EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.

Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 146, 2 September 1876, Page 2

EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.

The “Journal de Pans” reports the following dreadful event, which proved fatal to the Mayor, M. Lacroix, of Blot I’Eglise, France- It says that Lacroix, who was a very industrious man, lately entertained the idea of establishing a mechanical and movable saw mill, to cut up on the spot the forest trees which abound in the district, He, in consequence, had constructed a large waggon, upon which was fixed a circular saw of great dimensions, and which could bo put into motion by an engine of six horse power. The preparations having been finished, steam was got up to make a trial of its powers upon some trees. The Mayor, after having, in the presence of a great number of people congregated for a holiday, demonstrated the utility of the machine, sat down for one moment in the waggon, without taking the precaution of stopping the machine, when unfortunately, the blouse he was wearing over his clothes, and which was floating in the wind, was caught by the teeth of the revolving saw, which drew him downy" so suddenly that he had neither the time ■ nor the power to resist, but fell heavily upon the saw, which, in two turns, cleft his body slantingly asunder. One shriek escaped from the whole of the assembled horrified crowd, but before any of those present could understand what had happened, the mayor had ceased to live, his body being literally cut in two. Tho shocking event has produced the most painful impression upon the population of Blot I’Eglise,