Jake Adams, 17 years of age, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Thomas Adams, living on the Bluff near the high school, was killed about 4 o'clock Sunday morning at the electric light plant when he was ground in the pit underneath the great fly wheel.
No one witnessed the accident, and it is supposed that the unfortunate victim had fallen into the pit while asleep.
Fred Adams, night engineer was oiling machinery near the fly wheel when he heard a noise. Looking he saw that the boy had fallen into the pit and was ground beneath the big wheel. But a moment before Fred Adams had seen the boy sleeping some distance from the big wheel.
The engine was stopped and the body taken out.
The lower part of the body was badly crushed. The spine was possibly broken. Both legs were mangled. The base of the skull was fractured.
When rescued [? my note] there was still life in the body, but the boy died less than [an] hour later. He did not regain consciousness. The body was taken by Walter & Sons undertaking parlors and prepared for burial. An inquest was conducted there Sunday morning by Coroner C. E. Gilliatt, of Allendale.
Young Adams was not employed at the light plant. He had acquired the habit of loafing about the plant a great deal. Officers of the plant had numerous times sent him away and advised him to keep away for fear that trouble would result from his presence.
He was sent to the Southern Illinois hospital for the insane at Anna several months ago, but escaped and returned home, never having been discharged. His father worked at the plant Saturday night until 10 o'clock and saw him there shortly before leaving. He said at the inquest that the boy had agreed to wheel out some ashes for another employee.
The verdict of the coroner was that he came to his death accidentally, trespassing on the Public Utilities premises, that the company was not responsible in any way for his death, and that the deceased was of defective mind.
The deceased is survived by his parents, three brothers and two sisters. He was aged 16 years, 9 months and 23 days, having been born January 1903.
No one witnessed the accident, and it is supposed that the unfortunate victim had fallen into the pit while asleep.
Fred Adams, night engineer was oiling machinery near the fly wheel when he heard a noise. Looking he saw that the boy had fallen into the pit and was ground beneath the big wheel. But a moment before Fred Adams had seen the boy sleeping some distance from the big wheel.
The engine was stopped and the body taken out.
The lower part of the body was badly crushed. The spine was possibly broken. Both legs were mangled. The base of the skull was fractured.
When rescued [? my note] there was still life in the body, but the boy died less than [an] hour later. He did not regain consciousness. The body was taken by Walter & Sons undertaking parlors and prepared for burial. An inquest was conducted there Sunday morning by Coroner C. E. Gilliatt, of Allendale.
Young Adams was not employed at the light plant. He had acquired the habit of loafing about the plant a great deal. Officers of the plant had numerous times sent him away and advised him to keep away for fear that trouble would result from his presence.
He was sent to the Southern Illinois hospital for the insane at Anna several months ago, but escaped and returned home, never having been discharged. His father worked at the plant Saturday night until 10 o'clock and saw him there shortly before leaving. He said at the inquest that the boy had agreed to wheel out some ashes for another employee.
The verdict of the coroner was that he came to his death accidentally, trespassing on the Public Utilities premises, that the company was not responsible in any way for his death, and that the deceased was of defective mind.
The deceased is survived by his parents, three brothers and two sisters. He was aged 16 years, 9 months and 23 days, having been born January 1903.
Jake Adams, 17 years of age, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Thomas Adams, living on the Bluff near the high school, was killed about 4 o'clock Sunday morning at the electric light plant when he was ground in the pit underneath the great fly wheel.
No one witnessed the accident, and it is supposed that the unfortunate victim had fallen into the pit while asleep.
Fred Adams, night engineer was oiling machinery near the fly wheel when he heard a noise. Looking he saw that the boy had fallen into the pit and was ground beneath the big wheel. But a moment before Fred Adams had seen the boy sleeping some distance from the big wheel.
The engine was stopped and the body taken out.
The lower part of the body was badly crushed. The spine was possibly broken. Both legs were mangled. The base of the skull was fractured.
When rescued [? my note] there was still life in the body, but the boy died less than [an] hour later. He did not regain consciousness. The body was taken by Walter & Sons undertaking parlors and prepared for burial. An inquest was conducted there Sunday morning by Coroner C. E. Gilliatt, of Allendale.
Young Adams was not employed at the light plant. He had acquired the habit of loafing about the plant a great deal. Officers of the plant had numerous times sent him away and advised him to keep away for fear that trouble would result from his presence.
He was sent to the Southern Illinois hospital for the insane at Anna several months ago, but escaped and returned home, never having been discharged. His father worked at the plant Saturday night until 10 o'clock and saw him there shortly before leaving. He said at the inquest that the boy had agreed to wheel out some ashes for another employee.
The verdict of the coroner was that he came to his death accidentally, trespassing on the Public Utilities premises, that the company was not responsible in any way for his death, and that the deceased was of defective mind.
The deceased is survived by his parents, three brothers and two sisters. He was aged 16 years, 9 months and 23 days, having been born January 1903.
No one witnessed the accident, and it is supposed that the unfortunate victim had fallen into the pit while asleep.
Fred Adams, night engineer was oiling machinery near the fly wheel when he heard a noise. Looking he saw that the boy had fallen into the pit and was ground beneath the big wheel. But a moment before Fred Adams had seen the boy sleeping some distance from the big wheel.
The engine was stopped and the body taken out.
The lower part of the body was badly crushed. The spine was possibly broken. Both legs were mangled. The base of the skull was fractured.
When rescued [? my note] there was still life in the body, but the boy died less than [an] hour later. He did not regain consciousness. The body was taken by Walter & Sons undertaking parlors and prepared for burial. An inquest was conducted there Sunday morning by Coroner C. E. Gilliatt, of Allendale.
Young Adams was not employed at the light plant. He had acquired the habit of loafing about the plant a great deal. Officers of the plant had numerous times sent him away and advised him to keep away for fear that trouble would result from his presence.
He was sent to the Southern Illinois hospital for the insane at Anna several months ago, but escaped and returned home, never having been discharged. His father worked at the plant Saturday night until 10 o'clock and saw him there shortly before leaving. He said at the inquest that the boy had agreed to wheel out some ashes for another employee.
The verdict of the coroner was that he came to his death accidentally, trespassing on the Public Utilities premises, that the company was not responsible in any way for his death, and that the deceased was of defective mind.
The deceased is survived by his parents, three brothers and two sisters. He was aged 16 years, 9 months and 23 days, having been born January 1903.
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