Tuesday 24 November 2015

Mangled in a manner too horrible for description

A shocking accident occurred at the gig-mill of Mr. John Carr, at Armley. One of the straps by which motion is communicated to the gig-engine having started, a young man of the name of Lee attempted to replace it, but in the effort his arm unfortunately became entangled in the strap, and he was drawn among the machinery,and instantly killed; his body was mangled in a manner too horrible for description.

Mephitic gas

The gardener of Mr. Sherbrook, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, suffered a melancholy death. Mr. S. had frequently previous had his pinery robbed, and on Thursday night the gardener determined to sit up and watch; he accordingly posted himself in the green-house, with a loaded fowling-piece, where it is supposed he fell asleep, and in the morning was found dead on the ground, with all the appearance of suffocation, evidently occasioned by the discharge of mephitic gas * from the plants during the night.

* air exhausted of oxygen and containing chiefly nitrogen.