The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-15
zens of Cleveland, of which city he has
been several times MAYOR.
THREE NARROW ESCAPES.
Experiences Workmen in a Pulp Mill
Had without Being Killed.

Had Without Being Killed.
From the New York sum.
II never hear of persons narrowly es-
Gaping death or surviving extraordinary
injuries, " said the New York representa-
tive of big pulp mill company, that I
donot think of some remarkable instances
of the kind that have occurred at one of
our mills in the northern part of this
state. On one occasion a workman named
Wolf was engaged in cleaning a machine
used at certain stage in the process of
pulp manufacture. The principal feature
of this machine was two very heavy iron
rollers, one above the other. When in OPP
Grafton the upper roller was pressed
closely down on the lower one, and they
revolved in opposite directions. To clean
these rollers the upper one was raised
seven or eight inches, the machine, of
course, being at rest
'ln the course of his work Wolf, who
was young German, thrust his head and
shoulders between the rollers to
see better to clean the lower
roller. While he was in that position
some careless person turned on the water
power. The rollers started at once, and
before the alarm could be given and the
water turned Off Wolf was drawn clear
through between the rollers and dropped
on the other side, as much like pulp, so
far as appearances went, as anything
could be. happened to be in that part OF
the mill at the time and saw the frightful
mishap. Iran to where the limp form of the
workman lay, and dispatched a messenger
at once for doctor, merely as a matter of
form, however, for that anything could
be done for the shapeless mass of human
ity never entered my mind 1t was i'm
possible to lift the body. We shuffled it
on to blanket and carried it to the I'M
fortunate mans home. | noticed that,
although there was not the slightest evil
dence Of consciousness, Wolf was still
breathing, and that his heart was beat
ing. When the doctor came he declared
that, from the shoulders down, there was
positively not a single whole bone left in
VOLTS body. He said there was not one
chance in ten thosand of the man living
" 1t would take ten doctors week to
set his bones, he said.
"He incased the body in plaster from
the neck down, and when he came next
day was amazed to find that Wolf was
still alive and had regained conscious
ness. Wolf lay inCased in plaster for sew
eral weeks. His bones knit and grew to-
gether again, but in such way that
when he was able TO get around he was
covered with knobs and ridges and queer
corners and angles from head 20 feet
But he was alive. He was our night
Waterman for ten years after that, and is
alive to-day.
Another time workman in a different
part of the mill named Sanneman was
caught in a big belt by felt apron he
wore, and before the works could be
stopped he was whirled seven times
around the pulleys, striking the ceiling
with tremendous force each time He
was taken up for dead. l examined him
before the doctor came, and there WASH {
even the sign of an abrasion or mark on
his body. Ten minutes later, when the
doctor came, he was as black as coal all
over. There wasn't spot on him that
was not discolored. The doctor exam
med the man carefully and, to his amaze
mcnt, found that there was not bone
broken anywhere about. His injuries
were so slight that he was at work again
within two days Yet he had passed
seven times through a space between the
pulley and the beam not over seven inches
wide.
Once the dam of one of our mills be-
came so clogged with logs that they in
terfered with the water power. 1t was
necessary to release the jam or shut down
the mill. The work would necessarily en-
danger the lives and limbs of all who en-
gagged I'M it and volunteers were asked
| for, handsome pay being offered Plenty
of men were ready to take the risk,
among them Pat O'Brien. an Irishman,
81 years old. He insisted on being one of
| the gang and joined il against the pro-
| test of the superintendent.
The work of releasing the log lam
went all right until the key log that held
| the main was to be removed. There lay
| the danger. The key was removed and
| the men made a wild dash to escape the
rush They all got out of the way but
| four; among them the old Irishman, Pat
| O'Brien. These four were caught among
! the logs and went over the falls, a sheer
| descent of So feet. Men and logs went
| over together, and everybody supposed
| that the men would be ground to atoms.
But a most astonishing thing happened
In falling a number of logs fell on end in
| a group, their upper end stopping together
| forming an almost perfect tent or peaked
| nut, with tho downstream side open The
men had escaped injury, not only from
the logs in the fall, but from the tremend-
GUS plunge itself, and it was rs they
| landed in the water below that the tent
of logs formed, with them beneath it's
shelter. This saved them from being
drowned by the water that plunged down
from the great height.
There was constant danger of the
shelter of logs being forced from its lOdg
ment by the pressure of water. In view
of the latter danger, when it came to res
cuing them the three young men Of the
party urged old Pat O'Brlen to be hauled
up first. He obstinately refused to be
hauled up until his companions had been
rescued, when he took his chance and
landed safely above. He had scarcely
been lifted above the shelter of the logs
when it gave way, and the logs went
crashing and laundering on down the
stream. l have heard of wonderful es-
capes Of death, but never anything so
wonderful as that"