21 August - Disemboweled by Pressurized Air
You should never see this side of a person. Photo source.
Albert Sitka sat nervously in his chair. He was in the office of the Illinois Steel plant at Wabansia and McHenry street, waiting for a quick job interview. Around him the hustle of the industrial warehouse continued around him, various other workers ignoring him and going about their jobs. With any luck, he’d be able to join them on the floor quickly.
As he looked straight ahead of him, several workers snuck up behind him, stifling back giggles. Hands reached towards him and yanked him violently from the chair. Albert shoved back at the hands, but there were too many.
The men who grabbed him - other workers in the plant - ripped at his shirt and pressed something against his stomach. It was a hose, attached to a terrifying looking machine. A couple of men worked to get the thing started while the others continued to hold him down. Laughing, the thing finally sparked up.
It was a compressed air machine.
Air violently burst through the hose and into Albert’s stomach.
To everyone’s horror, the machine quickly gained power and increased pressure drastically. The force of the air coming out of the hose soon ripped through Albert’s stomach, and tore his organs to bits. They spewed out of the hole, blood splattering everywhere.
Though Albert was brought alive to the hospital, he could not survive. Police realized that the employees had been trying to play a prank on Albert, but it had gone horribly wrong.
From the Chicago Tribune, 9 August 1907. Source.