Daily globe., 1878-03-21
NUMBER. 66.
OVER THE BLUFF.
4 SIATY-FOOT TUMBLE WITHOUT
BEING KILLED.
The Accidents Which Can Happen to a
Man Without Killing Him, Especially
II He is Little Drunk--A Very Singular
But Not Necessarily Fatal Accident.

Once IN while the bluffs in this CITY.
which overhang the Mississippi, afford
startling item. Somebody takes a notion,
now and then, of proceeding down them, or
rather over them, headlong. These acci-
dents are sometimes fatal, as is natural tn
expect, and then again, miraculously enouoh.
the aerial plunger escapes without in;nrv
An instance of this kind occurred in the
summer of 1876, when man, whose name
IS not now remembered, fell from the top of
the bluff In the rear of the Tivoli, down to
the railroad track, and yet survived his ter
rife descent.
Another instance of the latter kind oc-
Cured last night about 9:15 o'clock. Anton
Burg, German, a carpenter by trade, aged
about 90 years. resident of Red Wing, tenn
porarily sojourning at the Wild Hunter tavern
on jackson street, was out "on toot,'' and
had reached the stage of hilarity, when he
sauntered into that sink of iniauity, the
Adelphia, next to the West Third street ele-
yator. He was in company with some par
| ties. all OF whom were quite sober and
whose only acquaintance with him had been
formed by reason of their stopping at the
same tavern, and they were doing their best
to get him homeward. The party had Just
stepped into the Adelphia, and had called
for round of beer, of which Burg did not
partake, but stepped out upon the rear plat
form, which is, at that point, about 60 or 70
feet almost perpendicularly above the bank
of the river below. Somehow or other Burg
fell over the railing, which is intact and is in
every respect perfectly staunch. As
no one witnessed the fall,
1t Is not known how he managed to get over
Burg must have first struck upon a project
ing ledge of rock, about thirty feet below.
This protuberance is plentifully covered with
the sawdust swept from the saloon, and to
this fact no doubt he owes the preservation
of his life. Bounding from that he was pre-
cipitated to the further depth of about anoth-
or thirty feet, where he was subsequently,
found.
i His long absence having caused his COM
panions to go in search for him on the plat
form, where he was not to be found, was
the first intimation of Berg's precipitation.
Thence they proceeded to the foot of the
bluff, where he was discovered, shapelessly
doubled up. Raising him, he begged to be-
allowed to go to sleep, but being thoroughly
aroused he actually walked up, with the as
slstance OF a man on each side, the long
flight of stairs on tie west of
the building adown which
Lehman launched into eternity
only about two weeks ago. Burg was then
carried to the police station, where his
groans were excruciating to listen to- DIR.
Charles Smith was called, who discovered no
broken bones, but his back was considerably
injured. Burg was placed in carriage and
taken to the city hospital. The examina-
ton last night. of course, failed to detect the
existence Of internal injuries, which may
develope to-day. When brought to the sta
ton, Burg had $3.50 in his pockets along
with other odds and ends