Did anything else happen in this book?

Wool by Hugh Howley ?

I haven' read 'Wool' so it's not that. And sorry I remember so little, just think it was a muckraker type of book and set in the US, probably in the Midwest. I even just re-read Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' for the first time in many years as I thought it was that but it wasn't. 'The Jungle' is still a very powerful book and was well worth re-reading so no time lost.

Of course, it may not have been a muckraker book so I should not get fixated on that. Thanks for the replies.

Could it be The Dressmaker by Jack Baker?

https://jbakerau.com/english/the-dressmaker/

I knew people die in grain bin accidents, but I had no idea how frequently it happens until I tried to find this book. Apparently there are a couple of dozen each year. It seems that silos are very dangerous.

I only found one novel, and it was published too recently to meet your description. It is The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin, 2018.

If you remember more about this book, perhaps we could try again.

Thanks for these replies. Unfortunately it is neither of these books. As mentioned, I read this book in the 1960s or early 70s at the latest. I'm so sorry I can't provide more helpful info.

Yes, Rosefolly, when I was searching myself I discovered how common these accidents are. Horrible.

ginny......since you don't remember any other facts about the book perhaps you might enjoy any of these silo disasters just as much !!! lol

Oh, no! One is enough!

ginny12, I post your request on librarything, where there is a group attending by people who enjoy to do this kind of reseaarces, but the only answer I got i this, I don't think it can be much of help for you. "That sounds like a scene from the movie "Witness" "

Thanks so much for that but I did not read that book. Saw the movie tho. If I ever find the answer, I will be sure to post it here.

Ginny, was it Upton Sinclair's The Jungle? I read it in high school 30 years ago and I know that was about the meat packing industry, but something niggles in the back of my mind about a grain elevator .... I hope you find out what the book was, now I want to know, too :)

Thanks but it wasn't The Jungle. As I mentioned above, I had thought it was and re-read that book. It's still brilliant but the scene is not in that book.

Yay, Ginny! Now we can all sleep tonight! lol

Donna

There is a correlation here somewhere between this search and passing a kidney stone.....lol