, 1870-06-12
DEATH INA FRIGHTFUL SHAPE
CtnclnnatAeA man Falls from she
Top OF she steeple, u Distance II $50
Feet.

horrible Accident 1t n Church In
CtncannatA-A Man Falls from ake
Top OF ahe steeple, = Distance II 1870
Feet.
:. T1ens he Cincinnati Inquirer, Juns 10.
II has more than opce occurred 10 those
VINO nave witnessed the erection Of tha ta1I
and ehapely steeple Of the new ST. paul'a Euis-
eoPn Church, At the corner OF Seventh and
Dental i that beautiful work reached compie-
ton without an accident Of some kiud.
Yesterday man named George Jaynes. \
slater, in the employ OF Mcssrs. Dunn L Wit,
roofers, of Third street, was engaged in slat-
ing the northeastern steeple- About ha1f-past
near the very apex Of the spire, engaged in
his Frecadous work The 6aeket was sus-
pended BY rope, which passed over pulley
At the top Of the steeple-a fragile cord, IN
deed The man had just received new sup
ply OF slats, and was swinging on the west
Mde, when the rope on one side OF his diniuu-
tire coddle snapped all Of a sudden, and he
vas thrown out With his left side downward.
He Was $50 feet removed from the earth. and
the nature Of the fall may be im.gined In
lover turTet, nearly seventy-Gve feet below,
and, glancing on at q tangent, alighted upon
the Seventh street pavement, several feet
from the building.
The fnghsful scene paralyzed every witness
for the instant, and when his fellow -vorkmen
corpee- His leg was broken, his neck tislo-
Gated, one OF his arms hrokeu, and his head
and body fearfully cut and g1ehed. Dr.
Comeeys was one OF the first to arrive, but
what could surgical aid avail that quiver-
ing mass. They picked him up and carried
him into the yestibule Of the church, there to
await the Coroner Deaths outriier came
and held his inquest, and while there WIS
much said about the thrce-qua1ter inch rops
upon which the man suspended his life, aud
: In FhN fNai &r1f
te attached to anybody, and the jury returned
its commonplace verdict OF death By acci-
dental fall," &C.
George Jaynes was an Engishmau by birth,
about Is years of age. and followed the trade
OF. slater. He was also acting "a the sexton
Of the Third Presbyterian Church, On Seventh
street, below Linn. Mr. Jaynes had, on
former occasion, met with somewhat similar
accident, when he fell from one Of the steepIea
Of the Female Seminary at College HILL re-
some time. He resided at No. III Hopkins
street, and Leaves wife and five children
The report that he had grown careless in his
calling is entirely czroeeous. He was sober,
careful man, and steady workman under all
circumstances Some time age he bcaame alarm:
IN his trade, and left it Of. He turned
his attention to paper~langing, bnt finding
himself unable to support his family properly,
he re-cng2ged himself aa slatet, and had
been at work only about one week Those
who examined that rope, yesterday, will always
believe that it vas too small, and that there
was degree Of negligence involved IN this
horrible affair.
1t is related that Rev. J. 3. Dowles, OF Hem
na. attending the American Baptist Free Mis-
time Of the accident. and narrowly escaped be-
ing killed or seriously injured By the falling
slate ti,nbers, scme OF which struck upon
bis shoulders and back, without, however, in