True Republican, 15 January 1921
Bert Lindsay, who has a number of relatives in Sycamore, met a horrible death Wednesday night when he was ground and crushed in the ash conveyor at the power plant of the Normal school where he was employed.
While shaking the grates under the boilers he fell from the platform backward into the ash pit, described as a veritable death trap by the coroner’s jury. The body was mangled and mashed by the conveyor almost beyond recognition.
Sidney Lindsey, 16-year old son of the dead man, went to the normal school a few minutes before 7 o’clock that night to carry his father’s lunch, and also to assist him with his work for an hour or two. Upon entering the door of the power house, according to the young man’s testimony before the coroner’s jury next morning, he went around the boilers, placed the lunch box in its accustomed place and returned to where he supposed his father would be. He saw his cap lying on the steel platform covering the ash pit, the shaker handle in the bottom of the pit, and his father lying face downward in the hatchway, his feet in the air and his body being rapidly pulled into the conveyor. He immediately shut off the motor operating the conveyor, but as he did so a heavy spoke chain broke. This was due to Mr. Lindsey’s body becoming tightly lodged in the device.
The son telephoned for a doctor and the ambulance, and then made an effort to extricate his father, but found this impossible. With the assistance of the two men employed at the power plant at night and others, the body, horribly crushed and mangled from the head to the hips, was finally removed.
Bert Lindsay was a son of Daniel Lindsay who was a brother of William Lindsay, a veteran of the Civil war and a well known resident of Sycamore for many years. Bert Lindsay leaves a number of cousins who are residents of Sycamore.
For many years he operated the best barber shop in DeKalb, but quit on account of his health. He embarked in the motion picture business with Emmett Condon and conducted the Star theatre. Five years ago he was proprietor of a taxicab business and following this was Sixth street crossing watchman for the Northwestern. He had been employed at the state school for the last four months.
Funeral services were held this Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the home on College avenue and 2:30 at the Episcopal church, Rev. B. S. Hannah officiating.
Bert Lindsay, who has a number of relatives in Sycamore, met a horrible death Wednesday night when he was ground and crushed in the ash conveyor at the power plant of the Normal school where he was employed.
While shaking the grates under the boilers he fell from the platform backward into the ash pit, described as a veritable death trap by the coroner’s jury. The body was mangled and mashed by the conveyor almost beyond recognition.
Sidney Lindsey, 16-year old son of the dead man, went to the normal school a few minutes before 7 o’clock that night to carry his father’s lunch, and also to assist him with his work for an hour or two. Upon entering the door of the power house, according to the young man’s testimony before the coroner’s jury next morning, he went around the boilers, placed the lunch box in its accustomed place and returned to where he supposed his father would be. He saw his cap lying on the steel platform covering the ash pit, the shaker handle in the bottom of the pit, and his father lying face downward in the hatchway, his feet in the air and his body being rapidly pulled into the conveyor. He immediately shut off the motor operating the conveyor, but as he did so a heavy spoke chain broke. This was due to Mr. Lindsey’s body becoming tightly lodged in the device.
The son telephoned for a doctor and the ambulance, and then made an effort to extricate his father, but found this impossible. With the assistance of the two men employed at the power plant at night and others, the body, horribly crushed and mangled from the head to the hips, was finally removed.
Bert Lindsay was a son of Daniel Lindsay who was a brother of William Lindsay, a veteran of the Civil war and a well known resident of Sycamore for many years. Bert Lindsay leaves a number of cousins who are residents of Sycamore.
For many years he operated the best barber shop in DeKalb, but quit on account of his health. He embarked in the motion picture business with Emmett Condon and conducted the Star theatre. Five years ago he was proprietor of a taxicab business and following this was Sixth street crossing watchman for the Northwestern. He had been employed at the state school for the last four months.
Funeral services were held this Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the home on College avenue and 2:30 at the Episcopal church, Rev. B. S. Hannah officiating.
