Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1900 — A Poor Man’s Sad Accident [ARTICLE]

A Poor Man’s Sad Accident

A very lamentable accident 00cured last Saturday, forenoon, whereby a worthy working man is crippled and incapicitated for life. The victim is George Gorham, a well known resident of Rensselaer, north of the railroad. He was helping operate the Perkins welldrilling outfit, on the former Mrs. Stanley farmland in working what is called the “jetters” his sleeve caught jn some cog wheels and his left arm was drawn in. It passed through two sets of cogs, and from the elbow to the wrist it was crushed and mangled to pulp beforethe engineer heard his, cries and stopped the machinery. He was brought to his home, and that afternoon Drs. Johnson and English amputated the arm, just above the elbow. Mr. Gorham is a very poor but industrious man, and has a delicate wife and six small children depending upon his labor for support. It is needless to say that this accident i 3 a terrible calamity to himself and his family.