Caleb Seeley of Plainfield Dies Following Accident In Sawmill Saturday P.M.
Thrown into the saw at the George Snyder sawmill, two and one half miles south of this city, Saturday afternoon at about four o’clock, Caleb Seeley, 54, Plainfield, suffered the amputation of both legs below the knee and suffered so greatly from the shock and loss of blood that he succumbed this morning, at about two-thirty o’clock. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
According to information furnished the authorities and the attending physician the victim had been engaged in fixing the teeth of the saw and had just completed his task when he was caught by the carriage and carried into the saw. The right leg was cut off seven inches below the knee and the left leg just above the ankle. Fellow workmen immediately gave first aid and rushed the victim to the hospital in this city where a local physician attended the wounds.
Because of the first aid extended the injured man and his early delivery at the hospital it was at first thought that the man’s life could be saved. As late as Sunday morning the victim continued to show improvement, but the shock proved too great and he died about two-thirty this morning. He was conscious until shortly before the end. The attending physician stated that the shock evidently caused death as very little blood was lost because of the prompt treatment given by fellow workmen.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed it is announced from the J.R. Ragan undertaking parlors. Relatives of the dead man are expected in this city today to complete the arrangements.
Published in the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, (Wisconsin Rapids, WI) Monday March 30, 1925 front page
TEN YEARS AGO
April 1, 1925
Thrown into the saw at the George Snyder sawmill south of here Saturday afternoon, Caleb Seeley, 54, of Plainfield died in the local hospital yesterday from shock and loss of blood.
Published in the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, (Wisconsin Rapids, WI) March 31, 1935 page 4
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