Anybody know who this "Mr. Edwards" was? Richard ROBERTS is my Great Grandfather. I owe Mr. Edwards a debt of gratitude for saving Grandpa Roberts life!! Thanks again, Nancee! You're the greatest. I would never have known this happened if not for you!!!! You help put this list on the map as the BEST ever!!!!! Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee Seifert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 2010-01-01 2:05 PM Subject: [IADECATU] FROM THE GRAND RIVER CYCLONE -- NEARLY FATAL -- R. ROBERTS > The Journal > Leon, Iowa > November 8, 1883 > > Last Wednesday evening as R. ROBERTS, the proprietor of the mill, was > working around the mill a pin in the main shaft on the 4th floor of the > mill > caught in Mr. ROBERTS' coat pocket. In an instant his coat, vest and > shirt > was wound around the shaft. Mr. ROBERTS, with wonderful presence of mind > braced himself against a support near and by exerting all his strength he > was enabled to spring the shaft sufficiently to throw the coggs out of the > opposite coggs. By that time his clothing was torn in threads and firmly > wrapped around the shaft. His clothing would not give way on the > shoulders. > Mr. EDWARDS, the miller, was working on the lower floor and heard the > noise > caused by the grating of the coggs and ran up stairs to see what the > trouble > was. One glance at Mr. ROBERTS' forlorn position was sufficient. He ran > down stairs and shut down the water gates, stopping the machinery, and > thus > saving Mr. ROBERTS' LIFE, for he certainly could not of held out much > longer > as the strain was terrible. Some idea of the force that he was contending > with may be gained from the fact that his clothing had been drawn so tight > over his shoulders, chest and arms as to force the blood through the skin. > The only injury he sustained was a general straining of his entire system. > After a few days rest he will be all right. It was a close call for Mr. > ROBERTS. > ------------------------------------------------------- > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > January 1, 2010 > [email protected] > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >