Tragedy of Sand Cave

by Howard W Hartley, ©1925, Louisville, KY.

Floyd Collins

Picture courtesy of Kentucky Down Under, Horse Cave, KY

These chapters are taken from the book authored by Howard W Hartley, ©1925, Louisville, KY, located at the KY Library, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY.

  Table of Contents
Prologue  
The Ballad of

Floyd Collins

 
Chapter 1: Collins Enters the Cave
Chapter 2: The Entrapment
Chapter 3: The Discovery
Chapter 4: The First Sabbath
Chapter 5: The World Aroused
Chapter 6: Moonshine - Muck - Madness
Chapter 7: The Case of Johnny Gerald
Chapter 8: Nature Trumps the Second Trick
Chapter 9: The Shaft is Started.
Chapter 10: Dig - Dump - Pray
Chapter 11: The Military Inquiry
Chapter 12: Nature Blocks the Shaft
Chapter 13: The Final Dash
Chapter 14: Collins Found Dead
Chapter 15: Cavern Made an Eternal Mausoleum
Epilogue:  

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