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Henry Hood, who was digging a a well for Mr. Morton, near Gower Springs, had fallen from the bucket by which he was being lowered into the well and had been killed. This sad news was soon confirmed, and the facts, as related by those present, are about as follows: The well had reached a depth of about fifty feet, when rock was struck. On the^ evening before a charge of dynamite had'been fired in it, and consideiable loose rock taken out. The next morning one of Hood’s assistants was let down part of the way, but^dsicovered that gas had accumulated in the well, and asked to be drawn up, which was immediately done. Some water was thrown in, and supnosiog that the dangerous gas had been driven out, Hood himself attempted to go down. When sqme thirty feet/from the bottom he also called out to be drawn up. Scarcely had the windlass been reversed ere- he dropped from the bucket, and with a heavy thud struck head foremost on the rocks below. His body remained in the well several hours before any one would venture to go down after it. Vinegar, water andother things were thrown in freely for some * time, and finally John Early,. the Cleveland hack driver, had the nerve to venture in and succeeded in attaching a rope to the body, by which it was drawn to the surface. • It was found that it was considerably bruised and the neck bones broken.' Hood hailed from Lumpkin county; was aliout twenty-five years old, and leaves a wife and one child. His body was taken to his home for burial. It was not considered necessary to hold an inquest.—Gainesville Eagle.
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Athens Weekly Banner Watchman
Athens, Georgia, US
Tue, Aug 31, 1886
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