- From the Bradford Era, 27 Aug 1909, page 1:
FATAL CAVE-IN AT CLAY BANK
An Accident at Lewis Run Was Serious.
MAN LOST HIS LIFE.
Two Others Were Seriously In jured-They Were Preparing to Blast a Mass of Clay When a High Embankment Fell Upon Them Before They Could Escape.
One man was killed and two others seriously injured while working in the clay pit that supplies material for the new plant of the Bradford Pressed Brick company at Lewis Run. The accident happened yesterday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock when a large quantity of shale and clay caved in upon the men while they were at work.
The dead:
Joseph Feodrico, the foreman of the pit. His left arm was crushed and his skull fractured. His body was bruised badly and he was injured internally.
The injured:
Vincenso Chiota, both arms injured, right hip and side bruised. Not serious. Sebastiano Pelini, left leg lacerated and bruised as well as slight bruises about his head.
The cave-in occurred Just as Foreman Feodrico and the other two men were preparing to make a blast. The dynamite had not been. exploded, how ever. Suddenly the upper part of the embankment way and the foreman, who was nearest, caught the entire force of the falling earth. He was burbed nearly to his shoulders, The falling clay did not cover the other two men, but they received much of the force of the sliding earth.
To Dig Him Out.
Within a few minutes twelve men started into dig out Feodrico and it required fully 15 minutes to remove the tons of earth and rock that entombed him.
He was taken to his home and Dr. Egbert of Custer City was called and Dr. Hogan of Bradford who was at the Lafayetteclub at Lewis Run, was sent for. The doctors were unable to do anything for the unfortunate man and he expired within an hour and a half after the accident. The other 3 two men were taken to their homes at Lewis Run.
It is thought that the earth was loosened a couple of days before when a blast of dynamite was exploded. The pit is over twenty feet deep and the falling matter came down with great force.
Feodrico, was 32 years of age and had lived in this country for about 10 years. He leaves a widow and two children, one of which is three years old and the other eight months. He also leaves two brothers, one at Ridgway and the other at Stewart Station, near Pittsburg, and one sister, Mrs. Mary Schiappa of Stewart Station, Pa. The funeral will be held Sunday.
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