Joseph Brost Chilton Times June 20, 1914
MEEME MAN IS WHIRLED TO DEATH
Joseph Brost Caught in Shafting of Machinery at Meeme Mill Meets Instant Death Tuesday
Whirled about the shafting of the machinery in the Meeme mill where he was employed, Joseph Brost, a well known School Hill man, met a terrible death Tuesday afternoon. Brost is believed to have been caught in the shafting while engaged in adjusting the belt of the machine.
No one witnessed the accident, the first known of the tragedy being when Brost's dead body, badly mangled, was picked up by employes, of the mill. The body had been stripped of every stitch of clothing, which was torn to small bits and scattered about the room and entangled in the machinery. Brost's right leg had been torn from the body and mangled, the body scar being recognized. The man was dead when found.
Brost had been employed at the mill for some time and was alone at the time the accident happened. It is presumed that he entered the pit to adjust the belt and that in some manner his clothing was caught in the shafting and he was whirled to his death without a chance to summon help. The body was thrown from the shaft to the floor and was terribly bruised
Brost was 24 years of age and is survived by a widow and one child. He was married about two years ago and was well and favorably known in the vicinity where he resided. The body was taken to School Hill and burial will be held there Thursday afternoon. – Manitowoc Herald.
MEEME MAN IS WHIRLED TO DEATH
Joseph Brost Caught in Shafting of Machinery at Meeme Mill Meets Instant Death Tuesday
Whirled about the shafting of the machinery in the Meeme mill where he was employed, Joseph Brost, a well known School Hill man, met a terrible death Tuesday afternoon. Brost is believed to have been caught in the shafting while engaged in adjusting the belt of the machine.
No one witnessed the accident, the first known of the tragedy being when Brost's dead body, badly mangled, was picked up by employes, of the mill. The body had been stripped of every stitch of clothing, which was torn to small bits and scattered about the room and entangled in the machinery. Brost's right leg had been torn from the body and mangled, the body scar being recognized. The man was dead when found.
Brost had been employed at the mill for some time and was alone at the time the accident happened. It is presumed that he entered the pit to adjust the belt and that in some manner his clothing was caught in the shafting and he was whirled to his death without a chance to summon help. The body was thrown from the shaft to the floor and was terribly bruised
Brost was 24 years of age and is survived by a widow and one child. He was married about two years ago and was well and favorably known in the vicinity where he resided. The body was taken to School Hill and burial will be held there Thursday afternoon. – Manitowoc Herald.
Joseph Brost Chilton Times June 20, 1914
MEEME MAN IS WHIRLED TO DEATH
Joseph Brost Caught in Shafting of Machinery at Meeme Mill Meets Instant Death Tuesday
Whirled about the shafting of the machinery in the Meeme mill where he was employed, Joseph Brost, a well known School Hill man, met a terrible death Tuesday afternoon. Brost is believed to have been caught in the shafting while engaged in adjusting the belt of the machine.
No one witnessed the accident, the first known of the tragedy being when Brost's dead body, badly mangled, was picked up by employes, of the mill. The body had been stripped of every stitch of clothing, which was torn to small bits and scattered about the room and entangled in the machinery. Brost's right leg had been torn from the body and mangled, the body scar being recognized. The man was dead when found.
Brost had been employed at the mill for some time and was alone at the time the accident happened. It is presumed that he entered the pit to adjust the belt and that in some manner his clothing was caught in the shafting and he was whirled to his death without a chance to summon help. The body was thrown from the shaft to the floor and was terribly bruised
Brost was 24 years of age and is survived by a widow and one child. He was married about two years ago and was well and favorably known in the vicinity where he resided. The body was taken to School Hill and burial will be held there Thursday afternoon. – Manitowoc Herald.
MEEME MAN IS WHIRLED TO DEATH
Joseph Brost Caught in Shafting of Machinery at Meeme Mill Meets Instant Death Tuesday
Whirled about the shafting of the machinery in the Meeme mill where he was employed, Joseph Brost, a well known School Hill man, met a terrible death Tuesday afternoon. Brost is believed to have been caught in the shafting while engaged in adjusting the belt of the machine.
No one witnessed the accident, the first known of the tragedy being when Brost's dead body, badly mangled, was picked up by employes, of the mill. The body had been stripped of every stitch of clothing, which was torn to small bits and scattered about the room and entangled in the machinery. Brost's right leg had been torn from the body and mangled, the body scar being recognized. The man was dead when found.
Brost had been employed at the mill for some time and was alone at the time the accident happened. It is presumed that he entered the pit to adjust the belt and that in some manner his clothing was caught in the shafting and he was whirled to his death without a chance to summon help. The body was thrown from the shaft to the floor and was terribly bruised
Brost was 24 years of age and is survived by a widow and one child. He was married about two years ago and was well and favorably known in the vicinity where he resided. The body was taken to School Hill and burial will be held there Thursday afternoon. – Manitowoc Herald.
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