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December 5, 1885
The Rugby Gazette And East Tennessee News
Rugby, Morgan County, Tennessee
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In Cincinnati on November 27, 45-year-old Wm. Gruber, a long-time employee at Jacobs' rope-walk, was fatally injured when hemp tied to his waist caught in a high-speed engine shaft, whirling him into the fly wheel and causing severe mutilation and instant death.
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WHIRLED TO DEATH.
Horrible Accident to an Employee Charlos Jacobs' Rope-Walk,
CINCINNATI, November 27.—Wm. Gruber, aged forty-five, a rope-walker employed at Jacobs' rope-walk, on Harriet and Budd streets, met with a horrible death about 9 this morning. At that time he, with a quantity of hemp, which he had been using tied about his waist, quit work to go out for morning lunch. In walking by the engine, which was running at a high rate of speed, the unfortunate man passed so close that some of the hemp about his waist was caught by the driving shaft. In an instant Gruber was drawn on to the shaft and whirled about by the great fly wheel. The machinery was stopped as soon as possible, but when the unfortunate man was extricated his skull and both arms were found to have been fractured and his body was horribly mutilated, causing death almost instantly. Gruber had been employed at the rope-walk for nearly twenty-five years. The body, after being viewed by the Coroner, was removed to the home of the widow, in West Covington, Ky., by Patrol Company No. 4.
Horrible Accident to an Employee Charlos Jacobs' Rope-Walk,
CINCINNATI, November 27.—Wm. Gruber, aged forty-five, a rope-walker employed at Jacobs' rope-walk, on Harriet and Budd streets, met with a horrible death about 9 this morning. At that time he, with a quantity of hemp, which he had been using tied about his waist, quit work to go out for morning lunch. In walking by the engine, which was running at a high rate of speed, the unfortunate man passed so close that some of the hemp about his waist was caught by the driving shaft. In an instant Gruber was drawn on to the shaft and whirled about by the great fly wheel. The machinery was stopped as soon as possible, but when the unfortunate man was extricated his skull and both arms were found to have been fractured and his body was horribly mutilated, causing death almost instantly. Gruber had been employed at the rope-walk for nearly twenty-five years. The body, after being viewed by the Coroner, was removed to the home of the widow, in West Covington, Ky., by Patrol Company No. 4.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Tragedy
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Tragedy
What keywords are associated?
Industrial Accident
Machinery Death
Rope Walk
Cincinnati
Fatal Injury
What entities or persons were involved?
Wm. Gruber
Where did it happen?
Jacobs' Rope Walk, On Harriet And Budd Streets, Cincinnati
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Key Persons
Wm. Gruber
Location
Jacobs' Rope Walk, On Harriet And Budd Streets, Cincinnati
Event Date
November 27
Story Details
Wm. Gruber, a 45-year-old rope-walker, was caught by the driving shaft while passing an engine, drawn onto the shaft, and whirled by the fly wheel, resulting in fractured skull, arms, and mutilated body, causing instant death.