeffersonville bridge were drowned by the sinking of the caisson. , The dead are: THOMAS ASH. CHARLES CHARLES. ** J. JORDON. JBT WILLIAM HYNES. THOMAS JOHNSON. i ~ JOHN KNOX. ' FRANK MAHAR. Mr. McADAMS. B. MONROE. i HAMILTON MORRIS. P. NAYLOR. THOMAS SMITH. FRANK SOAPER. ROBERT TYLOR. William Haynes, 40 years of age, was a resident of this city. Ho leaves a widow and three children. Knox was a gang boss and also resided here. McAdams was from Hyde Park, Pa., Mahar was from New Jersey and Naylor from Philadelphia. The rest of the dead are colored, all of Henderson, Ky. The last man out of the caisson was Frank Haddlx. He was barely saved by Murray, who dragged him from where he was caught waist-deep in the quicksand. Taylor says he stood nearest the iron ladder by which they got in and out of the caisson. He heard a rumbling and there was a rush of air almost at the same instant. He jumped up the rungs of the ladder, followed by the other men. They had hardly got clear of the caisson when the water burst through the manhole in a surge, knocking them into the river, where they were picked up, Haddix says he saw Ham Morris, who was climbing next below himself, swiftly drawn underby the sand and heard hi a cries for help but could do nothing. The caisson is not wrecked, as at first supposed, but has settled down in the bed of the stream, completely fijjled with, sand and water. The pumptng station, is hard at work clearing the way to the bodies, but none will be reached tonight. There seems absolutely no hope for any of those caught, within the, caisson. __ _