WORKMAN IS KILLED BY BELT AT HERCULANEUM John F. Manning, 30 years old, was killed in the smelter department of the St. Joseph Lead Company at Herculaneum last Saturday morning at 6:30. It is thought his clothing caught in a belt around which he was working. When J. F. Portell, shift foreman, noticed that something was wrong with the machinery, he hurried to where Manning had been at work and found his body wrapped around the shaft with the belt. One leg had been caught up in the belt and was wound around the shaft with the belt several times. He was evidently killed instantly from the way in which his body was crushed. John Manning was born in East Bonne Terre in 1886 and was well known around here. For the past ten years he had worked at Herculaneum. He was married and leaves a wife and two sons, one eight years old and the other two. His wife was Maggie Valle of Kingston, Mo. Joe Manning, his father, lives in Herculaneum and a brother and sister at Pevely. The remains were brought here for burial Monday and funeral was conducted by the Redmen and Knights of Pythias Lodge. Date of Death: June 17, 1916. |