The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-30
Terrible Accident to Miss
 Kate 0'Connor.
HAIR CAUGHT IN SKATING
Had Been Mingling With Crowd of
 Merry Makers.
Leaving the Crowd For . Moment She .- meath RevOlting Slave Bolt.

Suffering from an accident that may cause her death, Miss Kate OConner. was last night taken rom a scene of mefriment and play to St. Margarets Hospital, where she underwent treat ment necessitated by the loss of her scalp. The circumstances are among i the most horrible ever reported in this Ncity. They are nothing short of targic when the heroic composure of the woman, in the face of dire calamity. 3s taken into account.
 But for a moment absent from her Friends, whom she left with songs upon their lips and laughter. Miss O'Connor walked from a transient joy to fate as cruel. almost as death. If that she can survive. The trying ordeal through which she will have to pass. ma the months of suffering were oc- casiored by low placed shaft and an unexpected danger.
 With q company of friends who had been long planning the watermelon feast which was' last evening given by them. Miss O'Connor. who is the 20 year old daughter of John O'Connor. a we'll known moulder of this city at present employed at the Capitol City Machine Works, and herself a milliner an the department store of Nachman and Meertief. had gone to plant No. 2. of the Montgomery Ice and Co!d Storage Company. near the Loaisvi}ie and Nashville Railroad roundhouse. to participate in few hours rscrea- lion.
 In the midst of their frolic. Miss O'Connor left for a moment the crowd and went to a platform on the west side of the building. Over the plat form placed about five feet from the boarding, was a shaft. ceaseless in US revolutions. Miss O'Connor, with the end in view, probably. of making an investigation of the building, stopped to pass under the revolving bar, un- mindful of the danger that lurked in too close proximity.
 At this point in the shafting. also, was a stave bolt. AS the woman stopped to cross under. to reach the other side. her hair, of soft brown texture, became entangled in the ooit. and. as neatly as If done at a surgicai nneration. and without tear or pull, save at the point of disconnection. ex- tending just above one ear and under inc other, the scalp was lifted from fhe skull. and the victim thrown un- der the instrument of pain.
 The accident became known almost immediately. Hurried summons were at onceeent to physicians and to Cap, tatn of Police Miles Smith. They at once responded to the call, reaching tba scene of turmoil within few min utes after the report had been sent 10 the city. and administering to ner as hest could be done under the circum- stances.
 Dr. A. H. Montgomery and Captain Smfth reached the building at the same fime- the accident occurring about 1O:Sb o'clock. Going at once to where Miss O'Connor lay, the police official ap- preached the woman ana puileo nei away from under the shafting. Con
 ah eE. fearless and unafraid. murmurlns' simply:
 A hypodermic injection was admin istered by the physician, and a carnage Eummoned for her trip to the hospital. drrine which she was accompanied by pr. Montgomery and few friends.
 Arrived at the hospital she was given surgical attention, and her parents. who reside at slo Bell Street, west danger. Both immediately repaired to the hospital. At late hour this morn ing, the victim was reported to be unconscious from anaesthetics
 Captain Smith tarried at the Coid Storage plant long enough to clip from the shaft the hair of the victim. which he carried with him at later hour tS the hospital. The scalp carried by him showed the skull to be exposed almost at every inch where 1t was covered Dy the Hdii, anu pc9ioeS oo. inc outline of an ear, where the skin had left this member.
 l Miss OConnor is well known in Montgomery, where she has hosts of friends. She Is about 20 years of age, attractive and of a pretty type. Her Kraciousness of demeanor had long Been a characteristic which her friends had found to be her most alluring pos Sessi@L.
 Her friends of the feast were cast H., he ho1 of 10 ph made anxious inquiries both at her home and at the hospital concerning her and prayed for her recovery.