James Prindle, Batavia, Ill., loses hand, 1879
St. Charles (Illinois) Review, Dec. 27, 1879
Batavia Items
James Prindle, foreman of the Newton Wagon works, while running a piece of timber through one of the forming machines, last Saturday morning, let the piece slip, so as to throw his left hand into the knives of the machine thereby mangling it so badly that it had to be amputated at the wrist.
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