The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-12-26

An industrious man hard NJ work for
himself aud family
lie leaves omewIth his noon day meal,
bidding his wife on q sick bed sweet
goodbye,
lle Il AZ his post before fast revolving
grindRlOne, grinding plow shares, lllnh'
Ing only OF hls work,
A loud report aud he falls backward
upon a pile Of pillow shares, almost lltelehh,
with bis llte's blood O0flng from. hla lfhlil'
Such are the details in brief pf dread
ful accident that occurred ~ liuchrr u
Glbba pillow works, on East Seventh street,
this morning,
Magnus iurkhnrt, one of the grinders
Ia the wet grinding department, was Nv
work, standing before u grluOhinne Whlcl
was revolving about aeycniy'llve reyplu'
ton nor minute, when Il hurhied with u
loud report, II was br0ken Into three
pieces, One ~ these weighing about
thirty pounds was thrown a distance ~
twenty feet through 4 window, An
other piece, being half ot iht Hlnnel
struck nurkhart on tho left breast ana
side 0f tho head, lie was standing several
feet from the stone, ana was thrown
backward on "a pile ut pillow shares,
WITH TEBmWp foWCE,
la failing his akullwaR crushed IN, Cnua'
Ing blood 20 flow proiuaelN Ills follow
wnrkmen we're almost dumbiounded, ana
after recovering their fright picked up lila
PROSTATE form aud carried II 10 The ware
room,
Drs, Brant, Walker and Schaeier we're
Immediately summoned and made an OK
animation,
MEDICAL EXAMiNATioS
The victim was still breathing but pro
nOunced beyond all human aid by lhoduc'
tors, Ills brother, who works ~ &, Aull
man x Co.'S was sent for, and WIS Ht hlh
aide until his DEATH The left side ~ the
upper part Of his body was literally crush
ed In, aud the wounds thus inflicted were
enough 10 cause hia death After he was
brought Into the wnrcroom work was ln'
atanlly suspended Ia that department Tor
the day,
RELIEVED ny pGNIH,
All day the almost lIfclcia body lay on |
IN impr0ylacd cot on the lloor Of the ware |
house, His follow workmep stood by bio |
side with heads uncovered waiting Tor |
the spirit of tho mnngled body a. take lla |
Hight Every minute was expected 70 ho |
hh last, but great vitality und u. rugged
constitution made the work Of tho grim |
destroyer allow. De- Schhcfcr was In NJ. |
tendance aud did all he could for tho huf |
fcror, AZ 2 o'clock death claimed Ia own, |
The body WIS taken 10 the residence of |
his brother Joseph, ~ No, go Euht Fourth |
street, where it viii remain for the pres,
cnt, Ills wife has not yet been nppriaod |
Of her husbands awful fate,
rlE VICTIM,
Magnua Burkhnrt was aged about AZ |
years, and resided At No, Nb Fast FIN |
street, llo lcayea q wife aud one babe
about week old, The mother has not
yet arisen from her bed ot confinement, |
aud 40 she has u fruil constitution II N |
feared she will not survive the shock, |
Five children were born them, four NJ
which have died. lie was an industrious
man aud we'll liked by hIa follow work.
mon, lie was q constant member Of the
church Of God.
WHERE ir HAPPENED,
Tho wet grinding room IN situated In the
south east corner Of the large east build. |
Ing Of the BuchCr 4 Gibha plow works, |
In the east end OF the room N long
shaft on which eight grlndstonoa six feet
apart ynrying from two 10 Ave feet, rc,
yOlyO, Directly under the grlndutonO h u |
suspended table with hnudlCs, on which |
the casting TO bo ground Ia fastened. II IN
lowered by the operator BurkhHri work.
cd on the third grindstonC from the north |
end,
NOT TnE FIRST ONE,
In June 1887 u similar accident occurred
In the same room, Henry pnison being
the victim, ono Of the remarkable things
about the affair " that Burkhnrt was kin.
ed 10y the stone next 10 whore pnisOn was
Killed. Ia conversation with an old
grinder lac stated to q NEws'DEMoCRArrc
porter that there ~ u superstition cXlnnt
among the craft that when ono man N
killed by q stone, the next one 10 II will
nlun hrnnA nnl nnrlnrn In lnnllN mnrL