Limestone County AlArchives News.....A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT October 3, 1873
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THE ATHENS POST
From THE ATHENS POST (Athens, Limestone Co, AL) - October 3, 1873:

A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.

 "News was received in this place on Saturday that two men had been found
dead in a well near Jones Lane.  As is usually the case several rumors as to
the cause of the accident, were rife, but it seems from the latest information
we could gather, that a white man by the name of RAINES, and a negro man
named ED LANE, were down in the well and had been drilling a hole in a
rock, in which they placed powder for the purpose of blasting.
  "The steel drill, it seems, was used in closing the aperture, and which 
struck
fire against the rock and caused a premature explosion, no doubt killing both
instantly, as they were found dead in the well, a short time after.  The neck 
of ED LANE, it is stated was broken."


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