Things to do in the victorian era when you're dead

[thebitterguy]

Via jwz, a collection of Victorian era obituaries.

An interesting one follows:

Thursday, May 12, 1887 Page 4
A terrible accident occurred in the rolling mill of the Hubbard Iron company, at Hubbard,, Ohio, shortly after 2 o'clock on the morning of the 6th. Engineer Griffith Phillipps, aged 29 years in passing around the ore crusher oiling the bearings, was caught in the wheels and dragged into the crusher. He was mangled out of all semblance of humanity, the flesh adhering to the clogs. He leaves a wife and 3 children.

Man. Thank good for workplace safety regs. That's like something out of Six Feet Under.

Comments

[indefatigable42.livejournal.com]

He was mangled out of all semblance of humanity, the flesh adhering to the clogs.

Was this paper known for sensationalistic reporting? Was it the Sun of its day? ^^;

[thebitterguy]

I've always been under the impression that level of sensationalism is what sold papers back then.

It's quite evocative writing, in any case, idn't it?

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Workplace safety regs still need more than a bit of work themselves, sad to say...

[caias.livejournal.com]

It's called "Lockout/Tagout", the lifesaver of many people...

[tfbretz.livejournal.com]

Ah, milling accidents. I used to work for a company that built cereal mills. At least half of the millers I worked with were missing something, usually a finger or two.

[inscrutable.livejournal.com]

Hey thanks, you just helped me write part of Children's Choir!

[thebitterguy]

I am a muse as well as being amusing.

[inscrutable.livejournal.com]

http://www.dwcomics.com/cc02.html

I couldn't for the life of me decide what the old abandoned factory should be.

[thebitterguy]

Excellent. Is there a feed for it on LJ?

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

Wasn't there a milling accident in Six Feet Under? I have a memory of a huge stainless steel "bowl" and giant rotating blades at the bottom and someone falling in...

[thebitterguy]

I think the second episode had a man killed by an industrial bread mixer. He didn't fall in, but was inside to clean it and it got activated accidentally.