St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
SALTWATER NEWS.
A, Fr1ghtful Accident, Which May Re-
suit in j. s. Anderson's Death.
Meeting of the Merchants Board OF
Trade-Council Proceedings.
A Sad Accident.

A few minutes after II o'clock yesterday
the city was startled by the news that MI.
j. 5. Anderson, one of the pioneers OF the
st. Croix valley, had been nearly killed at
his mill. On investigation it was found to
be too true. About 11:30 Mr.. Anderson
crossed the bridge to his mill, and the engi-
neer had up steam to try how the mill
would run after the extensive repairs that
had been made on it, A little after IL
o'clock, when all the men had left except
Mr.. Egaard, the foreman, and the engineer,
Mr.. Anderson heard one of the saws making
a rather peculiar noise, and he went under
the floor to see how a pulley and belt that
were there were working. The space in
which tia pulley was had only space of
about four feet, with the pinion through the
center of this space. Mr.. Anderson tried
to move the belt, but having his rubber coat
on, it was caught in the pulley, and, al
though he braced himself to his ut
most, he was unable to free HIM
self, and he was drawn through
the space. The machinery was moving
slowly at the time, but Mr.. Anderson after
wards said it seemed as if he had gone
round thousands of times before his arm
was drawn from its socket and he was re-
leased. Mr.. Egaard heard the noise and
running to the engineer had the engine
stopped. On Mr.. Egaard coming to the
place where Mr.. Anderson was he was lean
ing up, his dismembered right arm lying be-
side him. He said: II am killed" His
| face was covered with blood. The engineer
took horse and galloped across the bridge
for physician, spreading the news as he
went, which fastened scores OF friends to
the mill. In the meantime Mr.. Egaard and
some of the men who had come from the
boarding house near at hand had taken Mr..
Anderson out and laid him in front of the
furnaces, and DR.. Miller was soon at hand.
He said he wanted to get home and the doc
tor gave him temporary relief.
The scene when his wife and two daugh-
tiers arrived will be one that those who wit
messed it will never forget, but Mr.. Ander-
son showed much courage. He was taken
up and placed in spring wagon and gently
borne to his home. When there he at once
called for lawyer to make his will, as he
considered that he could not live, and after
little Mr.. j. N. Castle arrived and salts
fed him Oh that score. He was next eX-
amined by the surgeon, who found his right
arm torn from the socket, a couple OF the
ribs broken and the pelviS injured. There
may be other internal injuries which, in his
present state, it would be impossible for
the surgeons to discover, but they say that
if he lives until morning, of which there is
some hope they will be able to pull him
through all right. His pulse was much
stronger last evening.
Mr.. Anderson is one of the best known
men in the city, and there is no better man,
take him in whatever light one may choose,
and should he die it will be difficult to fill
his place. The citizens of all classes SYM
Epathize with him and his family, and the
men who have worked for him for years
feel as if it was their own father that had
been stricken down.