Horrible Death.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 14, 18 January 1901, Page 4

Horrible Death.

New York, Nov. 30. Vincent Daoiuf was slowly dragged to death to-day by a loop of wire winding on a spool in the mill of the National Wire Company. He was a stalwart fellow, twenty-three years old, and single. The man was alone in a room, watching a machine called a reducing box. Out of this box hot steel was being drawn into wire. The power that drew the wire out was supplied by a slowly revolving spool or spindle of steel. Daoiut’s function was to see that the new made wire ran on to the spindle true and clear without any kinks or flaws. As the wire came out of the box a kink suddenly formed. Beside Daoiut there was a lever for stopping the machine. The man should have thrown the lever, and stopped the drawing of the wire. Then he could have straightened out the kink with ease. But long familiarity made him careless. He did what he had done many times before.

Letting the machinery run unchecked, he stepped forwrd and siezed the kinkerwire in his right hand, trying to straighten it ous as if ran,

The wire looped itself around Daoiut’s hand as if it were a living thing. The man was so surprised that he did not move for several seconds. A tug at his wrist showed him that the .slowly moving wire was dragging him toward the monotonouslyrevolving steel spindle He tried to pull back. The wire drew him steadily forwards, he wriggled and twisted horribly, but there was no hope he gave a series of shrieks and then died ,