Age 68years, 23days
Husband of Elma Burns
Three Men Buried Alive.
A landslide buried three men alive in an irrigation canal four miles east from Chadron, Neb.
T.C. Burns, Staunch Burns, and Woody Litchfield
were buried beneath a sand bank thirty-two feet deep.
Burns was a wealthy sheep owner of Montana who recently went there and invested heavily in lands.
The Chicago Eagle; Chicago, Illinois. Dec 22, 1900; Pg Eight.
Newspaper article from The Nebraska State Journal, 21 Dec 1900, Fri, Page 3
DIG OUT THE DEAD BODIES
Three Fatalities as a Result of the Sandslide Near Chadron.
CHADRON, Neb., Dec. 20.-(Special.)-
Teams and scrapers and an army of shovelers have worked incessantly for twenty hours moving the caved and caving sand bank in search of the three men buried alive yesterday. The bodies were recovered today after moving a body of sand twenty feet deep and 120 feet long. In the work of moving the sand a second slide caught and buried two other men who were dug out and rescued. A car load of timbers was used in timbering the caving banks while the sand was removed.
The formation of the ground is sand and dust clay and most treacherous. Many workmen had refused to work in the canal, hence Thomas C. Burns, the owner of the irrigation canal enterprise, was performing his own labor with favorite helpers. Burns has twenty thousand sheep and landed interests in Montana. He and a nephew, Stanley Burns, and John Campbell of Deadwood were all buried alive and found in their standing positions just as they had been working.
Husband of Elma Burns
Three Men Buried Alive.
A landslide buried three men alive in an irrigation canal four miles east from Chadron, Neb.
T.C. Burns, Staunch Burns, and Woody Litchfield
were buried beneath a sand bank thirty-two feet deep.
Burns was a wealthy sheep owner of Montana who recently went there and invested heavily in lands.
The Chicago Eagle; Chicago, Illinois. Dec 22, 1900; Pg Eight.
Newspaper article from The Nebraska State Journal, 21 Dec 1900, Fri, Page 3
DIG OUT THE DEAD BODIES
Three Fatalities as a Result of the Sandslide Near Chadron.
CHADRON, Neb., Dec. 20.-(Special.)-
Teams and scrapers and an army of shovelers have worked incessantly for twenty hours moving the caved and caving sand bank in search of the three men buried alive yesterday. The bodies were recovered today after moving a body of sand twenty feet deep and 120 feet long. In the work of moving the sand a second slide caught and buried two other men who were dug out and rescued. A car load of timbers was used in timbering the caving banks while the sand was removed.
The formation of the ground is sand and dust clay and most treacherous. Many workmen had refused to work in the canal, hence Thomas C. Burns, the owner of the irrigation canal enterprise, was performing his own labor with favorite helpers. Burns has twenty thousand sheep and landed interests in Montana. He and a nephew, Stanley Burns, and John Campbell of Deadwood were all buried alive and found in their standing positions just as they had been working.
Age 68years, 23days
Husband of Elma Burns
Three Men Buried Alive.
A landslide buried three men alive in an irrigation canal four miles east from Chadron, Neb.
T.C. Burns, Staunch Burns, and Woody Litchfield
were buried beneath a sand bank thirty-two feet deep.
Burns was a wealthy sheep owner of Montana who recently went there and invested heavily in lands.
The Chicago Eagle; Chicago, Illinois. Dec 22, 1900; Pg Eight.
Newspaper article from The Nebraska State Journal, 21 Dec 1900, Fri, Page 3
DIG OUT THE DEAD BODIES
Three Fatalities as a Result of the Sandslide Near Chadron.
CHADRON, Neb., Dec. 20.-(Special.)-
Teams and scrapers and an army of shovelers have worked incessantly for twenty hours moving the caved and caving sand bank in search of the three men buried alive yesterday. The bodies were recovered today after moving a body of sand twenty feet deep and 120 feet long. In the work of moving the sand a second slide caught and buried two other men who were dug out and rescued. A car load of timbers was used in timbering the caving banks while the sand was removed.
The formation of the ground is sand and dust clay and most treacherous. Many workmen had refused to work in the canal, hence Thomas C. Burns, the owner of the irrigation canal enterprise, was performing his own labor with favorite helpers. Burns has twenty thousand sheep and landed interests in Montana. He and a nephew, Stanley Burns, and John Campbell of Deadwood were all buried alive and found in their standing positions just as they had been working.
Husband of Elma Burns
Three Men Buried Alive.
A landslide buried three men alive in an irrigation canal four miles east from Chadron, Neb.
T.C. Burns, Staunch Burns, and Woody Litchfield
were buried beneath a sand bank thirty-two feet deep.
Burns was a wealthy sheep owner of Montana who recently went there and invested heavily in lands.
The Chicago Eagle; Chicago, Illinois. Dec 22, 1900; Pg Eight.
Newspaper article from The Nebraska State Journal, 21 Dec 1900, Fri, Page 3
DIG OUT THE DEAD BODIES
Three Fatalities as a Result of the Sandslide Near Chadron.
CHADRON, Neb., Dec. 20.-(Special.)-
Teams and scrapers and an army of shovelers have worked incessantly for twenty hours moving the caved and caving sand bank in search of the three men buried alive yesterday. The bodies were recovered today after moving a body of sand twenty feet deep and 120 feet long. In the work of moving the sand a second slide caught and buried two other men who were dug out and rescued. A car load of timbers was used in timbering the caving banks while the sand was removed.
The formation of the ground is sand and dust clay and most treacherous. Many workmen had refused to work in the canal, hence Thomas C. Burns, the owner of the irrigation canal enterprise, was performing his own labor with favorite helpers. Burns has twenty thousand sheep and landed interests in Montana. He and a nephew, Stanley Burns, and John Campbell of Deadwood were all buried alive and found in their standing positions just as they had been working.
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