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If Alpha Separator Lets Go. Three Men Killed, Two Almost In- i n ■ ■"" p f"^*" ' " stantly, and One Badly Injured. B L \ Through the bursting of a No. 2 Alpha \ De Laval separator at Lisbon, Wis., on , \ the ]lth of February, two men were killed \ almost instantly, one other being so severe- • > ly injured that he died from the effects "V of his injuries, while another one must \ H'■ ■— ■' —V —*"* 1 ——I—^ —— \ r^rrS L J ljc \ ~V V' 1" V'"*^ s—"^5 —"^ A—Where separator stood and where Wirth was killed. B—Window J -rdL^~J^-j£-/~~< through which top part of Wirings head was hurled ('—Where Pyburn was —!-»• — ■s=&r^y ) C_ killed D—Where bowl of separator struck the wall. Where William Butler <*- L . was fatally injured. F —Where Pollings hired man was injured. Here the think himself extremely fortunate that he n^ment went through the door. was not numbered among those that were ' hurled so suddenly into eternity: The dead „,,„. hitler Jr married, aged 40. who milk to run into the vat Intended for that ?S2SSrE;&gi mmmm rnm^mm pieces, his brains being scattered over the Connel wan also severely cut about the rt^«Udj^tn*£tf that the operator , floor ceiling, walls and windows of the head Uilt rons of the cream James Pyburn. had been standing over the mmmimM wsks ilSli^^^ ' It further appears that Mr. Wlrth was y^~ *~ i^hg' —— ■ WBKHBBL filling his cans from the spout of the sep- -^"/ .^^y'. *jjßt*il;^KJr&y -"*^gfw*-- " ! W 1 ' arator, and I'yburn had evidently turned jßHßi'^v'' J# ."*'" tXv-^p"4^HH^&. "'yi"^' W* i 1 • arourd to speak lo some one when the bowl f^HHF*-* ~ %'* J?***iEf |W^MWB3K- " "% - 9 • i of ilic separator jumped out of the frame \W "^" "--■ %lv f I % ! w>t h terrific forte. A portion of the frame |B l|g> '»*4ii -11 & i o|l llu' wparaior struck Wirth in. the face Lair .^g.. j just, above the mouth and almost complete- Hfl 9^ { iv severed his head from h.s body. The jH t J *|V I force with which Wirth was struck must MB : - * 1- ';y.'Wg^- " r ' * ~ ■ have blood, braii.s' as we have before said. l^K Pm- s^f^ iUlt' ''!°("i> braii s and flesh were scattered Hg C_______ I about the floor, ceiling and walls of the X :-;;.»' r j. he> | )|(W | o j (lle sepan ,tor struck I'y \W& !-•• fIX I^^^^^,-^ burn With the force of a cannon ball, and v mB >"*■ ! WJiH"" " practically passed ihrough h.s body, after '> |fl[ ■ 'fm ""■^^r • "V-; .*, " which it struck a side wall leading to the Q {fl -^X W^ * basement, while still in a rotating motion. H[ - n • "W?«'*3B«sS^« lll(J" glancing off at a right angle it struck *$ I ■ • : WKi V'^^f^w-^ Wln- Bllt!el". •Il'" shattering his leg in a r'/^s*'i/''!- ' •M* /> f7 *"»««*« SF'&SSitm * "^'^ **'*'' frightful manner just below the having jflf' >:tMiu NuS-^Bi^" iiii3B['""^tH™^ Several others hud narrow escapes, having '^Bmmm-■■■"**"" '^Wtt^ " -tftiJTff n-^ 1" ■^-*'**^ '^iffi^ * : i|lsl P»«««'«'' <>"< "'' ill(' creamery before ihe '<" Ndß^B* '" j**- - "■ ' :' -•iBC'JUTI nccident occurred I v."" •^s^p*'* m^ta&aiw^^M Butler was taken to his home, while the p ■ ~""3MB bodies of Wirth and Pyburn were taken KU J^B Bb—^fc*-~«-" ' "'" H to the home of Aaron Berrlnger, just across v/lfwinnp' ( %^??i«S|^^l| ,# 'M.daPfc :|"' '■":'(l ln"" ''"' "'''l"ll<i''.v- As BOOn as . ■ j ♦ Jt'-ttMjjfx Pyburn was sirm-k lie called out to some \ '. *£: '**^Sgßßjßae»- ,^A J^bSk ?^^a £ar iHß^**'^ J Ole t0 "Silul "l 1 ''"' engine." - -'- " '*• '9HHMi^^*'*'''BßP^^ oijgp fm ! Wlrth leaves a wife and seven children. WhF, . • '*-* * '-mmw , He had only recently purchased a farm ' %**--■"•"- ___— _—_ — — ;— < ™ near Appleton, Win., where he Intended to THE SEPARATOR THAT KILLED THREE MEN. move next spring. . \ the Sharpies Is the Only Separator that Does Not Explode P. M. Sharpies, Manufacturer, West Chester, Pa. BEGGS-BRADNER COMPANY Agents for Sharpies Separators : Creamery and Dairy Supplies : Seattle THE RANCH.