New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-04
WHIRLED AROUND TO DEATH.
HORRIBLE FATE OF A YOUNG TINsMITH.
HE is CAUGHT IN GREAT FLYWHEEL IN THE
EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING COM
PANY's BUILDING-HIs LEG AND
ARM AND PART OF THE HEAD

PANY's BUILDING-HIS LEG AND
ARM AND PART OF THE HEAD
TORN FROM THE BODY.
William Jassup twentythree years old. met
horrible fate about o'clock last evening While
working in the plant Of the Edison Electric
Illuminating Company, No llJ East Tweifth-st
He was caught in an eght-foot fywheel. revolv-
ing several hundred times a minute and whirled
10 death A leg and an arm torn from his
body and his head was horribly mangled
Jessup and his brother Peter tinsmiths
and both were single. They had lived together
1t was said. at No IA East One-hundred-and-
seventcenth-st. A few days ago they secured
Job in the electric plant and at the time or the
accident had been at work Timing a PLATFORM
erected along side and between two cight-foot
fiywhccls
The work between the whirrlng wheels was
dangerous. and. although they were accustomed
to treat danger carelessly. both young men real
lied that false step meant injury or perhaps
death. Several times in the course or the work
william who seemed to have a foreboding or
his awful fate remarked to his brother that ne
would be glad when the work was done.
n was almost 6 o'clock and Peter cheerfully
called out to his brother that it would be soon
time to quit work and warned him to take great
care That was the lest time he saw him alive.
Inst how his brother was caught In the ma
cb,nerv Peter cannot say. He only remembers
that whom he called william was on his hands
and knees on the very edge OF the PLATFORM
with his head close to the flywheel. A moment
later he turned around and saw that his brother
had vanished as If by magic. Then, as the
thought struck him, he glanced at the wheel
and whirrg round and round he saw white
and blue object caught in the spokes' win
scream for help. he ran toward the engine
ROOM but the engineer had already discovered
by the action of the engines that something was
wrong and had shut off tie steam
When the engine was finally brought to
standstill a horrible sight met his eyes. RoHeu
in a ball near the edge OF the wheel was the
body Of the yourg man. When 1t was taken GU.
the left arm and left leg and the upper nan VI
tho head were missing. The leg and arm were
found twenty feet away, having been torn from
the body in the awful ride. 1t is thought 'le
head mus. have hit the edge or the PLATFORM
The engines were both badly damaged ny the
| Earring received and were not run Tor the rest
~ the night Connections were made WITH 'ne
other power-houses OF the company ana the
| mart OF the city lighted by the East I"e'i'h-s''
| plant was not In anyway inconVenlehceu'
/ reason tfic OlHNih'7 va ~
| did not inform the police OF the accideht' Inc
general manager Mr.. Johnson. called on the
| coroner and received permission to have the
| hodv removed by an undertaken. Inc poI.ce
| ors, hoard of the accident when foilceihai,
! Uoss Of the East Fifth-st station, was s'oppeu
| hv a citizen and asked If he had heard OF 'he
| fate OF the young man A.. ..,,aar
When the policeman called on the ihahatI
! the latter informed him that II was none Oh ms
| business and said that all the Information ths
! comneny wanted from him was the address OF
an undertaken Ross directed MN 20 an unuv'
| taker at No JOl East Fourteenth-st, anu '"e
! body was removed there. A.,
| Neither Superintendent stevenson nor MI.
! Johnson would give reporters or the po'lCe an!
! Information az to the accident Inc supeiHi-
/ tendent said he did not gee how the acciueht
/ =, MD interest anybody outside OF the company;
/ one OF the company's men had been killed ana
| that was all there to 1t. Mr.. Johnson was
/ equally reticent and gave orders that no report
! crs he allowed to 50, the place Of the accident
! and warned the other employees that they would
! be instantly dismissed II they talked about IL
From one OF the latter however, Inc fac'S
| were learned 49,. p..o.
| Almost Immediately after the accident feter'
the unfortunate victims brother, LETT the place
| At No III East One hundred and seventeenth
| Ct the number glv"n by the company as Jes,
! sun's address no trace Of the young man could
! he found The house Is occupied By single
! family and they knew nothing OF any such
nerson Dnigent inquiry In adjoining houses
! brought no additional information to light.