, 1870-03-12
DREADFUL ACCIDENT,
Three Men Fall from Painters
scaffcldiug, Seventy Feet from
the Ground, and are In
stantly Killed.


A aad acctdent. which resulted IN the d,stn Of
three painters. snd the in nsnent pert Of r,ur;n,
occurred anons " O'Clock yeste1day morning, On
the southeaat corner Of Lake street and Waossa
avenue The men were ID the employ of +. C.
JohnfoD. who had tna cen.rac: for painting th.
fve-story brick butldiL4 Nos g Aca 81
Lake Hreat, cecurtsd By Messrz D.,ege;s,
BAssest H.llg, wholesale dealers In boot, and
shoca- In order 10 reach the spaces aooys ana
below The vlndowy. q scaEoldicg abaut forty fest
long and two feet Wide wss ueed Ies ascand,nk,
This wA8 suspended from the ROOT ou tne Laka
stEeet mott By blocks and tackle. I Bss On e.ca
ia1tened the Two para Of the sca6ololnR togo her,
ne morning, aud to tess is sfSenstn IL. four men
who Wt1c 70 woSk Ros up IN It. Ar no do1tc- ono!d
be obtervtt. 1t waA run ~ 11t; npposte the oilh.
story windows and mads Ias- rne nan t1en
poalsora On tue atsxrg vefe no,s Cd pp uMt:i nea1
tic ROOT At q commenced their Work.
Only sn.a.i spsee h.d nees pattted over whan
an Iron bolt, 10 &h'ca the cen 10 tackle war Al.
tsched. broke, cacEng tce two parts 10 sspara.s
ana three o. zee men to fa'l neado 10 tao
E1o1na d:ssstee e. ssx'Je,sns tess Tae ioalt,
p-1ted the lett side, cluched them aa1 held % ur-
tn Nj johnson, bis niother. v no vas o. The roof,
cauRns nam BY foe coat collar and pulled him over
1hs tnrss men Eno ieiI se1e 1nmed,Atsy taken
o ins oie n Ma@
ce1ved internal ioj1f!ee, survived onlY few no.
neuts. Another, q young German, -ho-e
naHe u onkuoHn. 2rd VINO had Ruue to Work for
MI. Johnfots that norniig 3, Tor the ass1 time.
lived atont half An bonr. The 1elanirR oLa,
Thomas Ftynp. sHucf Oh hts bend, ana pestdes
fsctullpG biz A1n{ III Bsvetal ptavea receiyed se.
st1e nttr II al 1r5aT:es. lie died Ii three quarters
Of an hour.
There we're si1 PHYSICIANS IN atteraauce, but
then enoE TO easb the l:ves OF the NJ fortunate
Len we're ukelesF, 1s IEe distatca ot sne fat and
the nal nsS In which they attacE the e:la@alS,-
1wo on lnetf bac14 AID oEe On his head,-pte-
cludeo tne possibility Of recovery. Tae three
were urconact1us au3seqQent to the fall
Gteem4n vas a11ale, aoout - ye4rs or aga. AID
lSed At No. a3 South Peoria Rtree:, uI4 hror7er
arT!Eed A. tie store shortly after the csta3-
uopef, ard VAS the oG}y fela'lre ct the deceased
~ko had heanl CT their End ia'e.
and hau been IN Nj. J.bn.co's = EN- DIOR zoort fuuf
yeats. He VAS fIom Quebec, C2n21a, aud re-
noEed hs wife, ard child one 5ear oil. TO tuis
city lus fs'l He lived At No. IS Ea.t Poix street
The bodies Wesa removed 10 t1e Arnory aud
the Of onef held Al lnquest At ~ o'clsck. Toe
evidence ELECTED before me tlrJ WAS suh.tan,aLy
Is Rlxcu xtcye.
Tne Jury rendered verdict :. That the deceased
came 10 toe death b falug from platinum 10
the Gteuno. = dstsnee Of over sixty feet"
teen hcntht, and aas COZ posed Of good material.
TIE iron bolt hitch broke vas three. quarters OF
a. 1tcn thick. An examination Of It after the 10.
ctdent re1ulted IN the discoEe1y that there waS
defect Nhicn rxteoded ESQ tn'roa OF liz d.au- er-
This defect ~ss the cause OF tha acciceur, ~ Ina
Wight On the 2caGo1oi VAS 100 sres; Tor /, 10
snstain. Too hucn care, therefore, cannet be
taken In the construction or : plaErorm On xn1co
gfruld d. ="
,ez the catuslty, aEd area: dssl u sympathy was
ex4fGk6<I tQf the FtctimS-