The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-31
HIS LIFE WAS
CRUSHED OUT
Frank Holmes Torn Nearly &c
Pieces in Revolving Shaft.
ONE OF HIS ARMS CUT OFF
LEG AND JAW BROKEN AND
DIES OF HIS INJURIES.
ONE OF HIS ARMS CUT OFF
-UHmE engaged in oning machinery

IJHILE engaged in Oiling machinery
w at the works of the Portland
Cement Co. yesterday afternoon.
Frank Holmes was caught in q revoiv-
ing shaft and mutilated so badly that
he died early last evening. His left
arm was torn of, his right leg frac-
tured and the bones of his Jaw were
broken
The accident occurred shortly after =
o'clock. At the time Holmes. who was
employed as an oiler, was busy about
the crusher with his can. There Is a
large revolving shaft in that vicinity
and he is thought 20 have been Oiiing
that He apparently leaned his arm
on the shaft and got il caught I'm one
OF the fly wheels In a second he was
wound about the shaft and flying
through the air at a speed that was al
most enough to tear him to pieces.
Mangled and Bleeding.
As soon as he was caught. Holmes
screamed and the engineer saw him
drawn into the wheel Immediately he
shut down the machinery, but ii WAS
some moments before the shaft could
be brought TO a standstill. When il did
stop Holmes was thrown to the floor
beneath it and lay there mangled
and bleeding piece OF humanity.
Several of the workmen ran 10
Holmes expecting TO find him dead, but
they soon discovered that he was
breathing. Drs. A s. Bower and VII
liam Gleason were summoned imme-
diately to attend him. When the ply
sicians arrived they found that while
being hurled around the shaft. Holmes
left arm had been torn from his body
and it hung by some fragments of
cloth His right leg had been frac-
tureO above the knee and one side OF
his f1u had haar crushed in Tho Viz
tim almost died from loss OF blood be-
fore the doctors could get to him. He
was unconscious ana was removed to
ST. Marks hospital Immediately.
Holmes leg was in such "A. condition
that il was apparent TO the physicians
that il would have TO De removed, but
at the time an operation was impOs-
sible without fatal results. According
" the wounds were dressed as best
they could be and an effort was made
to revive the patient. He lived until
early last evening. when he passed
away without having regained con-
seriousness.
Family Living in Logan.
Holmes had been at work at the ce-
ment plant for only a short time and
had "a wife and hve-year-old child liV-
ing in Logan. They We're notified or
his death and win come to the CITY
today. While the affair was apparently
a pure accident, II was reported TO the
coroner and an inquest may be held.
Manager L. NJ. Bailey of the cement
works stated last night that no one
knew that Holmes was about the shaft
until they heard him cry and saw him
jerked into the wheel The machinery
was stopped as soon as possible. he
states. but at the speed at which &c
has to move. this could not be done
quickly enough to save the man.
This is the second accident Of this
kind that has occurred at the works
in the past year. Another workman
was caught in the shaft in the same
manner and his arm was torn from
lis body. He was killed, though, be-
fore the machinery could be stopped.