The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-16
. r,r,,,,nx scene--A Marrow k'S'"'%
- f,ou, Death.
From the Chicago Times
s,o,,o that was ellacI(


II yas thrilling scene ', cau" -, Sotnr
an. Madison street near La sur, ,,,o tort g
dav affernoon. On scs'i,oio,ns' so n hr;c,
Svc feet nom the ground, OF NV ID crntes
hni)d;nc now erecting by Jatnes d. .,i, scof
Fac. ak men were at work. on .n.s CON- con
folding were two Of the large bIaz'e,s; ,s sU
tanning the glowing Goals which the .,s', .,,n;,
table rebuilders Of Chicago use 10 hesp ." "nd
hands from freezing as they Jay tnc WI Tbs,
stone In the chilling days OF WINTER i%,r,, The
the fierce blasts Of wind dasiieo .sn ~ e5o,,h,
city. these workmen, IN coHI.pn n the
with thousands Of Others, co.,'en lprornd tC
exnediency of hu1ying 10 Tue so,'ra eta.
49, p,,. they were all old masohS, a'i ~
conc,nded to hang on and work away W ~
sr;,s oS the tempest. But while the! "r ,st
.!,rn;no AGAIN resolutely to their HnoiHn w.
~ wind heavier than any Of It's pleu le,,1sons
o,,aaa,lv overturned one Of the hre "nui ~,
a,ha h,nyino brauds and Goals fell upon LIZ
.natf,Id;no mud rolled over to the grounu pe.
nea,b one piece falling upon the shoulder %
,nnytor-carrier named Michael FolSer, y
T;t;nu his clothes and burning his face SO nadl!
that he will be incapacitated lor "oIh io'
several weeks. But 1t was on the sieiiue 81
scatfolding above that the scene VI
terror was developing. The ara,t %
the wind famed the spilled coais ts
q fame. and In an instant the PLANK;
upon which were standing tue SIX !llso eil,
We're atlze. The first nan 10 hoIice Tax
danger was Jason keilson, Nor"esiui
who was less than foot from tiie L,. ".
end who might have easily kicked OIL the
Goals and smothered the blaze. lnstes'o VI
tbia bowever. he uttered howl Of horror
and sprany upon the edge Of the wall. ais
aycl4meti0n attrncted the attention Oh hi>
comrades to the peril in which they Were
nlrced, and q rush for position OF Salcts
followed. Two Of the men-a Mr.. watson,
,,,bo ros the "boss" Of the brlckiaylhS
,,arty. aud q mason named sleTerslah
tIn,idd-gained the ladder. The others,
whose MINES were not learned, threw Their
or,,s and LEGS around one of the poles that
.unorted one end Of the plank, while, just
no the frail board snapped in two, the last
man. Andrew Reardon, jumped impulslvely,
and caught by his arms over the unnnsneu
edse of The wall. As the plank parted, the
loTIer fell forward, and humping against tue
LuiLdlnc. nearly shook Watson and knuod
from their perch, and crushed the fingers OF
Knudd's LETT hand. These two men were
rn,y however, comparatively safe, but there
were still the two who were cllnsms
IN the pole; and Reardon, who, hang
ing to the edge Of the building, was Ger.
tain to become too weak to retain his
grin much longer In the fearful gale. Al
Ills ]uncture. and while the crowd below was
hoisiiny another ladder to come to the res
cue, the stupid Kei!son, who might have
ayerted the whole trouble, seemed TO recover
bis senses. Creeping along the top OF the
wall. he laid hold of Reardon and assisted
him to scramble to safer perch. Another
ladder was by this time run up to where the
two men were clinging to the pole, and they
were helped down, us were also, i'll few mi
nutcs more, Reardon and kcilson, while the
ropes which held the still blazing panks
were cut away, and the burning timbeiS,
dropping TO tho ground, were soon extin-
g,lished.
When it Is stated that directly beneath the
scaflold there was heap of bricks, miscelli-
neous piles Of heavy timbers, and several bar.
rels of cement, it will be seen that had any OF
tue men fallen they would have been dashed
to death.