Richmond daily palladium., 1898-12-10

axle rests is about six or eight inches,
In passing the gear whesl in it's p
Carney stepped on the sill. which W.
slippery with oil. la doing so the a
pc arance of broken slat wonld indi
sate that he had taken hold of the sls
10 assist himself in crossing safely /
However, his foot slipped, was caught
nv the bar or spoke of the gas.5. --hecl
s.-ss y,aifoa ai,s>,l&sre.-st.tfc< vr1-~FCc- pc
tween the wheel and the sill, crushing,
it IF instantly. He could not havI
gotten loose until the leg was entire
removed, as the remnants of fash and
blood and bone were smeared anG
scattered and splashed all about the
axle bars the wheel. Tue leg 1t ell
went down into the wheel pit and wa
not yet out when the reporter was
there about O'Clock.
PHENOMENAL PLUCK
Now comes the story of the mans
almost superhuman nerve and rema k
able pluck With one leg cut off cloge
up to his body, with the blood flowing
from the rur tured arteries and his lie
ebbing out as rapidly as it could flpx
to say nothing of the awful agony aud
borrow of the situation. the thought of
duty, ingrafted and drilled into the
man by his years of faithful solicitnde
for others interest, did not desert
him. He started on what must have
been a very slow and simply agoniz
ing trip around the engine to gige
some signal to the others above that
there was an accident AMI the ma
chinery was no longer under his COZ
troll. He knew that the CON
rinued and uncontrolled runnin. OF
his engine might involve danger to
the others above. Twenty. feet
of painful dragging, thirty feet,
and he reached the point where was
the electric cali bell 10 be used for
hasty summoning Yet he was prone
unon the cement fl Dor, and the bell was
above MS head, above the reach of his
arm. On he went, to the end of the
engine, where the steam shut-off was.
1t was, also, above the mans head.
On once more he started, and crawiad
fifteen feet farther, some sixty feet N
all. to where the g4s cutoff was WITHIN
his reach. Tne.e he turned the little
wheel and shut eff part of the fuel.
This caused the let down IN the power
and notified the men up stairs that
something was out of order below.
His wife had teen not fej in a
thoughtless manner by some one who
| had AIKEN no second thought in tie
matter aud she hurried from her home,
I l09 north second street. not far from
the mill. to see her husband. Hurrying
down into the basement to the engine
room she tainted snd had 10 be carried
out They were both taken TO their
home aud DR.. Weist attended him
TIE physician had lake q charge of he
case before the man had been removed
| from the engine room, and told Mr.
Pulliuger that he hsd acted wisely IN
| leaving the body just as he had found
/ the least blood would be lost. He pro-
ueunced the
INJURIES FATAL.
/ Saying that If would be impossible for
/ the man to recover under the eircum
( stances.
/ Carney is brother of Mrs NJ. J
/ Eagan, of north twelf b street. H
was about sixty years of age, and wss
an engineer for q great many years
He was employed as an engineer on
/ the Panhandle years ago. working for
il when il was the old Chicago & Crest
Eastern. He Was IN the strike OF 1873,
and quit partially on that account and
partially because he saw a wreck on
the road between this city and Logans
/ Tort. and decided that he Lad better
/ Quit the dangerous business. Then
/ he went TO work at the oil mill II the
north end of the city, ,snd worked there
a number of years. Then he worked
for Gaar. Scott & Co.. and had beer
working for Carpenter for fifteen
years. He Was faithful nploye al
ways, attending strictly to his bust