Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-10-11
A FRIGHIFUL ACCIDENT.
:. II. Jacobs Meets an Agonizing
Death From Scalding at the
Sugar Factory.

deplorabe accident occurred ut the sugar
factory on Thursday Of last week by which u
workman. Charles Harry Jacobs, lost his life.
Jacobs was boilermaker and was sent to Il
sheet iron cover On tank that formed the
eateh'~ater basin for pipes that carried con-
dcnscd steam used in tcmpcring tho cold
water ns II Is conveyed To the boilers OF the
factory. Though the water had not hcroto-
fore done any hurt to anybody. the drip upon
ih. hoor was u nuisance aud the cover had
bcrn ordered put on To aiIat. the nuirancc.
Unhappily while this very work was being
done nn extraordinary spasmoiic expansion
of steam which had never occurred ut any
other time. and IL not accounted for In amy
way Oh thi. OCCASION. caused the water tn
Dash out at the tank and over Jacob, while
the lid onto tic iir-t half. which he had ni-
ready cot la position and fastened down. Tho
nrst dash Of tho ho, water seem. to have
caught Jacob. uron the lower part of his face
ant upper cts..t as ho stood upon q step
ladder l-1nlus over the tank NJ hi. work. u
came .s-ry so'iicniy. and whether Jacobs
Jumpesi or 90, partly knocked IN tho ladder
by the Sudden and unexpected dash of the
water. n..,- of his fellow ~orkmcn seem Ia
knos. Hut n. hc reached tho nnnr another
dcius~ ot the hot wafer fell upon his back and
rtiInins iruin the back of his neck at tho limo
where hi. hat protected him u spread over
hi. back ani HI. arms and legs. literally cot.
ctins and .szsldine at i-ast tso-thirds of the
surface at hi. t--iy.
Ia an agony OF palm lie called To hi. fellow
did and carfi.d him into tho laboratory room
oa The L.suE at the factory. a physician uus
tclC ,.ilnn-.I Tor and DIR. roiiusA responded
9uirAly y. he .o,iIi drive 10 the scene Ut thc
acsltcnt. lilo nt oacc administered ss'siA.
tisr Tot the fssin the iian sss suffering. ana
folls~.-i thi. up with heart toalrs. but tiss'
-uu-fvr npiily saceumb~d to The trtftb'c
luIuFic. and III little nioF- than an hour from
tho tIm- OF III. scsiiinE sas dead.
An Inquest ~as called fus aud Cnfun-f
ur-.,n -iapanr.csi . Jury for -. n,. oa ffiiay.
a. ihI~ in..uc.i a naa,i'-r of e,o ~Itnc-.p-s of
tHi-Esakvr spFins-E sili Do. i'oll.cA. The
.Nkl-n.c EtSrn at the iEgarst a. 10 the nam.
nor oi tbs aecst!cat sHs practically as FtNcn
alssNy.
pT. foiIass'. testimony uas In snt,sisncc
"a Iolluusg
''II,- turns covered t,p anterior half OF tho
eh-.g. shoulders. n.cs anH iarc I. the mouth
ti,rlu.iins tn. tits. bn the i-sat-finf lstft ut
tisv tsss4y the atirus -Stcniri iFsstsl tbs. hat
line to thv huttncAs. IIss' aTtits s.Fv ss'ali.si
IIutn rslnt lsIF incii'ss ai-itu III" -.isous 'o
aisi iariuiius the Latd.. Del n.t cs'nssivf
siIIsk h. Nuui,i Bot ths alter -r-cI.. Uas-
hyt.-irfiaiv tu!rs,tisn ct ' Graih tf'ssFr"ine
aud lutlt sFain at atfNf.lhv- in hNs-t inlh-
ut,a ~. rzs ~ . siatu ct tssllaps" Aihs a.i'
Hltntstcry,i ~ interval. by ps.i"fralss 81 i.su
grain og .'t, chnInp nitrate. lIpp aIstialinc
ssi s,Itrisa rs,'i aI.p later TO, sr.in st h,'i.-
siy ryIins utEA n s-Ctnius siizht itapsos-'
aSHs. - ly-sg half at tH- .Ai.. .sisss.- -ss
lgssItsyp.
gi,r SvT,llcs 81. ils. iuEy ua. shat The sssii.
lus an st.tos.iabI- ace l-ictst siisI thst thr
sasaE sugar eutlisauS sss u. ns - ~ io hIsss-
Having asUiiFnt Insurance. NJ. Sss"iss
hrt,. ~iii tve-isc tssst
The tuts-ral ta-rk plsrv at Ia junta under
sis~ sus nlrsps as The Osli trllnrs anJ M.i-fu
N.dsItllsti. af ~hssh .i-ssasssi -ss srstst~s.