Sullivan Democrat
Thursday, January 19, 1922
Page 5
Former Carlisle Man Is Killed
Floyd Abrams, 24 years old, 1505 Eighth Avenue, Terre Haute, and formerly of Carlisle, an employee of Paul Kuhn's grain elevator at Nineteeth and Maple ave., was crushed to death between a large belt and a flywheel yesterday afternoon, says The Terre Haute Star. The skull was fractured and the body badly crushed in several places.
No other employee was working in the room with Abrams at the time of the accident and no solution as to the immediate cause of his becoming entangled in the belt could be given. Many possibilities, including falling on the belt and being swept along to the flywheel, caught clothing belt and intentionally getting on the belt could have contributed to the underlying causes, other employees said.
Body Burned by Belt.
The body was discovered "riding" the belt next to the wheel when an employee passed the open door. Signals to stop the machinery were given and the body was removed. Abrams was dead, it was found. The body was burned by the belt slipping past it and was mutuilated to some extent where it had been mashed between the wheel and the belt.
An ambulance was called and the body delivered to Gillis' morgue. Coroner J. L. Fortune conducted an inquest. Abrams is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sarah Abrams, 1505 Eight avenue.
He was a member of the Modern Woodman lodge at Carlisle, Ind. Besides his mother he is survived by four sisters, Mrs. James Williams, Mrs. Elnor Robbins, Mrs. Harry Cummins and Mrs. Floyd Wells, and three brothers, Iro, Elmer, and Earl. The burial will be at Carlisle, but the time has not been decided.
Thursday, January 19, 1922
Page 5
Former Carlisle Man Is Killed
Floyd Abrams, 24 years old, 1505 Eighth Avenue, Terre Haute, and formerly of Carlisle, an employee of Paul Kuhn's grain elevator at Nineteeth and Maple ave., was crushed to death between a large belt and a flywheel yesterday afternoon, says The Terre Haute Star. The skull was fractured and the body badly crushed in several places.
No other employee was working in the room with Abrams at the time of the accident and no solution as to the immediate cause of his becoming entangled in the belt could be given. Many possibilities, including falling on the belt and being swept along to the flywheel, caught clothing belt and intentionally getting on the belt could have contributed to the underlying causes, other employees said.
Body Burned by Belt.
The body was discovered "riding" the belt next to the wheel when an employee passed the open door. Signals to stop the machinery were given and the body was removed. Abrams was dead, it was found. The body was burned by the belt slipping past it and was mutuilated to some extent where it had been mashed between the wheel and the belt.
An ambulance was called and the body delivered to Gillis' morgue. Coroner J. L. Fortune conducted an inquest. Abrams is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sarah Abrams, 1505 Eight avenue.
He was a member of the Modern Woodman lodge at Carlisle, Ind. Besides his mother he is survived by four sisters, Mrs. James Williams, Mrs. Elnor Robbins, Mrs. Harry Cummins and Mrs. Floyd Wells, and three brothers, Iro, Elmer, and Earl. The burial will be at Carlisle, but the time has not been decided.
Sullivan Democrat
Thursday, January 19, 1922
Page 5
Former Carlisle Man Is Killed
Floyd Abrams, 24 years old, 1505 Eighth Avenue, Terre Haute, and formerly of Carlisle, an employee of Paul Kuhn's grain elevator at Nineteeth and Maple ave., was crushed to death between a large belt and a flywheel yesterday afternoon, says The Terre Haute Star. The skull was fractured and the body badly crushed in several places.
No other employee was working in the room with Abrams at the time of the accident and no solution as to the immediate cause of his becoming entangled in the belt could be given. Many possibilities, including falling on the belt and being swept along to the flywheel, caught clothing belt and intentionally getting on the belt could have contributed to the underlying causes, other employees said.
Body Burned by Belt.
The body was discovered "riding" the belt next to the wheel when an employee passed the open door. Signals to stop the machinery were given and the body was removed. Abrams was dead, it was found. The body was burned by the belt slipping past it and was mutuilated to some extent where it had been mashed between the wheel and the belt.
An ambulance was called and the body delivered to Gillis' morgue. Coroner J. L. Fortune conducted an inquest. Abrams is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sarah Abrams, 1505 Eight avenue.
He was a member of the Modern Woodman lodge at Carlisle, Ind. Besides his mother he is survived by four sisters, Mrs. James Williams, Mrs. Elnor Robbins, Mrs. Harry Cummins and Mrs. Floyd Wells, and three brothers, Iro, Elmer, and Earl. The burial will be at Carlisle, but the time has not been decided.
Thursday, January 19, 1922
Page 5
Former Carlisle Man Is Killed
Floyd Abrams, 24 years old, 1505 Eighth Avenue, Terre Haute, and formerly of Carlisle, an employee of Paul Kuhn's grain elevator at Nineteeth and Maple ave., was crushed to death between a large belt and a flywheel yesterday afternoon, says The Terre Haute Star. The skull was fractured and the body badly crushed in several places.
No other employee was working in the room with Abrams at the time of the accident and no solution as to the immediate cause of his becoming entangled in the belt could be given. Many possibilities, including falling on the belt and being swept along to the flywheel, caught clothing belt and intentionally getting on the belt could have contributed to the underlying causes, other employees said.
Body Burned by Belt.
The body was discovered "riding" the belt next to the wheel when an employee passed the open door. Signals to stop the machinery were given and the body was removed. Abrams was dead, it was found. The body was burned by the belt slipping past it and was mutuilated to some extent where it had been mashed between the wheel and the belt.
An ambulance was called and the body delivered to Gillis' morgue. Coroner J. L. Fortune conducted an inquest. Abrams is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sarah Abrams, 1505 Eight avenue.
He was a member of the Modern Woodman lodge at Carlisle, Ind. Besides his mother he is survived by four sisters, Mrs. James Williams, Mrs. Elnor Robbins, Mrs. Harry Cummins and Mrs. Floyd Wells, and three brothers, Iro, Elmer, and Earl. The burial will be at Carlisle, but the time has not been decided.
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