Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-04-03
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serious Accident at the Jefferson Medical
College Banquet st Nstatoriuin Hail,
Philade1phia.


A serious accident which may In one case he
attended with fatal results, occurred Friday
evening at the annual banquet Of the Alumni
association Of jefferson medical college to
the faculty and class of 1886 which was grad
uated at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia
In the morning Many preparations had
been made to render the dinner, which was
to occur at Natatorium hall, on Broad street,
below Walnut successful affair. The
banqueting room was on the upper floor
OF the building, and about o'clock, while
waiting for the assembling Of the
guests a number of the young doctors
gathered in the lower hall to sing their
college songs The flooring in this room Is
but temporary affair, and for space of lOOx
80 feet is laid over the bathing-pool, which,
however, contains no water in winter. In
the western end Of the room. where the piano
was located, the pool Is ten feet deep DR..
II. b. Casselberry was seated at the piano,
and the strains of "John Browns Body"
were filling the air when there came rush
from the lower end of the room to Join in the
chorus Without the slightest previous
sound Of warning the floor gave way and the
piano went down with a crash.
As soon as help could be rendered II was
found that John Graham Goe, graduate
whose home is in Ohio, had been caught be-
meath the heavy piano and was badly hnrt
internally. Clarence q. Deakype, OF Phila-
uelpIld, WAS pdlniuIly InJuicu nn'u' W i"oS
| and head. James w. Lindsey, from the in.
terror of Pennsylvania, had an ankle sprained
| and foot injured, and bartholomew Walls, OF
| Texas, was badly bruised. j. Miller and
| Edward Seitz, of Pennsylvania were also
| badly bruised, the others escaping uninjured
Some difficulty was experienced in extricat.
ing DIR. Goe from his painful position, as he
was doubled beneath the heavy load of debris.
Some of the victims of the accident were
taken to the Jefferson Medical College
hospital, while those who lived in the city
were taken home.
The accident was caused by the breaking
of sill along the side of the hall on which
the cross beams rested. This let the floor
down on one side only, forming an inclined
plane, down which the men and the piano
slid to the bottom of the pool. Mr.. Payne,
the proprietor Of the Natatorum, said that
the floor has stood severe tests in the past
and was considered in good condition. He
| thought that the sudden weight upon one
part of the structure had caused the accident
| which would not have occurred under
| ordinary circumstances.
| Local Graduates.
Among the 223 young physicians who wer'
| graduated at Jefferson Medical college oI
| Friday were these of local interest:
William ii. Brosius, of Chestnut Level
Drumore township.
Levi w. Horting, son of Hiram Horting
| living near Petersburg.
Franklin Winger, a student in the office q
DIR. McCaa, Of Ephrata
| Edward 5. johnson, of this city, VIII
graduated at Franklin and Marshall colleg
in the class of lsS}. He was the youngest @
the newly-made doctors, and will practice il
Philadelphia.