The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-30
IRON CRUSHED HIM
Thomas ConneII Let Bridge
Fall on Him.
SENT HOME TO NEWTON
Several Minor Accidents al
Santa Fe Depot

A rather peculiar accident happened yes
tcrday on The platform south of the Santa
10 depot Mr.. Thomas Connel. who is
employed in the freight department, was
found. with one of The iron bridges lay
ing across his body in one of the cars. IN
conscious. He was moving one of the
bridges which are simply iron plates
about six 1eet long and three feet wide.
around 10 its place so that he could let
it fan across the gap between the car
and the platform. There are a number Of
these pla les or bridges. and they are used
20 truck freight across the platform into
the cars. and il unloading the cars.
They are very hard thing TO handle,
weighing, as they do, over 200 pounds
each. and q. strong man has all he wants
to 60 in plac ing one of them across from
the platform 10 the cars. Mr.. Connell is
only about IL years old, but is large and
quite strong. He is not verS- tall, how
ever, and this was against him. and in the
handling OF. tn, bridge he could not get
the hold on il that was the best
At the time Of the accident he was alone
in the car, and instead of waiting for
someone to come and help Inn, he at
tempted to move the bridge alone. Being
on the inside he was not seen by the
men who were at work on the platform.
He raised the huge iron, and " as almost
ready to let it fan across the space to
the platform, when his heel slipped in
some way and he was thrown backwards
AS he FELL the bridge struck on top Of
him. reaching almost to his chin. He be-
came unconscious, and was discovered in
a very few minutes by the foreman, who
rushed at once 10 his aid. The foreman
lifted the heavy iron off Of the boy and
lifted him 10 his feet and half CO Gried him
10 the wash room. where he bathed his
head and breast freely, and soon had him
on his feet
He was so badly injured, however. that
he was sent to his home at Newton on the
next train, which was due in about Is
minutes after he was on his feet. He was
taken TO the train and seated in one Of
the chairs in the chair car. where he rest
ed fairly comfortable.
The fall Of the bridge seemed to crush
and bruise him from head te foot, and
though he made no complaint yet he suf-
fered a great deal from its effect.
The day seemed TO be a bad one for the
Santa Fe people yesterday, as there were
three accidents on the depot platform,
Early in The day one of the truckmen
let a box get the best of him and had his
hand cut open in the palm and a silver
run into the palm near the fingers.
About noon Fred Scott was assisting
in the unloading of some barrels Of lime.
when one Of the barrels slipped sideways
and caught hi right hand. breaking the
little finger and crushing the fleshy part
Of the hand in most painful manner.
A little later Mr.. Conael was hurt. One
OF the boys remarked that he guessed tho
best thing he could do would be to sc
and take out an accident policy before he
went on with his work.
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