The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-15
A Deatll-DeaIing Machine.
SWEAT & BALDWIN,
Toledo. Iowa

GWeatL " BALDWIN sell the FrOnt-Cut
Buckeye Reaper and Mower and produce
the following proofs that none but the
front cut machines can be used with any
degree of safety Is the use of rear cut
Mowers and Reapors Perilous to the
Driver? Read the Record of Accidents
for 1876:
Daniel Without, wealthy farmer, liv-
ing near Warsaw, Ind, was thrown from
his seat on Champion Self-Rake Reap
er (rear cut in front of the sickle, on
July Is, 1915. He was terribly mangled
and cut, one hip being almost entirely
| cut off. He died of his wounds the next
morning.
Mr.. Jonathan Compton, of Shelby
County, ILL.,, was killed by being thrown
from his seat, while moving with his
Reliable Mccormick machine. 1t nearly
| severed his head, cutting through the
mouth and one eye, and leaving but a
small piece of skin at the back of the
knee.
On August II, 1878, Il Mr.. Greenfield,
living near Grundy Center, Grundy Coun-
ty, Iowa, was thrown from the seat of a
Mccormick (rear cuO reaper into the
sickle, and mangled so as to cause his
death in three hours after the accident.
one arm was severed and the left breast
lacerated; the guards penetrating the
lungs and darts in the region of the heart.
Fred Oswardle, of Scott Township,
Mahaska Co., Iowa, was thrown from a
Champion (rear cut reaper on July q 3D.,
1870. One arm was severed from the
body; the other was badly cut about the
wrist, the muscles laceratcd, the bones
nearly severed and the thumb cut of, and
several bruises We're inflicted about the
hips and thighs. His body clogged the
sickle so as to stop the machine.
Mr.. Richard Coates, of New Diggins
Township, Daviess Co, III while cutting
barley with Beloit (rcar cut reaper, on
Tuesday, July 20, 1875, fell over behind,
was caught by the sickle, and had his
left arm cut off near the shoulder and
the right arm near the wrist Dr. Cod
frey, of Benton, was Immediately sent
for, but before he could arrive the patient
died from loss of blood
4 son of Mr. Bython Jcstard, Bohc-
milan, living in Summer Township, Win
neshick County, Iowa, was thrown from
a Mccormick (rear cut reaper in the har-
vest of 1875, in front of the sickle and
horribly mangled, dying q few hours
afterward. The cause of the accident
was the crack of n gun which started the
horses on a run.
Mr.. A. G. Pcnfeld, of Steamburg, Craw
ford Co., Pa, while driving a Hubbard
(rear cut mower in the Summer of 1875,
was thrown from his seat, his horses be
ing manageable, in front of the knives
and badly cut, but escaped without the
loss of limb.
Mr.. John Ray, near Sigourney, Keo-
kuk Co, Iowa, lost hand by being
thrown from the scat of Ball (rcar cut
mower, in the Summer of 1875. One of
the wheels dropped into o hole throwing
him across the cutter bar
A NJ Allen, of Bancroft, Daviess Co.,
Mo, lost his life in the summer of 1875,
by being thrown from Mccormick (rear
cut mower.
Mr.. Frederick Telzor, of Cleona Scott
Co., iowa, was thrown in front of the
cutter bar of Mccormick (rear CUT
reaper, on the 18th of July, 1875, by a
sudden spring of the horses. Both legs
were cut off above the knee and the poor
man died in a few minutes after the &C
cidcnt
Mr.. J. W. Johnston, living near Big
Lick, Roanoke County, Va, while NOW
ing with the Champion (rcar cut)machine
July 5, 1915, fell in front of the sickle
and, but for the timely stopping of the
horses, must have been killed. Fortu-
nately he received but slight IN Jury,
although his gloves and shoes were cut
off
Mr. Leonard Bender, near Blue Mound,
Macon County, H., in Jdly, 1875, while
lliph lHS WIN d kiCdi GUY I1d-
chine, fell off and had his arm badly cut
in two or three places.
On the 9th of August, 1875, son of
Mr. Wise living rear Mt. Carroll, Carroll
County, Ill. was driving q Mccormick
(rear cut reaper, and, the seat break
down, he was thrown in front of ing
knives and so badly cut in the hip the
he is crippled for life. that
James Colson, a boy Is years old, a son
of Maholn Colson, of East Rochester, Co
lumbiana Co., Ohio, while moving with
a Dodge (rear cut machine, July 80, 1875,
was thrown upon the cutter bar and had
his right hand cut off. The breaking of
the bolt which holds the seat caused the
accident.
A son of Jno. Hartman, living near
Shannon, Carroll county, Ill.,, was thrown
from Mccormick (rear cut Advance,
on the Goth of July, 1875, and lost an arm
and leg. The running away of the
horses caused this accident.
On Monday July 26, 1875, on the farm
of II Kewhousc in Clinton, Wis, a boy
Is years old, son of the Rev. O. ]. Hat
lestad, of Milwaukee, was thrown from
the seat of Beloit (rear cut reaper in
front of the sickle, and lost his left hand,
besides injuring his right foot badly.
Mr.. Joseph Rhodes, of Hebron, Lick
ing Co., o., was thrown from an Ohio
(rear cut machine while moving, IN the
l.. L. r.