The herald., 1895-02-08
SEVEN MEN BADLY INJURED.
A Weakened Scaffold Falls
Laden With WOrkmen.
Two of Them Dangerously if Not
Fatally Hurt.
Contractor Harcus and Thomas Hiudle
the Worst Ipjursd-Row the Acci-
dent Happened.

seven WofKmen were luIureu ny tuo
falling OF sceffolding at the new build.
ing at Hoover and Tbirty-ifth streets. at
4 O'Clock yesterday. Two OF the men
are dangerously, If not fatally, hurt.
The injured are:
THOMAS HINDLE, carpenter, residing
at Sixteenth street and Magnolia ave.
nue., left shoulder dedicated, fracture
and dislocation of right ankle aRd inter-
nal injuries.
TIMOTHY HARcUs, contractor. 1882
Clinton avenue, back injured, sprained
ankle and internal injury, symptoms oil
paralysis
- EVANS, carpenter, Eighth and
Olive. ankled broken, severely bruised.
ROBERT NELSON, helper, hip injured
and hands cut.
WEAKENED sCAFFoLD,
The accident was peculiar one. A
large livery stable building is being
erected at the streets named. The place
is fully enclosed and. with tho exception
of a few hours work, ia ell ready to be
rooted. The weather boarding extends
20 feet high, and encloses space OF per-
hapa 100x50 feet. All the rsfters mad
been placed A-shsped, with the excep"
ton of two or three.
The raiters we're nailed together with
the joist attached before they were
raised. These pieces, known as "beuts,"
were then elevated to their position and
secured by braces which also held the
last raftsr placed in position. There
was no studding or other bracing to hold
up the heavy "bsnts" ia the center.
A scaffold 20 feet high had been
erected in the center Of the space and
upon it the carpenters nailed the RATS
ers and joists together before raising
3hem into position. The scaffold had
been used for several days, but owing to
O lack OF lumber yesterday some of the
bracing was removed to be used for
other purposes. This materially weak
ened the workmen's foothold, and it be-
came decidedly rhnky, but caused no
particular alarm until the final crash
came.
SEVEN MEN FELL.
In lifting the heavy "bsnt" into place
one end ofit clipped. The scaffold COM
menced to give way, and with shrek
the men went down among the debris.
Seven workmen were on the seaffold"
ing at the time. Seeing that the struc-
ture was falling Robert Nelson, young
man employed as keeper, leaped to a
joist and allowed il to 20 down beneath
him. His hip was injured and his hands
cut. but he chung in mid-air till Sescued
By aid of a ladder.
Meanwhile the other men were being
pulled from beneath the lumber. The
fall OF the heavy scaffolding caused q
noise that was heard half mile away.
Women rushed from their houses near
by and screamed, while others ran to
the scene TO lend assistance.
ExrRIcATING THE INJURED.
Timothy Harcus, who, with Mr.. Min.
ter, is the contractor for the building,
though one OF the most seriously hurt,
was the first to crawl out from the broken
scaffold. He was 90 badly injured that
he WAS carried into she house of HE
mother-in-law, Mrs. M. NJ. Brown, just
south of the new building, until the
patrol wagon arrived and took him to
his home at 1882 Clinton ave. He had
q serious sprsin in his back, sprsined
ankle and internal injury.
The most dangerous injury, perhaps.
was that sustained by Carpenter Thomas
Hindle, who resides at Sixteenth street
and Magnolia avenue. When extricated
it was found that he had been injured
in terrible manner. The LETT shoulder
wac dislocated, the right ankle was both
dislocsted snd fraotursd-a very rare
thing-and he also suffered internal i'm
juries.
Carpenter Evans had an ankle broken
besides being scratched and bruised.
The other men we're simply bruised or
slightly lsscersted. All of the injured
were treated BY DR. J. f. 7. Jepkins,
who was near by, after which they were
removed to their homes. The doctor
visited the injured late last night, and
reported that Hindls and Harcus were
more seriously injured than was at first
thought. They were suffering intense
pain and would not be seen.
Leon Umsted, q young man who re-
sides across the street from where the
accident occurred. gave an account of It,
my mother and were sitting in the
AFTER DINNER -ssgA