Mohave County miner., 1894-11-10
Fell Eieren Stories.

Albert Deaie, stoam'ntt0r, ioH from tn
eleventh story Of the new Schneider fat,
to the basement yesterday afternoon sne
escaped without injury says the Washing
ton Post. At the groind f,or the small
Of bis back struck = heavy beam, which
makes his escape the more IN mArvsIlous.
Desle fell from freight elevator dowr
the shaft. A sudden catch Of the rope,
caused the elevator TO lurch. Causing
him to DO thrown head frst from the
platform, which Is less than half 10 wide
- the shaft. The man vas thrown with
considerable force and turned three OF
four somerssults ~ no shot down to the
ground. Two or three times bis head
grazsd projecting iron beams. Over and
over he went, and ~ be struck the beam,
after The drop Of las feet, the force Of the
blow caused him 10 bound back two OF
three feet. Then he fell TO the cellar
limp snd apparently dead.
Several workmen on The first floor,
who had heard Dssle strike the beam,
ran into the basement expecting 10 find
their friend uncon sciou, and m ssglcd
II not actually dead. As they xppro ach
ed DeaIe he 20, mp, looked daxed Tor u
moment, then said slowly, ss II he could
hardly find breath:
"I-fell--of-ihe-el
The tnen lifted him and he started TO
walk, but after Two or three steps he be.
came deAihly sick and sank to the
ground unconscious. His friends
thought he was dying from the ehork,
and ran for doctor and . priest. DR..
Weaver returned with The men and
found Deale recovering RAPIDLY, only
complaining Of a bad pain ia his b OK.
A hasty exsminstiun showed that 10
bones we're broken. There was bruise
where he had struck the Deam, but the
skin was not iscersied. The sickness re-
suited from extreme frght and dizziness
caused by the lightning.Iike drop
through the ir.
Deale Was taken in carriage to his
clearinghouse, ll4l Nineteenth street i,
and Was put 10 Ded In spite Of the ef.
foris Of the doctor the nausea continued.
For hours he had sl the symptoms OF
an aggravated attack Of NAL de mer, and
could not even swallow lime water. He
complained little Of the pain in hrs
back, but thought lightly of 1t, inssmuch
as DIR Weaver had assured him that he
had received no internal injuries. A
Post reporter asked Deale to tell the
story Of the fall.
IL couldn't help it," he said; "the ele.
vstor gave lurch and was thrown of
| knew that l WAS turning over and over,
and | thought l would strike against tic
sides of the shaft. l thought l had
reached my last moment and I was rat.
tied. ] couldn't get my thoughts TO.
gether. l seemed TO think | ought to
grab hold OF something and save myself,
and then | would think it was no use
and that il was all up with me. Then
hit the beam, and that's all. l was 20.
ing down on the elevator to ses about
some steam heaters"
Deale came TO Washington 10 July
from Pittsburgh and is employed by
Kelly & Jones, steam-fitters of that CITY.
He is thirty-two years Of age and fine
looking fellow. His relatives live in
New York. Two months ago his work
ing partner, Robert Watson, fell down
the Schneider fats elevator shat. and
vas instantly killed and injured 10 this
building, and those now working there
are constantly afraid rat some accident
will happen to them, although every.
thing about the building is as safe az can
he. The fats are thirteen stories and 100
feet high, 90 that Deale's fall was fnlly
145 feet, and perhaps more.
The accident happened at 40 o'clock,
and just at the moment Albert Clinton.
q steam filter, who is working on the new
seminary at Forest Glen, Md, and who
is an intimate friend Of Deale, happened
to be passing. Clinton took charge of
the man and will look after him until
the soreness Of his back leaves, which
will be but few days, unless unlocked.
Tor complications arise.
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