The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-01
IN A PULLEYS GRIP
DYNAMO TENDER CAUGHT BY A
wHIRLING SHAFT.
FELL ACROSS A MOVING BELT.
FRED Il. WAY MAY DIE FROM HIS
INJURIES AT ELECTRIC WORKS.

Preparations Were Being Made to
Turn on the Current for the City
Lights When the Accident Occur
ed in Power House of Edison
Electric Illuminating Conc One
Saw the Electrician Fall and the
Noise Made by His Body Striking
the Floor Was the First Thing
Heard-Injured Man Sent to Park
Avenue Sanitarium in Police Ann
buIance.
Fred e. Way, a dynamo tender for
the Edison Electric Illuminating Com
pany. was perhaps fatally injured at
the works on Indian street late yester-
day afternoon. The accident, which
may cost Way his life happened while
preparations were being made to start
the dynamo which furnishes the city
lights.
Way was caught in one of the belts,
whirled around a wheel and thrown to
the floor with tremendous force. His
LETT arm was torn and he probably sus-
tanned internal injuries. 1t could not
be told last night just what his inju-
res were, but at an early hour this
morning he was resting quietly at the
Park View Sanitarium, where he was
taken in the police ambulance.
No one saw the accident and the
first fntfmation that anything was
wrong was had when the mans body
struck the floor The wheel was only
going at half speed and was cut off i'm
mediately, although Way had already
been thrown from the betting. He was
apparently lifeless when picked UP by
his fellow employees and the police am
bulance was summoned. The men IN
the power house were of the opinion
that he would die before the hoSpltdl
was reached.
Way had thrown a small crowbar
under one of the moving belts. He had
use for it again and stepped across a
dead belt to get it. The crowbar was
almost under the moving belt and the
dynamo tender reached across. 1t
must have been at that time that he
lost his balance and fell on the belt.
The wheel was only about three feet
from where he fell, and in an instant
he was spinning around it, with the
belt binding him against the moving
iron. He was fairly shot from the top
of the wheel and hurled to where he
was found by his fellow workmen.
Way is a native of Brunswick and
is highly thought of by the man at the
electric light works, as we'll as by the
officers of the company The accident
threw a damper over those who only
the afternoon before had enjoyed a
Thanksgiving dinner with the young
man. His mother had sent him box
of turkey and sweets, and he had invit-
ed his friends in the power house to
share with him. His desk in the place
had been decorated with flowers sent
in the same box, and the men recalled
the pleasant time spent the evening
before, within two feet of where he
was picked up. The flowers still re-
manned on his desk and the remainder
of the cake and turkey were to have
been eaten last night. Way had been
looking after the dynamo department
for two years, and had completely
won the affection of the men in the
building. They were broken up over the
accident, and the chief engineer was in
tears several hours after the accident
occurred. Apparently no blame can be
attached to anyone, and the unfortun
ate accident was the result of Ways
carelessness around the moving belt.