No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

We bought a recently refurbished feeder today and it's a simular model to our old one. It has 3 paddles whereas our old one had 2. The outlet auger is also different. We're are going to keep the old on for spares.

_Brian wrote: »

Mad notion of a walk after the dinner.
Very mild out.

Don't go too deep in there lad.

wrangler wrote: »

Would you not do that much anyway on the farm

I would in the summer time , average around 14k in the winter, weekends I'd be lucky to have 10k. Getting around 20000 most days atm. Just pushing it a bit more.

An autumn tragedy

On an autumn day, October 13th 1927, a ‘dreadful destruction,’ took place in the townland of Trean, near Dunleer. Two young men who were engaged in threshing on the farm of Joseph Hoey were injured when a steam-engine exploded. The subsequent fire destroyed the ‘comfortable homestead’ of the Hoey family and the ‘produce of his year’s toil,’ that was being threshed was also lost. The young workers were both seriously ‘scalded’ and both later died. Dr. Donegan had attended and had taken both victims to Ardee Hospital by car. Their names were Thomas Campbell aged eighteen, of Mountainstown and Peter Watters, aged forty-six, of Doctor’s Lane, Dunleer. Peter Watters died on October 21st in Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospital in Dublin, to where he had been later transferred, initially having been sent from Ardee to the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital also in Dublin. Thomas Campbell died in Ardee Hospital on October 24th.

Following the explosion, the fire in the steam-engine was, ‘shot into the air, scattering in all directions’, descending on the roof of the homestead, which, despite valiant efforts to save it, was completely destroyed, nothing being saved except part of the furniture’. The aftermath of the accident produced a scene of hellish dimensions, with dense steam and smoke enveloping the general area. This made it difficult to find the victims at first, especially Peter Watters, who was eventually found writhing in agony. Parts of the steam-engine were flung forty yards from the scene.

Robert Carney, a witness to the accident, told the inquest that he had been engaged in ‘feeding’ the threshing mill when a belt had broken on the mill and the machine was temporarily brought to a standstill. The belt had been repaired and work was about to resume when the explosion happened. John Campbell, father to one of the victims, told the inquest of how he had been drawing corn from his own field when he got word of the accident. A great fire was raging when he got to the scene. The ‘whole place’ was on fire. It was reported to him that the fire-box of the steam-engine had given way, the ‘crown had blown down out of it’ and set the place on fire. He said that Joseph Hoey and he were the owners of the mill. The steam engine belonged to William Craig of Mountpleasant, near Dundalk from whom they had hired it less than a fortnight ago. Nothing was insured.

James Carroll, another witness, told of how the threshing had begun at nine in the morning and continued until mid-day. Work resumed at one o clock and continued until the belt broke at two-thirty. Thomas Campbell, it emerged, was on the engine when the accident happened. Peter Watters was between the engine and the mill, working at the sacks. The Coroner advised that, ‘greater supervision ought to be exercised and machinery of this class should be frequently and carefully examined’. He noted that he had often seen ‘old engines travelling on the road that were apparently dangerous’.

The funerals took place from Saint Brigid’s Church, Dunleer. As the funeral of Thomas Campbell passed through Ardee, ‘all shops were closed and blinds were drawn in private houses’.

Would have been an awful sight

whelan2 wrote: »

An autumn tragedy

On an autumn day, October 13th 1927, a ‘dreadful destruction,’ took place in the townland of Trean, near Dunleer. Two young men who were engaged in threshing on the farm of Joseph Hoey were injured when a steam-engine exploded. The subsequent fire destroyed the ‘comfortable homestead’ of the Hoey family and the ‘produce of his year’s toil,’ that was being threshed was also lost. The young workers were both seriously ‘scalded’ and both later died. Dr. Donegan had attended and had taken both victims to Ardee Hospital by car. Their names were Thomas Campbell aged eighteen, of Mountainstown and Peter Watters, aged forty-six, of Doctor’s Lane, Dunleer. Peter Watters died on October 21st in Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospital in Dublin, to where he had been later transferred, initially having been sent from Ardee to the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital also in Dublin. Thomas Campbell died in Ardee Hospital on October 24th.

