| Show icy terrible Acel accident delit by which fourteen men lost their lives in milwaukee MILWAUKEE april 20 fourteen laborers employed in the lake tunnel found a grave agrade in tho the waters of lake michigan this mornin morning 0 tho the dreadful storm raging through tho the night had bad tossed tho the lake into a soothing mass of foam immense waves wore lolled towards the bhora bhea ro by tho the furious i east wind and carried away the tha house built on top of tho curb at tho the mouth of tho tunnoe about quarters tors of a milo from tha pumping works I 1 at tho the foot of north street tho the abouo on the crib contained two stationary engino engine and the tools asod by bv the tha men it was built of heavy Y timbers faced with iron bands yet it was swept into the roaring waters liko like an egg eg 0 shell and its ports parts washed nia ad ashore por for a milo or two tho shore of tho liko laho is strown strewn with timbers acal boards ds tools and articles of clothing worn by tho the men in the ill fated house tho the catastrophe is supposed to havo have occurred about 5 ibis his morning at daybreak the men at tho the pumping station L noticed that tho the house on tho the crib had disappeared they telephoned tho news a once to the department which notified captain Cap taiti peterson of tho lilo life saving station antho on tho w count account of the frightful sea tile tho tug welcome took a life lifa boat with a crow of fiva zivoin in tow and headed for tho tunnel tinnel the battle of tho the yel wel conio against a ainest the bavos watched was by thou thousands sands of people on tho the bhore whom tho the report of tho acci accident dont had drawn thither when mien captain peterson after aft ir almost superhuman efforts 1 in reaching the ca rib crib by moans of a rope and with a life preserver arouni his body f lie ho was met inot by a horrible sight quo man inan goor 9 0 ill miller 11 er was still live alivo and clinging to a post about him wore the corpse of two or three of his comrades miller was rescued and conveyed to the emergency hospital IL lie aga gave ve the following account of tho accident 0 1 1 tonight to night nigh t it was 5 in in tho the morning when wo found that aljo water iv was is on oti the airtight compartment of tho the shaft whore wo we had bad taken ref refuge ugo for tho the night wo we took a vote to doride deside whether wo would ahk leaving the shaft it was dei decided ded to leave only five of us succeed in reaching the outside the nino mon men who wore not saron strong 0 enough 0 11 to got outwore drowned by tho water comin coming 0 into the shaft and four out of tho the five who 9 got ot out were nero mangled or drowned by tho the tro amondous hoods floods which wore were lashed over the crib at what hour the house ws was washed away I 1 do not know it had disappeared when wo we got out of tho shaft rocky mountain |
