The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1883-03-08
Doa,h la = Saw Mil.

tAc saw mul formerly run by \. II.
Clark, en- Four Pole, about four
m;les from this city, which resulted
in the instant death Of a young man
saaed Saint Lake stephenson, son
of cur old-timc friend, Joseph Ste
phensoa. We are indebted TO J. H.
Oyerstreet, who is now running the
,aill, for the following particulars OF
the sad affair, which was csmmuni-
cated to him by the head sawyer,
vh9 was an eyewitness to the terri
Ole calamity;
The employees at the mill had been
d the best Of spirits all day, laugh
nc and joking one another, as is usu-
ally the case among fellow wOrkmen,
and atfiiteen minutes before 5 o'clock
IN the evening they relied pine log
eighteen feet long on the carriage
rs this was dose, young Stephenson
sskod if they would quit when they
saved up another log, and the saw
yer replied, i guess So" The young
man sLsu took his place where he was
craukug, at one one Of the log, and
n. +. Drown at the other end, while
3. f. AilIs was ol-beaging. After
The leg was squared, Il. P. Drown
vas called, end asked what he want
81 cut Gu, eli the los, to which he
replied that he wanted corner posts
; by S cut. The log was Their turned
and run down to the size wanted. B.
Z. Aills took Oft the Slabs. When
Stephenson and Drown took hold OF
ne timber that was sJill on the bead
block, to pat it on the car, they raised
UP with it, Stephenson starting to-
ward the car across the carriage, and
Drown stepped off the carriage on
lie opposite side next to the engine;
ae mstioned TO Stephenson to get on
The same side he was, as ne could not
ys. lis eud over the head block
Stephenson crossed over the carriage
10 the side Drown was on, and with
in Is inches of the say frame.
While they were thus holding the
piece of timber, Stephenson turned
bis head ana told the sawyer back the
carriage. which was repeated by
Drown. The sawyer, seeing the TIM
Der was heavy, put on steam and
started the carriage back. After the
back block had passed Stephenson,
steam vas reversed, and when the
forward block vas Within three feet
IF him, he threw his end on some
boards tAat were lying to the left Of
5i,p as he stood with his back TO the
saw. When he did this, the sawyer
reversed the ecJ Of the carriage, and
tried to art i. back, but tie Aotiou
Of the carriage carried the timber
toward the saw. When he threw
lhe cad IN the b.arGs, they tilted
er, nocAiIs him against the car
r.4.o jusl in ime for the mead block
70 eaten him on the inside Of the
righ, knee. Instead Of drawing his
lex from behtud the block, he sat
down on tue SAW frame Tne car
se continued 10 cone back and
caught MS Lex fast between the saw
frame and carriage. The sawyer
held 10 Inc lever until tae carriage
jumped the track, and tried To start
st tao y-ler way. BY this time it
had drawn him against the saw,
which WAS decorating his leg in a hog
cib.e masaer Seeing that as long
as he held lac lever !. was checking
che saw. the sawyer threw his whole
Eeigntou e. As the saw struck his
le he threw his body back from the
saw, toward the main b4lt, when
his han fell OF ana rolled dawn to
the friction polley BY time tbs
Il sh auI blood we're flying from the
saw in every direction. MS leg beiI 6
nearly severed just above the right
kuoe. lie taon raised up aad threw