Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1908 — A CLOSE CALL SURELY. [ARTICLE]

A CLOSE CALL SURELY.

J. W. Faylor df Union tp., was in town Monday, the first time he had been out of the house for about two weeks. He was stacking hay two weeks ago yesterday, 'using a derrick and a double harpoon fork. The rope became caught in the pulley and John, who was on the load, gave the trip rope a sharp yank to pull in down. The rope holding the pulley in place had become badly worn, unbeknown to anyone, and when he yanked the rope so hard it broke loose and pulley, fork and rope came tumbling down upon him. The pulley struck him in the side and knocked" him senseless, while one of the fork prongs pierced through his right arm near the muscle. The fork was almost directly over him when it broke loose, but he had no time to get put of the way of it. It was a very close call from a fatal accident, and Mr. Faylor is to be congratulated that he escaped with his life. We have read in* our exchanges of numerous similar accidents from horse hay forks this season, some of which have terminated fatally. £