Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-07-28
LAUNDRY EMPLOYE
LOSES HAND
An Unfortunate Accident Occurs at
the Payette Steam Laundry In
Which Miss Beulah Barren Loses
a Hand.

a Hand.
Last Thursday afternoon at about
fiye-thirty there occurred at the
Payette Steam Laundry, a most un
fortunate accident in which one OF
the young ladies operating the big
mangle lost one of her hands The
machinery in the laundry is operated
by steam power and the big mangle
consists of a central cylinder serving
as a steam chest, which furnishes the
heat for the mangle, and this large
cylinder is oyer-capped by three
compression rollers, between which
and the heated central cylinder the
flat pieces to be ironed are passed.
The goods are fed to the mangle from
a table situated just in front, and
the safety of the operators is guard
ed by a steel rod which runs the
entire length of the mangle just in
front of the feed roller. The pieces
must be fed to the mangle under this
guard and there is no possibility of
persons hand being caught by the
mangle as long as the work is done
under this guard But last Thurs
day, for some reason the goods wore
sticking to the impression rollers
occasionally and rolling around them
instead OF feeding back onto the
table as usual. Miss Beulah barren
was one OF the young women work
ing at the mangle that day, ana
when a piece stuck to the second
compression roller and started to
WIND around it she reached over the
guard and over the first roller to
loosen the piece, and in doing so
her hand was caught between the
roller and the steam cylinder. Be-
lore aid could reach the unfortunate
young woman, her hand had been
drawn into the mangle up 10 the
wrist resulting in badly burning ana
crushing that member. She was
taken at once to the Woodward hos
pttal where attention was gwen the
injury. 1t was found that amputa-
tion was necessary, and Sunday al
ternoon the operation was performed
at the hospital, removing the entire
hand at the wrist with the exception
OF the metacarpal bone of the thumb.
Miss Beulah has been living here
with her sister, Miss Margaret Bar
rem, and was one OF the most faith
ful and competent of the laundry
employees. Another sister, Mrs. f.
Albert Johnson also lives in Pay
cite, but the parents, Mr.. and Mrs. !
J. j. Barren live at Glenn's Ferry.
They were notified at once of the
accident that had befallen their
daughter and the mother came i'm
mediately to be with the daughter
during the days of her suffering.
Miss Barren is but eighteen years
old and was just entering her life
with great promise for the future,
possessed of that invaluable asset of
a hopeful, sun-shiney, optomistic dis
position which adds so much to ones /.
life. and with a disposition to en- +!
Joy the privilege of work. 1t is pc
culiarly unfortunate that she must
go through life MANNED thus. and I
she has the fullest sympathy of a
very large circle of friends.
Every attention il being given the :
unfortunate young woman by the
nurses at the hospital, by her mother
and two sisters who are constantly
I. hand to serve and by her friends |
I-no hold themselves ready at any
moment to answer any need. This
careful attention and her own cour-
age and optomism will make the
ordeal much less hard than it would
be.