The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-15


who Rescue Him-Arm Broken
i'm Three Places. Several Teeth
Knocked Out, Jaw Dislocated and
Fractured, Ribs Broken and Body
Otherwise Bruised and LaCerated
sweater Caught in Shafting-
Was in Search of Turtle-Now
in Serious Condition.
Revolving on a shafting at the
rate of 800 times every minute, his
head and feet striking the floor with
each revolution, Kenneth Joy, a lad
twelve years old, miraculously es-
capped death in Hornbeck's excelsior
mill at Equinunk last Thursday af-
ternoon.
The lads right arm was broken
in three different places, his jaw
was fractured and dislocated. sever
al teeth were knocked out, his head
and face badly bruised and cut, left
hand lacerated and several ribs
broken. In addition to this his
shoes were torn from his feet by the
force which he was hurled while on
the shafting.
The continued pounding on the
floor of the mill, which was caused
by the boys head and feet humping
at every revolution of the shafting,
attracted the attention of the en-
ployees of the mill. 1t was remark
ed by one of the men that the ma
chinery must have become loosened
or broken underneath the mill. The
power was shut down and Claude
Beesmer went down to investigate.
The cellar was only four feet high
and Beesmer had to crawl along on
his hands and knees. But instead of
finding a loose pulley, behold there
was the form of boy twisted
around the shaft, With one gasp
Beesmer cried to his fellow work
men, " It's Kenneth Joy and he is
fast on the shaft Beesmer was
intimidated by the shock and return
ed upstairs to tell the other work
men, most of whom followed him to
the dugout under the mill Linas
Mahon led the party. The lad was
conscious at the time and called to
Mahon, Say, Linas, get me out of
here" After much difficulty the
lad was released from his perilous
position and Mahon carried the suf-
fering boy to his home, which was a
short distance from the mill. DR..
F. c. Frisbie was called and care
fully examined Kenneth. Owing to
his arm being so badly swollen the
doctor has been unable to set it.
1t was also feared that the lad
could not Withstand the effects of the
anesthetic if the operation was per-
formed. Kenneth's condition is very
serious and it is miracle that he is
alive today, considering what he
experienced and the broken bones
and bruises he received.
The distance between the shaft
ing and the mill floor was about Is
inches. His body was whirled
around several times in these close
quarters before aid came to him.
1t appears that Kenneth and mis-
younger brother, Leonard, aged 10
years, were under the mill in
search of a turtle that a man had
placed in a brook. The brook runs
boys were diligently in search of the
reptile. Kenneth, in his anxiety,
evidently got too close to the rapidly
revolving shafting for his sweater
caught on set screw of the shaft
ing and wound him tighter and
tighter until he was lifted off his
feet and in few seconds his head
and feet were humping on the floor
or the mill, which attracted the
Workmen's attention.
Leonard, the other brother, was
near Kenneth all the time, but was
unable to see what had happened to
his brother owing to the amount of
sawdust and shavings that came
through the floor when Kenneth's
feet and head struck it. He, evil
IDENTIFY was too frightened to speak or
move, for he stood still and was
there when help arrived and his
brother discovered.