Richmond daily palladium., 1898-12-10
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
WILLIAM CARNEY Los ES
A LEG IN THE

Deadly G. ar Wheel. ani. Then
prags Himself a Di tanc5 oi
Sixty Feet to Shut OFF the g E
And Ease Down the Power-T Il
Second of the Sort at Carpenter
Mills, on North Second Street
An Early Morning Horror.
One of the most horrible accidents
that ever took place in this city was
that which made William Carney its
victim this morning at Carpenter :
roller mill on north second street,
about 7:15 o'clock. A PAL
LADIUM reporter visited the scene i'm
mediately after the accident and
learned the grnesome particulars as
nearly as they could be ascertained
This morning William Carney, who
has been engineer at the plant for fif
teen years, went to work at the usual
time All went well until about 7:10,
when the miller above, James PGllin-
ger, noticed that the power was run
ming down This was not unusual, as
II was the custom to start the fire with
gas in the morning aud shut il off at g
later hour. and 1t was common
thug TO have the power run down IL
the early morning hours. Mr.. Palm
ger eased down the mill, opening two
Of the rolls to make lie draft on the
power. Yet the indicator kept
steadily gazing back. and be
knew that something terrible had oc-
Cured. fastening down the fou'
flights of stairs he reached the landing
Just above the engine room aud called
"Bin!"
He head a faint answer. that ap-
peared 10 come from the rotth side OF
the engine room. Hurrying on down
he went to that side of the engine
room and found nothing but pools OF
blood and CORY trail that led to the
south side eff the engine room. Thi:
he followed with a siekenIns sense oi
horror, and found the man lying in the
little apartment south of the engine
wnere the gas cut of is, minus one leg
and weltering in his own blood thai
| froza as il q wed from the stump
With all the exerfion possible FulIin
ger got mp those fl lights of stairs, hos
ne does not know, and summoned aid
He got some whisky and poured some
between the lips of the suffering man
who complained that he was cold
When the whisky and the wrappingl
| given him by willing hands hat
| warmed and revived him, he said tins.
| ae kad slipped. That was all he coul4
| ,ay.
HOW IT OCCURRED
| Fo lowing the trail of blood. aftel
/ the man had been made IS comfortable
| - possible under the circum stances
| .t was fonnd that there was no trace Q.
| ne lost leg visible, except that ther'
were pieces of broken bone, groun,
| iesh and elots of blood lying abou
| he axle of the gesr wheel IN one co"
| Ter Of the engine room. The axle q
| he big wheel wss bloody, tbs bar-lik,
| ,pokes were also sReare6 with blood
| and the sill of the frame IN which III
/ aassive iron machine rests was SIS
| covered with Carney 5 life blood. Tn
/ siye of the monster wheel comes with
| IN very few inches of the frame Ii
shien the wheel rests, and the bars 0
,pokes of the wheel come closer, /,
| their revolutions. The pit Is poiR
of danger avoided by the engineer
sspeeially by one who. ike Carney ar
| aoted for tneir earefulness and ea1tioi
It all times IN mansging their ms
hinery. To avoid accident tn
wheel Is fenced IN with
age made OF wooden Stats
rne space between the loEermos
slat and the sill on which the wheel