Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09
ACCIDENTS.

Miss Molly Studebaker of Worth twp
was killed by lightning, Tuesday even
ing
Old Mrs Schilling and her little house
on the Duffytown hill took a tumble,
during the storm of last Thursday even
ing; but neither were seriously injured.
Earnest Flick. agad 12years, son of
Henry Flick of Duffytown 9Th ward
was run over by the cars at Greenville
Yesterday: and report has it that both
his legs were cut off ard that he was
not expected to live. The boy was in
I the habit OF leaving his home, and this
/ time was headed for Buffalo.
| The P & ". passenger train which
/ leaves Butler for Gallery at 4:05 p. N.
I Sunday afternoons, and north bound
/ local freight under conductor Henshav, ),
: collided at the siding below the Kalb
/ farm Sunday. The trains were brought
nearly to a standstill before striking and
( the only damage done was the derailing
| of the passenger engine and smashing of
its fender and the jolting of PASSENGERS.
Harry Wilson aged 81 years son of B.
T. Wilson of Glade Run, was fatally
scalded while pumping an oil well at
Bula, W Va. The crown sheet of the
boiler blew out, and blew him out of the
boiler house. His father brought his
body home.
Robert Martin. formerly of Evans
City. a brother of Mrs w. IL Young
and Mrs l. j. Mcbride of Butler met
with terrible death while working on
an oil well on the Bauerlein farm, in
Shaler township Allegheny Co, about
two miles from Etna. The accident
which caused Martins death was very
peculiar one. and fellow workman, L.
l. Mutt, narrowly escaged sharing the
same fate. Both men were engaged in
splicing sand line. The line is of in.
wire rope About 1000 feet of this line
was down the well, which was about
1 800 feet deep. Martin and Mutt were
splicing 200-foot piece to the l, 600 feet
already in the well. The upper end of
the long piece was hitched to the upper
works of the derrick,
When the work had almost been com
pleted, one of the other men working
about the well noticed that the hitching
on the long sand line was working loose
He called to Mutt and Martin to be care
ful. Mutt realized the danger and
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broke Martin was in such position
that he could not move quickly and was
caught. The long piece of sandline
weighed about 500 pounds. and when its
hitching gave way the weight started
dropping to the bottom of the we'll
The splicing was strong enough to hold
and the short piece of line which was
free, Immediately began to switch about
as though charged with electricity.
Before Martin could move he was com
pletely enmeshed in the folds of the
cable and his body was thrown about
the derrick and beaten against posts |
until his fellow workman, who were
powerless 10 aid him, turned away at
the sight.
Finally the bruised and battered body |
was thrown free of the line and outside |
the derrick He had been terribly bat |
tered and was barely alive when aid |
reached him. His chest was crushed |
and many bones in his body were broken |
Martin lived at No 1901 Juniata street |
Allegheny, and is survived by a wife |
and five children. A brother, William |
Martin, is in the employ of the Pitts |
burg Department of Public Safety.