New York Daily Tribune

Terrible Death—A Man Buried Alive in a Well.—The Omro (Wis.) Republican says: About four miles west of this village, on the afternoon of Saturday last, a man by the name of Mitchell was buried alive by the caving in of a well. The first time that the dirt gave way it buried him up to his knees, but such was the pressure of the dirt that he could not be got out, even with the help of a windlass. When striving to extricate him, the sand caved again and buried him up to his waist. His brother-in-law sprang into the well and commenced throwing the dirt from him, but it continued running in until he was buried up to the neck. His brother-in-law, seeing that the dirt came in faster than he could throw it out, left him to get assistance. When the help arrived, they found him completely covered. After digging some hours he was taken out dead. Mr. Mitchell was a young man about 21 or 25 years of age, and leaves a wife and child.