Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-10-05
"a sHo cK1NG Acc 1DENr.

a SHOCKING ACCIDENT. s3#
Alsx Psttsrson, Night Man q tho Electric
Station, Dangerously e
!!S,s% III Injured. Il, 5.s, 4 7
One Of the worst accidents which
n has occurred In any Of the various
4 plants or mills of the city for the past
several years happened at the sta
n; tion Of the Electric & Water COM
II pany on the West side Monday
might. Alex Peterson, the man who
\ has charge OF the plant at night, was
tbe victim. - "s
E5 A representative Of The Transcript
visited the station Tuesday morn
ing and found the second story OF
;Sof the plant in great disorder. The
;yysfloor and switch board were literal
\ ~ covered with blood. Pieces OF the
floor were torn up and several ma
II chimes on the switch board damaged
y by flying pieces OF broken iron.
t$ AS near as could be learned the &C
cidenr happened in the following
manner: Peterson had just been
down stairs and filled the numerous
+ oil cups. Coming up from the first
floor it was customary for him to
4 view the switch board, which he
i evidently did last night Judging from
the appearance OF the blood on the
\ floor. As he was standing on the
4 pully side OF the big 1900 incandescent
lighter his left arm was evidently
scaught between the pul'y and the
.tbelt as.i,e turned around. AS this
wheel makes about thirty revolu-
stions q second the force with which
y Jefferson was thrown to the floor
can only be guessed at. By the
catching of his arm he was thrown so
that his left leg was also caught and
Y twisted. The left forearm was com
n ;pletely twisted off. The left leg was
II shorribly cut and the foot so badly
smashed that the broken bones pro-
,truded through the flesh. His head
Z was also badly cut and bruised,
+. After the accident Peterson had the
Il presence of mind to turn on the
other incandescent dynamo and
also to turn on the switch which
u called up Superintendent Baker. He
then manac ed to crawl to one Of the
Ii windo'. = OF the station facing the
wagon bridge, where he commenced
/ calling. As the accident happened
about midnight several people were
at the depot. Night Officer Morrison
and the Buchanan busman. VIM
Stevens, heard the mans cries and
thinking something was wrong
= hastily drove back to the electric
plant. Here the horrible sight met
4 their eyes. Peterson. so weak from
1 the loss of blood. was simply hang
Y ing on the window sill. Officer Nor
! rison laid him on the floor hnC
/. Stevens telephoned for medical as
sistance, which soon arrived. His
s wounds were temporarily dressed
;. and the unfortunate man lowered to
the ground where he was conveyed
to the hospital. Here the physicians
labored over him until the middle o
the forenoon. 1t was necessary tf
amputate the left arm just below thu
shoulder. His left leg, foot ono
head were dressed in the best pos
sibla manner. Owing to his extreme
age, IS years, and the loss of &c
: much blood, the attending doctors
have no hope Of his recovery.
IS MIR. Peterson ia q married mar
residing well out on the road to thu
brick yards. He is supporting {
: wife and six children. Mr.. Peterson
was an experienced man, having
been in the employment of the com
pany for the past three years. Only
the last month has he been ut tn.
i station nights.
.sl Relative to the damage at the sta.
I ton it will figure up into the dollars
4 The wheel on the end Of the dyna
mo shaft was broken into severa
= pieces. 1t was these pieces which
+: tore holes in the floor. wall and cell
ing and broke the Instruments on thu
switch board. The axle OF the ar
& mature is sprung 80 that the arma
ture will not revolve. -.
u MIR. Baker put a force OF men al
: work early. Tuesday morning to re
pair the damage at the plant. Il
will be necessary to use lighter ma
+ chimes until the damage to the big
+ dynamo can be repaired, which may
q take several days.
81 Such an accident which is in nc
y way the fault of the company, Is te
|. be seriously regretted. 1t ia an ex
tremely sad blow to Mr.. Peterson'f
family. Il . " -. 80, = ..ga.-
I LATER-Mr. Peterson died q, faxx