Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-02
DIES FROM INJURY.
ScaIding Of Adolph Hetogem
Results Fatally.
END CONES AT THE HOSPITAL.

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while ns Il 1t Work Cisaalss . Boi,sr
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r.rnsava Him ~ Mssake.
Death relieved the suffarings of
Adolph Retogem. mention Of whose
was made in last nights
ARGUS. at $50 o'clock at st. An
lhonys hospital. Hetogen WAS Sc
Iears Of age and lived with his wife
and three little children on Twenty
second street, between Third and
Fourth avenues. He bad been en-
pioyed by the street railway COM
pAny several years. was an indus.ri-
Gus. faithful and well thought OF
Hetogam was q pitman
at the electric power station on Sec
ond avenue and Twenty-third street.
He was engaged in cleaning . boiler
when the terrible accident befell
him. He was ON the inside OF .
boiler, which WAS not in use. clean
ing out the scales. The boilers are
connected by syphon valve. Heto-
gem shouted 1T his fellow workmen to
turn q little water into the boiler in
which he was at work. The valve
was accidentally turned wide open.
The hot water and steam, which
would have exhausted through the
pipe connecting the drum had the
valve been operated properly. wss
forced up into the boiler. Hstogem
was scalded from head to foot. The
men did not know anything unusual
had occurred until they saw Heto-
gem crawling from the boiler. AL
though suffering untold pain he
managed to walk to Rsiss' drug
store, Fourth avenue and Twenty
third street, where his clothing was
removed and his body bandaged by
DR.. F. D. Paul. In the meantime
accommodations at St. Anthony q
hospital had been secured for the in
jured man by General Manager j.
F. Lardner. Hetogem was then
taken to the hospital in the ambu-
lance, accompanied by Thomas Cow.
ling. chief engineer at the power
station. Hetogem bore his suffering
bravely. and the seriousness of his
condition was not realized until
about 5 O'Clock, when reaction OF
the nervous shock which he sus.
tained set In, and he gradually sank,
passing away at $50 last evening.
An inquest as to the cause OF Het.
ogem's death is in progress at Cor.
oner Eckhart's ef1ice before q isry
composed of L. r. Sykes, foreman
L. G. Eddy, Fred HilGnger, Ben NJ
Ellis. P. J. Morgart and William
Hartz.
Engineer Gowling testified, 1.-THE
firemen on duty have full control oil
the filing of the boilers and have in.
structions to handle the valves them
selves. Yesterday while M. Heto.
gem was working in the boiler ht
gave the signal to put on the syphol
aud tho fireman on duty being busy
At the time. . young man named
Ruben j. Gowling, employed by the
company. undertook to handle l.,
and unfortunately turned it on too
strong, forcing the steam into the
boiler. causing the accident. The
strong pressure put on was undoubt
eddy the cause of the accideut-tha,
is. the valve was improperly handled
Reuben j. Gowling said that ht
opened the valve about halt way and
left it turned on about 80 seconds
when he discovered what had oc
CARED to Hetogem. DR.. F. d. Paul
Christ Trefz and A. j. Weinberger
assistant engineers. and J. H. Mont
gomery. fireman at the power sta.
ton. and Mrs. Hetogem. wife of the
deceased. testified. DR.. Paul said
the flesh Of Hetogem's body began
to peel off when his clothing va.
being removed.
Mrs. Hetogem told the Jury tina,
her husbands name was spelled in
her country as Ookuyhem. The fun.
eral was held at O'Clock this after.
noon from St. Mary's church.
The inquest was completed at 4
O'Clock this afternoon, with Q vsrdic,
that Hetogem's death was caueec
by ''being scalded while in dis
charge of his duty in cleaning {
boiler in the TRICKY Railway com
pany's power house at Rock Islsnt
July l."
4 Boy Nests Serious Injury.
Walter Rinckley, boy IA years o.
age. living on Forty-fourth street snt
Fifth avenue, was kicked in the head
by horse man was leading or
Columbia park commons about I
O'Clock last evening. The horse be.
gan suddenly to throw it's heels in
the air. and Hinckley. among other
lads. happened to be near and the
hoof Of the animal struck him JUS,
over the right eye. fracturing the
skull. He was unconscious when
picked up. but later regained con-
seriousness. DR.. Dunn. of Moline,
removed . portion of the skull two
inches long and three-quarters Of an
inch vide The boyis getting along
- well as could be expected.
An Emery Whsel Asei6en..
Herman Kurth, OF this CITY, IN
employe OF the Sechler carriage
works. of Moline. attempted to speed
up an emery wheel this morning,
when the wheel burst, and fyinp
were the cause Of . pain
full injury ON Mr.. Kurth's left thigh
and thAr S3islncation NJ three fn0er.