True Republican, 15 January 1921
Bert Lindsay, who has a number of relatives in Sycamore, met a horrible death Wednesday night when he was ground and crushed in the ash conveyor at the power plant of the Normal school where he was employed.
While shaking the grates under the boilers he fell from the platform backward into the ash pit, described as a veritable death trap by the coroner’s jury. The body was mangled and mashed by the conveyor almost beyond recognition.
Sidney Lindsey, 16-year old son of the dead man, went to the normal school a few minutes before 7 o’clock that night to carry his father’s lunch, and also to assist him with his work for an hour or two. Upon entering the door of the power house, according to the young man’s testimony before the coroner’s jury next morning, he went around the boilers, placed the lunch box in its accustomed place and returned to where he supposed his father would be. He saw his cap lying on the steel platform covering the ash pit, the shaker handle in the bottom of the pit, and his father lying face downward in the hatchway, his feet in the air and his body being rapidly pulled into the conveyor. He immediately shut off the motor operating the conveyor, but as he did so a heavy spoke chain broke. This was due to Mr. Lindsey’s body becoming tightly lodged in the device.
The son telephoned for a doctor and the ambulance, and then made an effort to extricate his father, but found this impossible. With the assistance of the two men employed at the power plant at night and others, the body, horribly crushed and mangled from the head to the hips, was finally removed.
Bert Lindsay was a son of Daniel Lindsay who was a brother of William Lindsay, a veteran of the Civil war and a well known resident of Sycamore for many years. Bert Lindsay leaves a number of cousins who are residents of Sycamore.
For many years he operated the best barber shop in DeKalb, but quit on account of his health. He embarked in the motion picture business with Emmett Condon and conducted the Star theatre. Five years ago he was proprietor of a taxicab business and following this was Sixth street crossing watchman for the Northwestern. He had been employed at the state school for the last four months.
Funeral services were held this Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the home on College avenue and 2:30 at the Episcopal church, Rev. B. S. Hannah officiating.
Bert Lindsay, who has a number of relatives in Sycamore, met a horrible death Wednesday night when he was ground and crushed in the ash conveyor at the power plant of the Normal school where he was employed.
While shaking the grates under the boilers he fell from the platform backward into the ash pit, described as a veritable death trap by the coroner’s jury. The body was mangled and mashed by the conveyor almost beyond recognition.
Sidney Lindsey, 16-year old son of the dead man, went to the normal school a few minutes before 7 o’clock that night to carry his father’s lunch, and also to assist him with his work for an hour or two. Upon entering the door of the power house, according to the young man’s testimony before the coroner’s jury next morning, he went around the boilers, placed the lunch box in its accustomed place and returned to where he supposed his father would be. He saw his cap lying on the steel platform covering the ash pit, the shaker handle in the bottom of the pit, and his father lying face downward in the hatchway, his feet in the air and his body being rapidly pulled into the conveyor. He immediately shut off the motor operating the conveyor, but as he did so a heavy spoke chain broke. This was due to Mr. Lindsey’s body becoming tightly lodged in the device.
The son telephoned for a doctor and the ambulance, and then made an effort to extricate his father, but found this impossible. With the assistance of the two men employed at the power plant at night and others, the body, horribly crushed and mangled from the head to the hips, was finally removed.
Bert Lindsay was a son of Daniel Lindsay who was a brother of William Lindsay, a veteran of the Civil war and a well known resident of Sycamore for many years. Bert Lindsay leaves a number of cousins who are residents of Sycamore.
For many years he operated the best barber shop in DeKalb, but quit on account of his health. He embarked in the motion picture business with Emmett Condon and conducted the Star theatre. Five years ago he was proprietor of a taxicab business and following this was Sixth street crossing watchman for the Northwestern. He had been employed at the state school for the last four months.
Funeral services were held this Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the home on College avenue and 2:30 at the Episcopal church, Rev. B. S. Hannah officiating.
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