The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-30
TWIRLED TO DEATH.
GEORGE DOBSON A PROMISING
YOUNG MAN OF PAXTONVLLE,
MEETS AN UNTlMELY END.
his CLOTHES ARE CAUGHT RY REvOLv-
ING SHAFT AND IN EXPORTS TO FREE
HIMSELF uE Is BRUISED TO DEATH

HIS CLOTHES ARE CAUGHT BY A REvOLv-
ING SHAFT AND IN EXPORTS 70 FREE
HIMSELF HE Is BRUISED TO DEATH
Scarcely had the cloud of sadness
and sorrow, which accompanied the
finding of the body of the young
suicide of this place, week since,
dispersed it's shadows; than the COM
munity, on Tuesday afternoon, was
again depressed by the intelligence
of the sad, untimely death of George
Dobson of Paxtonville, two miles
west of this place George was n
quiet, well behaved, unassuming
young man of about twenty-five sum-
mers. For the past few years he had
worked at carpeutering. Last spring
he gained M apprenticeship i'll the
grist-mill of Charles p. Swengle :;
and it was here, while in the faith
full performance of his duties that
he was forced to meet his death.
George was alone in the mill when
the accident happened. He was
found shortly after three o'clock by
some children who happened into
the mill. The sad news was COM
municated to their parents, and n
crowd promptly hastened to the
spot. The surrounding circum-
stances developc the
FOLLOWING THEORY.
While performing some duty ut
one of the hoppers, he came i'll con-
tact with revolving upright shaft
near by, which caught part of his
clothigg .!l.di aRd w2gnd =. them aboalit.
1Ie endeavored to extricatSt svu
by tearing his clothes. FlnH'hg it
impossible, he frantically grasped the
shaft, and called for help, attempt
ing to stay his revolving with the
shaft by placing his legs against an
upright wooden pillar, but Il few
inches away. No one coming to his
relief, and theintensity of the strain
increasing at every moment, his
strength failed him and he was COM
PEELED to whirl about the shaft. In
so doing every revolution brought
his head in contact with horizon
tai beam, striking it with his fore
head and his legs striking the up
right pillar,
When. found the mill had stopped,
the water supply being exhausted.
! His body was i'll an almost vertical
position. One arm was completely
wrapped about, and the other fold
ed across, the shaft. The legs were
crossed about the shaft, with the
feet against the pillar. His head
was thrown back and his face bore
II look of agony. The forehead was
severely battered, the upper portion
of the skull being entirely knocked
off and portion of the brain scatter
ed about on the floor. The body,
with the exception of shirt sleeve,
was wholly nude. Upon DR.. Has
singers arrival it was found.that one
arm was broken at the shoulder,
while the other was broken mt the
fingers and several other places
One leg was broken at the knee, the
other at the hip.
Blow that it is, that so promising
n life should so early reach an end
to usefulness, the thought of his
impossible escape from tho death
grasp of the machinery, with no one
near to succor him in his hour OF
impending peril, must to him have
been u most agonizing one, and
tends to make the truth all the
more sorrowful. The young MAJ
was the oldest Of three children anC
: the main support of his father ant
mother, the father having been al
invalid for many years.
The family have the heartfelt sym
, pathy of the entire community il
their sad bereavement. The funera
will take place Friday at 10 Il. m. a
Hassinger's (brick) church.
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; The Pennsylvania picnic was helC
; at Elkhart, Ind, August 18th.
large number of people who form
: erly lived in Snyder county were il
attendance. Hon. j. b. Stoll, tn
:. South Bend journalist, was tn
orator Of the day.