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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 166, 18 March 1864, Page 6 (Supplement)

A Struggle eou Life. —A few days ago a frightful accident occurred at Bui wick Mill, near Stamford, to Mr. G-. Saddiugfon, the occupier. While at work at the mill, by some mischance his coat caught one of the cog-wheels, and but for the rare courage and self-possession he shewed, ho would have been dragged bodily between the millstones and crushed to death. As it was, he pulled with all his might to resist the power of the machinery The sleeve of his coat would not give way, and the arm was therefore drawn in among the machinery and was ground and crushed above the elbow. The only*person in the mill besides Mr. Saddington was his apprentice, to whom he shouted to stop the works. This w r as done instantly, and the courageous man then called for a knife, and on being brought to him ha attempted to liberate himself by severing the mutilated arm from his body, but the knife was dull and jagged for the work, and it had to be given back to the lad to be whetted. Some time elapsed before anything could be found whereon to sharpen it, and Mr. Saddington told him to use an old metal candlestick to take off the rough edge. It was then handed back, and the heroic man severed himself from the crushed and bleeding tendons, leaving his arm between the wheels. Having bound up the stump in his handkerchief, he went home. It was near midnight, and a messenger had to be despatched to King’s Cliff, four miles distant, for a surgeon, and some hours necesasrily transpired before his arrival. In the meantime every effort was made to stop the effusion of blood by applying ligatures. On the surgeon’s arrival it was found necessary to put the sufferer to still more pain by amputating some inches of the stump, the operation being borne bravely.— ShefJield Independent, November 20.