The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21

RIGHT LIMB AMPUTATED

fully injured and may not recover
from the result of terrible accident
which befell him at the Cereal works.
about eight o'clock on Sunday even
ing. The unfortunate man who was at
work in the corn meal department.
OF the immense plant at tie time, was
in the act of throwing on belt to
start the machinery, through which the
grain passes, in cylinders. In some
unknown manner, his clothing became
caught, and with the powerful momen-
tum of the wheel on the shaft, he was
lifted from his position beside the
belt shifter and hurled around the
shaft about twenty-five times before
the machinery could be shut down,
and he was lifted from his position,
where. he had been thrown.
The Red Cross ambulance was sum-
moned and the badly injured man was
removed to Graham hosnital where it
was found necessary to remove his
right limb. The limb, which was re-
moved, was almost torn off by the re-
volving shaft and it was impossible
to save it, being broke~ in three
places. The left limb was ais, broken
and badly wrenched by the pulley, but
was set Immediately and with proper
knitting, will BE restored again to a
normal condition.
O'Blenness' right shoulder was bad
ly dislocated by the shocl. and twist
OF the whirling machinery and 1t will
be some time before it can be used,
following the severe shock and twist
that O'Blenness' entire body received.
Clothes Torn OF,
The clothes of the unfortunate man
were almost all torn from his body
and were rent in number of places
by the belt in which he was caught
and hurled around the shaft and pull
ley in the feed room. His arms and
limbs were bruised considerably but
the flesh was not torn by coming in
contact with the pulley or the pro.
jections of the large belt.
Resting Easily.
Considering the awful nature of his
injuries and the reaction subsequent
to the removal of his right limb. the
injured man is getting along as well
as could be expected, having slept for
several hours this morning. His wife
is in attendance at his bedside; con.
stantly, cheering him.
Edward O'Blenness has been EN-
ployed at the Cereal works of the
Hubinger Bros. company for probably
year, worki--g in one of the feed
rooms of the vast establishment, at
tending to the pumps, which are used
in this department. The grain which
passes through the cylinders and is
ground into feed md corn meal, is an
operation requiring a belt and pulley,
working from q shaft Immediately
over the cylinders 1t was while
throwing on the belt to start the ma.
chinery that Offences was caught
up and hurled violently about the
shalt as near as can be made out
from those who were near at the
time of the accident and assisted the
injured man until the arrival of ply
slcians and the ambulance.
The injured man. who is about thir-
ty-five years old, resides with his fam
lily on the Hilton road near the
cooperage plant. Besides his wife he
has three children. The accident was
most deplorable one and will leave
Mr.. OBlenness handicapped during
the remainder of his life The at
tending physicians stated last night,
that should his patient live through
the night, he would recover. From
the fact that Offences was getting
along as well as could be expected this
morning and today, there is every
chance for his recovery.