Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27
CAUGHT IN 4 OR USHER.
William BeRgs Seriously Injured at
His Fathers Rrickyard.

William H. Beggs, son of James H
Beggs, of the firm of J. H. Beggs q Co.
brick manufacturers, had narrow es
cape with his life Friday morning. He Il
superintendent of the brickyard OF
Vandever avenue below Jessup stree
and was moving about the yart
in the prosecution of his business
About o'clock, while standing by the
clay pit watching the work of the clay
crusher, his foot was caught and en-.
tangled by the shaft running from the
crusher to the engine. The shaft con.
meets with system of cog wheels to
which it gives motion. He was thrown
down and caught about the legs by the
large hOrizontally-rey wheel nt the
top of the crusher, which dragged him
around the pit, bruising and tearing the
flesh as it went, until the whole machine
was stopped by the pressure on his body.
Notwithstanding the fact that Mr.. Beggs
never lost consciousness, he did not cry
out, and the machine was not stopped so
soon as it might have been had he ut
tracted the men with shout.
When the engineer saw MIR. Beggs' pain
full position he Immediately threw OF the
bllt and proceeded to extricate the in
iured man, which was accomplished with
some difficulty. II was thought Mt first
that the bones had been crushed, as no
use of the legs could be had, and the men
were getting ready to send for physician
when the young mans father arrived nj
the yard. Immediately ON seeing the sit
uation he ordered that his son be carried
home on o stret1her and at once drove to
DIR. Wales Office and summoned him.
Beggs was thus carried to his home, No.
1903 Jefferson street, where the physician
arrived and attended TO the wounds.
Upon investigation it was found that
tho injuries were not SO disastrous as had
been thought, although very serious and
painful. The right leg was bruised and
the flesh twisted in an excruciating
manner and upon the thigh was a CASH
into the raw flesh an inch deep and some
three or four inches long, running diag-
onally across the front; some of the
minor tendons were exposed, but no
leaders severed. Further up was deep
depression, making an imprint of the
shaft. Upon the left hip was bruise as
large as a hand, where the skin had
almost been torn off as if by rasp.
Below the knee on the right leg there
were number of bruises, but the skin
was not torn of. After the shaft had
caught the foot the cogs had run up the |
leg, leaving their impressions as they
went, until they got a hold on the flesh |
and tore the ugly cash above described. |
1t was fortunate that the body was not |
drawn in after the legs, for in that case
the accident would have inevitably
proved fatal.
DIR. Wales made the necessary applica- |
tions to the bruised parts, and sewed up |
the deep cash in the thigh, leaving the |
patient in a comparatively comfortable
condition. Mr.. Beggs is not likely to be |
able to use his right leg for at least a |
month, but being the possessor of a strong
constitution the time will probably be |
the most serious loss sustained. Mr..
Beggs has been rather unfortunate in the |
matter of accidents. When boy attend |
ing No. school he had his scalp nearly |
torn from his head in an accident in |
kent's lumber yard, then at Fourth and |
Washington streets. He is 90 years of |
age member of the Young Mems Re-
publican Club, and widely known among
the young men of this city.