Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1912 — LABORER BLOWN TO PIECES [ARTICLE]

LABORER BLOWN TO PIECES

Uses Compressed Air Tube as Vacuum Cleaner on Clothing and Is Killed. Kenosha. Wis.. May 31.—A most unusual accident occurred here when Michael Volukas, a Hungarian laborer, was literally blown to pieces by compressed air. He was at work .n a local factory, handling a tube connected with a compressed air tube. Tne air was passing through the tube at the rate of 100 pounds to the square inch. He was using it as a vacuum cleaner on his clothing when th® force of the air tore through the fiesh into the Intestines and Inflated the man like a great balloon before the air could be turned off. The men at work with Volukas declared that his death had resulted from an accident, but the police believe that an attempt was made to play a joke on the man.