Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-05
R. w. Hughes an Iowa Central
Carpenter Badly Crushed
by Switch Engine
TWO OTHER BAD ACCIDENTS
Ole Erickson, Northwestern Section
Hand, Falls From Hand Car and is
Run Over, Sustaining Broken Leg
An Iowa Central Hostler Comes Near
Losing an Eye by Flying Splinter.

Three distressing accidents, occur
ing during Tuesday night and this
morning, among the employees of the
Iowa Central and the Northwestern
hours in this city. r. w. Hughes,
carpenter in the employ of the Central
was caught by switch engine No.
this morning, while passing between
the engine and the coal chutes, and
was badly ground and crushed by the
moving machine. His injuries may
prove fatal.
Mr.. Hughes is a carpenter and is
employed in repairing bad order cars
that are set on what is known as the
"trip" track He is in the habit of
keeping his tools under the east end
of the coal chutes, and while under
the chutes. to secure them, with which
to begin work, switch engine No. q,
in charge of Engineer Gust Anderson,
came up to get coal. Hughes emerged
with his tools and while in the act of
passing between the engine and the
building, the locomotive started. The
engineer was unable to see the man on
account of escaping steam from the
| engine and the end of the humping
beam" caught Hughes and crushed him
against the sill of the building, strik-
| ing him near the region of the hips.
After grinding him in this position for
short distance he fell and his cries
attracted the attention of workmen
who were near. The injured man
was carried to his home at Az West
Nevada street, and the company sur
geon called. The man was in great
agony and showed the effects of suf-
fering from internal hemorhage. It is
! feared that either one or both hips
are badly fractured and crushed and
that portions of the bone have entered
the bladder. Other internal injuries are
also feared and his recovery is doubt
| full.
Run Over BY rand Car.
| While going to work on hand car
with several other laborers at about I
o'clock this morning, Ole Erickson, of
East Quarry, was thrown from the car
| by the breaking of the handle to which
| he was holding, and was thrown back
wards from the car The car was
| thrown from the track, but none of the
| others was injured. Erickson was
brought to this city and the company
| surgeon notified. He was taken to the
Getz hospital. He was found to have
sustained a fracture of the tibia of the
| left leg, a short distance below the
| knee, and dislocated left hip. His in
juries, while very painful, are not con-
| sidered serious.
Nearly Loses an Eye.
G. T.. Vantreese. a hostler in the Iowa
| Central round house, had most mar
row escape from losing the sight of his
| left eye at about q: 80 Tuesday evening,
as the result of splinter flying from a
| board which he was splitting. Van
treese was making kindling with which
| to start fire in one of the engines, and
while doing so piece flew UP and,
striking the inner corner of his left eye,
| entered the cavity the better part of an
| inch, just missing the eye ball. The
pain was most excruciating and his call
| for help was answered by a friend who
was near by and who removed the
| splinter, which was three or four inch
es in length. He was taken to his home
and on examination by a physician it
was found that, while the eye ball had
been all but touched and had been
greatly affected by the piece of wood 1t
/ is thought that his sight will be unim-
| paired.