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Show EMPLOYE WHIRLED IN WASHING MACHINE EPH K ATA. ash March 24. I P'rank Johnson an employe of a local I laundry, narrowly escaped death j Wednesday nlrht when a steam ma- I chine In which he was taking a bath I after a fellow worker had left, was I thrown Into gear and he became 1m- I prisoned in the rapidiy revolving tub I 1 and immersed in scalding water un w to his neck. After Johnson got Into the tub he turned on steam to Increase the temperature tem-perature of the water. Jt was explained, ex-plained, and apparently his weight in I the mat hlne turned on the power The momentum threw down the lid ard he I was released cnly when the- owner fjf the laundry heard hh cries and brokei Into tho room. i hyslcians expressed the belief tht Johr.son would recover. oo |