The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-10
DWYER'S DREAM CAME TRUE,
AND BE WIN JHo OTHER PAINTERS
FELL FROM HIGH sCkPPOLD.

The Drea. wa. Assisted By Dwyer's Fs.tes-
ing the SenHoid IuseeureIy-The Men VERY
Badly H.rt-Arrcst OF Their Enpioysr.
The next time James Dwyer Of So East Fifty
fourth street dreams that his scaflold Is going
to break he will keep OF 1t. That is. be will II
he lives TO have any more dreams The reason
IL that Just such dream came true yesterday.
The building at 81 and 55 South street was
until recently occupied By Rowland / Aspin-
wall c. Jourgensen OF as Maiden lane. who
has bor ght It. is repairing ana fenodellinC II
for oifiees and stores Taylor Brothers OF 1o4
Maiden lAne had the painting contract. and
Dryer. their old and trusted foreman. was
working on Il with two other painters. Benla-
min Simon Of p Monroe street and James
Fisher VI 4O4 East Seventeen street.
Yesterday morning they had finished the top
story in the rear Ia order 10 begin on the
next lower story theT hung their scarolds
from tie windows The pu!!eys and ropes
were fastened to two scALtlings which stuck
out ore: the window ellis. The end 0! one
scAntling Was fastened down securely. Tho
othe. was held down merely by a lin Der board.
one end OF which was damned against the
ra,ters nbove
Before he climbed out upon the scaffold
Dwyer stopped to examine the riSht-hand
support and remarked that it was risky. The
other N en- laughed. Then lie said
The fact o! the mater Is. boys. that had
an ugly dream about this seaIold last night
/ dreamed ;hat three men. you two and L
were painting upon It and that Just as
reached in M pociet for my Pipe the whole
Then what p asked Simon
Il wCse up"
The cher two laughed at him about his
dream and started 10 WORK. In d n ON rnt d o
Joined them: but let himself out Of the window
upon the platform NeTy caunousy. At Ny
tIoEe loose and il with the platform and the
three men, shot down tOGethe': ILey ~
lied iron supports Of The .sEy!iGht 10 the
ground aoOr and landed on The NOR 8. beneath.
brooklyn. thought that beam had fallen
through the sky!icht. and ran Up stairs
ken MS Eo5s IN re igoaS ses
ttthed the mems faces while Whi.no,e no;i-
aed Policeman Telly, Of the old sl!p station.
is 81 ye4rs old has several Fractured I!bF and
protab!y, some internal injuries. Fishers
years Old. These two were taken to the Cham
bers Street Hospital. simon. who s. years
Old an whose ,o is m
terntlly. The surgeons said that all three
were in criiics; Coz dhiop:
to the -spIta! and related his dream. De SAID
nothing about who WAS 10 blame; Capt Cort-
r1s n. t q be m
cicAted the cause Of the disaster. 1t was very
rotten rope. E1ward ". Taylor. one Of the
coptractors who was arrested and taken 70
Meade ina, the ssssoid was rot he'd By ropes.
bus by I-gIs as has been related. The ropes
kusIenainE the scaIcld from the props we're
eti!l INTACT. After the accident the scatold
remained dangling from the one secure prop
Justice Meade rAroled him
The oifeT NofEnen who were in the build:
DIVERS fault. He was the :a-sU an and had
charge + the rigging Of the scaGo3 They
are sur rised a. his cGre!essress II OF secur-
ing the right hand prop better. They said
that :Ae scaEo!t was dangerous without Any
dream