Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-04
Sad Accident on Pipe Line
Monday Forenoon.
Arthur 0sman Crushed by Iron
Pipe Falling From Load.
Taken 10 City Hospital, But Dies Soon
After Reaching Institution.

BY the slipping Of the top pipe from
load of three of the big iron water
pipe which are being hauled from thu:
steamboat wharf in this city, out along
the pipe line, at about 1890. Yesterday
forenoon. Arthur Osman, aged about oS
years. and living at No. 43 Capital
street was SO terribly injured that he
died soon after reaching the City hoSpi-
tai.
The scene of the accident was at the
Jackson farm. in East winthrop. OS-
man was one of the drivers in tn" en-
ploy Of Frank Lee of TINS city, who has
| the contract tor hauling the pipe ana
had charS" of a four horse team, haul
ing three pipe to a load. In 4 load of
| three pipe, two of the pipe rest in
| checks with the third on top of them
| and the three are bound together by
| chains. BY some means OSman had
| neglected to bind tie load, and it was
| to this oversight that the accident WAS
due.
TIL team had started down slight
| incline, wnen the top pipe on which
| Os:nan was seated began to slide
| slowly 1T first, Lut gaining speed until
| IL tlIptu anu bloIptu " TIE t1ioulld
| the bell end striking between the heads
| of the wheel horses. The heavy piece of
iron. as it fell, stripped every vestige
Of harness. from the near horse. except
| the collar and threw the off horse to
the ground, but neither of them were
the least injured.
| When the pipe be gan 10 slide. OS
| man did not jump, as he might hav 3.
| GOnc. but keIt his seat, evidently with
the intention of keeping his horses
| headed straight ahead in order to sac
| them. if possible from being struck by
the pipe, and when it pitched forward
| ana went down to the ground, he went
with it. being caught in the fall, be-
| tween the pipe and the pole of the cart
am, crushed and bruised most terribly.
| a number of the men employed in
| the work We're witnesses to the acci-
dent. and willing hands soon released
| him from the weight of the pipe which
| was crushing him. He was taken in Il
| wagon by III. Fl. Lee ana carried to
| the power station in East Wnthrop
| where he was placed on the car which
| reaches Augusta at 1l.40. and n tele-
| phone message was SeEt fer Plun.mer's
| ambulance, which met the car at the
| junction Of State street and Western
avenue.
| The injure, man was placed in the
| ambulance and taken to the City hos
| pital in charge of DIR. Stubs, but ON
| arriving at that institution he WAS in
a state of collapse, and died soon after
| his arrival. He did not lose conscious
| ness for q moment until the end. AMI
| his agoniZed means We're pitiful to
| hear.
Upon an examination being made by
| DR.. Stubb's, 1t was found that the
| mans right shoulder was dislocated
| there was a bad bruise on the back
of the shoulder. the right leg had sus-
tained a compound cOmminuted frac-
| ture, the bone protruding through the
| flesh, and the left hand was terribly
| laceratcd. In addition to this he had
| sustained severe internal injuries.
| The body was later, removed to
! Plummers undertaking rooms, where
il now lies, awaiting burial.