The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-07-01 00:00:00

FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDINF AT
WZYKOUTEI.

Shortly before noon of Tuesday, a dreadful soaident
happened at the stoma as mills of Mr. Reynolds,
Ommertielroad. e lively led named James Henger,
13 yean of age, who had resided in Harinooy-oourt,
Lower Bond-street and was lately an errand by for
Mr. Moson, had for about 10 days bum employed is the
yard. He had to attend to the awe In frame aud
supply them with coed; but at was so lively that be
waild go about other parts of the yard. On this am-
doe he wartime ago to the book part of the inacairiery,
and moon be areerned "Stop her," sad " Help !' Oa
Mr. Croaker, Pitcher, and others rushing to the Ow,
the poor boy wee found drawn in between two cogged
wheels. •16 inch pinion, and • 4 ft. 2 in. wheel, Auld
his body from thigh to thigh was ha round the lawr
The left leg was almost crashed off, the bowels were
[socially lojared, and even the right leg was nearly
bruised•off. The body of the boy had stopped the
machinery, sad though so horribly mutilated the bey
oried to have the engine backed and be taken oat, and
this being Instantly done, be called in an monied
voice on God to says him. When taken out hie appear-
mem was meet ehoeiting, and the wheels were oovered
with pieces of the poor feilow's teen sod booes, sod
washed with hie blood. He was plaited on a heard,and
takes to • stable near, where Ur. Griffin quickly te-
emed his horrible state. Immediately ha woe removed
to • bed in the hospital, and Dr. Moorhead, Dr. Grine,
end Dr. Litityrow Weeded him, took off the hanging
left leg, and dressed the other wounds. Of coarse it
was tweed hops that Ite would live long; but be re
-
maned seesible, and repeatedly cried out. Tile Rev.
T. A. Fakeer visited hha, and told biro .11k. better
ornate', his only hope, cod the way thereto. No is.
'maid desire the gaivenag little frame to remain alive
longer, bat for him to die in pews, and about a smarter
to four, It was • relief that the fearful raiesty of his
body was terminated by death. As to the fame of the
seeident, It h supposed that he stumbled in ransiag
stoat, lead slipped as te the wheels, whoa he was at
ewe drawn in.
Al the legate, on Wednesday alternate. Dr.
Frederiek Clarice Griffith Griffin, surgeoe, mid he
foaad the boy.. • board outside the yard, sad lading
that he was grimly injured and his left big awl, severed
1,... the body, wham had him removed to the hospital.
On removiag his eater, waters found the left leg
meetly severed from the body, Mae to the hip joint,
remaining adherent oaly by • strip of akin on the out-
aide sad inside, and the great solatio nerve at tar bask.
That is • Mg* and very strong nerve, nearly as Wok
as the Inger. Tim lower pert of the trunk was muti-
lated in • shocking manner, positioas Wing gone, esti
Sweat three inebse of the left thigh, bone and Disk,
were raising altogether. The left leg was stripped of
skis from the knee to the middle ef the book.
There wee hardly asp bleeding, and the boy
was gaits seeable, and appeared not to be la
mash pain. H. appeared to have fallen on the
mashinery on the Left side, with the head and trunk
reatallaing raised, so that the osewbeels, after antaking
the thigh boas, same in oratest with the large ham if
the pave, shoat the stressed la the body, sad these
seem I. have stopped the maeldnary. The injuries
were asessesrily of • fatal ammeter from their great
extent He gradually got weaker, and died in about
four home shoe, sontinsiag ooesalowt to the loot,
essept that he slept • few minates at intervals. He
mareired all gumshoes seneUsly, and mit that he was
dying' but witness did not question him about the
WM of the arsideat„ His greatest eomplaint of pain
wee if • part oaly slightly injured. The slightness of
pain showed the severity of toe injury. Them injuries
were the most mime they had teen slam the hospital
was built, • Stele more and he would have been out
gait* throned But there was =lye little eosin of
blood from small vases, the large vessela did not bleed.
The hey was attended by the whole medial staff of the
°TraLOorceor mil ate ail; doubt at Ord Is his
Wad was whether the deceased was of suffi-
cient sge le he entrusted with the work; but it
The jary returned • verdict if "Aceidentol Death.'
It will be noticed from the *video's of Dr. Griffin
that nokmuch blood wail loot by the unfortunate boy,
sad tlarelore the eppearaeoe as of blood on the wheels
astaally OMNI from dash grouad lip is the clogs. flame
part ad the severed leg we. entirely missing, and it
most have been reditood to fragmental or pulp by the
it
it suffered. The skin wee strap to ped an
ta= examot, bat a remarkable thing is that the
system appeared to have received the shook so sud-
denly that the boy remained sensible and in Mem pain
than might have been expected. The system oaly
mated gradually to have fat the effects of so vaat a
sheik, remelting in death. Had it been partible for
the boy to hay. /smeared from the shook, and his leg
wounds to have bees healed as mare as weld be, he
emld soared, have lived, as some essential parr of
the body (tiangh cot Orally vital ones) were entirely
destroyed.

Nnw Elms Itm.s.—On Tumidity the nee skiing
of tbe Portland Biome Company's ne• se• milli wee
limpested by an °dotal from the Board of Trade, and,
ail being feted In good order and equal in he require-
ments of bbe Board, the siding is ready toe dispetoi of

Ar.the " Oosameseeinents" held in Trinity College,
Debts, en lee* Wednesday the 25th oerrent,
&gram (dew exaraiinalos) of N. 8., and M.D., were
osaferred epos tile Rev. Thoe. Hob•ad Gregg, ED.,
of St. John's, Harbors* Heath, near &rain-
Lem) formorly ogress of hotfoot'.
Imam. —Mr. B. N. Howard, 'Droner, on Thunder
hisid so ingeott at the Cleavire astabliehment, on James
Drought. • elves yearn' man. The oeoessod raptured
• blood vessel on the 15th, was admitted into the
and sit., staying there tee days, died from
of the 'mitt The jury, M whom M. B.
Collins was foressea, returned • verdist ioeordhigly.
Tat Nona 11l • Wastages @nor. —Ws aro happy
•• SUM then tito esteem/late mamma mentioned in air
lest, is haring taken his hide beton the proper time
into • idmismaker's shop, yea remind without farther
Wary than that of so terrifyiag one ol the ohowaokora,
that wilt& the wad woo sitar, he wee fowl pet dis-
awed, hot tatopoolall "WO te bbs shill."