The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-21
Killed by fragment of Bursted
Emery WheeI-had Pre-
mOnitiOn of Death.
MANY FATALITIES IN FAMILY.
Seven We're Victims of Acct
dents-Number IS and
Friday Also Figure.

Henry WestrUp. a machinist, employed at
the Fulton Iron Works, AT Second and CAR
streets. was killed yesterday afternoon ny
a flying fragment OF an emery wheel which
burst while h. was grinding Il wedge.
The heavy stone struck him in the center
Of the forehead and crushed his skull He
WAS beyond medical assistance when "a ply
stefan arrived. ana died in the city am
hulance while being taken to his home. 20,
9l3 North Market street.
y peculiar circumstance in connection
with the mans death is the fact that he
told his fellow-worHmen before beginning
work in the morning THAI he had a PRESENT.
ment that he would not leave the shop
alive. He had always told his friends that
be expected to die a violent death. because
within the last two years seven membeEs
Of his family and two Of his most intimate
friends have met death through accidents.
Another strange feature of Westrup's
death that will appeal 10 the superstitious
Is the fact that his check number ON the
time dial in the place where he was en-
pioyed was IL and his house number was
"S- And the accident occurred on Friday
Westrup remarked tc his friends yester-
day morning. when he told them of his pre-
seh'lme MT, that su n an overwhelming num-
ner of ill-omened condolences would be sure
10 cause his death.
Two years ago Westrup's brother F>ra5
ana his sister Pauline with their hrorhar
n-!a"' ! w Wedd.ndorf. and their Young
niece. May. and two nephsws Alfred and
ISairh. We're drowned in the St. Francis
river near -. Francis. Ark. while boat
ihs one sunday afternoon. That was the.
lily ~ ''-e i"''i-
WeStrup lived for many wears a, o.,
-North Market street. while friends OF his
named becker lived a No 3lS The Rockers
I"Hel p"th houses Last summer two If
.i4e h.cker brothers went fishing I'm the
MlSslssipp! River, above Alton: their boa:
calslzed. and trey were drowned When
tue Becker family moved away. We-tr,,p
ana MS wife decided 10 occupy the vacant
apartments
mat was about two months ago, ana
theF We're net quite settled in their nov,
nome when the accident occurred. In Feb
,GaFE Mrs Nestrups only brother WIS
killed on the Gravois road. He was driving
a wagon filled with bags of salt for ,
mar! named Schneeberger and STONED a,
r'e roauSiCe 10 adjust something on the
I"inesS As fe stepped on the axle tongue
me horses SHE'D into a ditch ana ,L,. nars
-. s1'' Me;e precipitated upon Kretchmeier's
,.StHr 4; MS broken. When this accident
Occurred, NestTup firmly be Iiev,l thar snr1a
IN rate va: upon the family and expecf~i
mat something would happ.l; TO him or his
Wife Ills anticipation was FULFILLED
HiS Wife was i'll yesterday when no Isft
morn" and he promised her that he wonId
ne an effort 10 get leave OF absence i'm
order 10 be with her. She told him tbat sba
iSit as II some thing would happer, but Ia
Ek'.etE hrf up ne laughed at the idea When
ne met his brothers wife on the STREET
while going To work, he told her that he
uiu not Ieel well and that h.. had had "A pr,-
sentiment that something would hanneh Ia
q roma RI
tInekeeper in the Fulton Iron Works and 10
ms foreman. Il. 4. montgomery, with whom
ore ana an unusual rush of work. he
made no attempt To obtain a leave of all
sence. as he had promised his wife
SHoruy alter resuminG work at leo O'clock
NtStrup went 10 an emery wheel 10 grind
~edSe. There is a standing order i'm TN.
snop that no one is allowed i'm the vicinity
OF the wheels unless he wishes TO use them
Nestrup had ground his wedge and had
81 pped back a few feet and was taking
WIN ,hI AIam huber a fellow workman. when
me wheel burst in three pieces and one
large fragment struck Wcstrup square in
me forehead. crushing in his skull As the
, unfortunate man dropped to the ground HUI
per rlsned our OF the shop and brought Doc
tor j, +. Garlock Of No $40 North Rroad
way. Meanwhile some one in the shop sum
fnonef the mans brother. FL WestrlIn Who
IL employed AT the Mound city Coffin Com
pany. Doctor Gar!ock saw immediately thar
there was no hope and called the city am
huiance to take him home. Tht. brother
went before to warn the wife En- r,ute IN
his home in the ambulance Western dieS
He never recovered consciousness
Ills aged parents. Mr.. and Mrs Henry
Nestfup. VINO i've IN Strp.ngton. ST. Louis
County, arrived In the city late last night
Two brothers and two sisters also live !,
Sarpington. The funeral will take Dlace on
Sunday afternoon, in Sappingtor. where the
body will he buried In the family Ict in ~
Evangelical st. Lucas Cemetery
estTup had been married eight years He
was 30 years old. His wife was Miss Iopisa
kretchmeier. Both Of her parents and ali
OF her sisters are dead. Her only RELATIVE
in st. Louis is a cousin