Following the explosion, the fire in the steam-engine was, ‘shot into the air, scattering in all directions’, descending on the roof of the homestead, which, despite valiant efforts to save it, was completely destroyed, nothing being saved except part of the furniture’. The aftermath of the accident produced a scene of hellish dimensions, with dense steam and smoke enveloping the general area. This made it difficult to find the victims at first, especially Peter Watters, who was eventually found writhing in agony. Parts of the steam-engine were flung forty yards from the scene.

Robert Carney, a witness to the accident, told the inquest that he had been engaged in ‘feeding’ the threshing mill when a belt had broken on the mill and the machine was temporarily brought to a standstill. The belt had been repaired and work was about to resume when the explosion happened. John Campbell, father to one of the victims, told the inquest of how he had been drawing corn from his own field when he got word of the accident. A great fire was raging when he got to the scene. The ‘whole place’ was on fire. It was reported to him that the fire-box of the steam-engine had given way, the ‘crown had blown down out of it’ and set the place on fire. He said that Joseph Hoey and he were the owners of the mill. The steam engine belonged to William Craig of Mountpleasant, near Dundalk from whom they had hired it less than a fortnight ago. Nothing was insured.

James Carroll, another witness, told of how the threshing had begun at nine in the morning and continued until mid-day. Work resumed at one o clock and continued until the belt broke at two-thirty. Thomas Campbell, it emerged, was on the engine when the accident happened. Peter Watters was between the engine and the mill, working at the sacks. The Coroner advised that, ‘greater supervision ought to be exercised and machinery of this class should be frequently and carefully examined’. He noted that he had often seen ‘old engines travelling on the road that were apparently dangerous’.

The funerals took place from Saint Brigid’s Church, Dunleer. As the funeral of Thomas Campbell passed through Ardee, ‘all shops were closed and blinds were drawn in private houses’.

Would have been an awful sight

And unfortunately to this day similar things happen on farms.

wrangler wrote: »

Yea they think they've saved three fingers, little finger is connected up but still at risk, it was only held on by the skin.
He was in theatre from 12 noon to 9pm last night, seems in good form this morning thanks to morphine

For what.its worth i cut my index finger off 16 years ago. They put severed finger back on and over the years the tendons repaired and I have full use. Hopefulky he will be fine

NcdJd wrote: »

I don't know what thread to put this in so I'll just leave it here. Nice short piece about a man doing farming with horses. Not sure who I ended up watching it.

https://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/2257-on-the-farm/642545-old-fashioned-farming-in-the-west/

We're not in the West 🙈

Omallep2 wrote: »

For what.its worth i cut my index finger off 16 years ago. They put severed finger back on and over the years the tendons repaired and I have full use. Hopefulky he will be fine

He needs to be, he's a self employed manual worker and entitled to nothing...... or very little anyway. He can't afford to be out of work for too long

gozunda wrote: »

I like this years Late Late Toy show advert on RTE.

I won't spoil it - but let's just say it makes up a small bit for the stupid decision last year that they we're not including any farm themed toys on the show...

I think the super valu ad is good too

Grueller wrote: »

It's amazing what a bit of contact can do. Last Thursday evening I phoned a lad that I used to hurl with. This lad is 13 years older than I am so early fifties. He was on the verge of retiring for the few years I hurled with him but we hurled together midfield and struck up a good friendship.
His parents both passed in the last two years and he never married so is living alone since and farming for a living so I just said I'd give him a shout as I hadn't seen him since the second lockdown started. We had a good chat for about an hour. This evening the phone rang and we chatted away for 20 minutes or so before he went silent for a second and thanked me for last weeks call. He told me hadn't heard from a soul in a fortnight and didn't realise how low he had been until he heard from someone. I was humbled by his honesty. I know that we are not meant to have visitors but I invited him round for the supper and a few drinks this Saturday evening. I think that the isolation is more danger to him than Covid is to either of us to be fair.

Fair play Grueller.