The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-03-22
BIG FALLS OTFATAL
THAT IS. HERE IS A LONG RECORD
or JUST SUCH CASES.

From how great q height may q per-
son fall and liver This question was
suggested by the experience Of Dr..
Helm, the Zurich professor. who told
how he fell a great distance down q
glacier in Switzerland and lived TO re-
late his sensations His aim was TO prove
that sudden death was not painful. The
other phase Of the question-how far
may we fall unhurt-is just as interest
ing. however.
The well known Alps wanderer, ST.
grist, fell backward of the crown Of the
Korpfstork Alp. Switzerland, and land
ed ON the rocks at the foot Of she glacier.
OF course his fall was somewhat troken
as he bounded from spur 10 spur. but
the fall was great one nevertheless.
OF the persons who have fallen from
balloons no record has been kept, but
the accidents have been sufficiently dan
gerous 10 prove that great fall does not
always end human life In July last
The Post.Dispatch recorded the feat Of
a negro who, 10 escape punishment for
stealing a ride, jumped over the Della
ware bridge ON the Erie railroad at Port
Jervis. N. Y. He fell distance Of so
feet. and though striking ON his head in
a bed Of gravel covered only by six
inches Of water. he escaped serious in
jury.
George Petorski, a young Polish boy
aged IL. went out for huckleberries On
the Honeypot mountain. near Port Jer.
Wis, N. Y. He yentured too near the
edge Of n clih known as Eagle Nest,
and. slipping ON stone. was hurled
over. The descent Is nearly perpendicu-
lar and the lad rolled and bounded over
the jagged rocks a distance Of 400 feet
to the railroad tracks below. He was
picked up torn and bleeding from a hun
dred wounds and unconscious, but still
alive.
That case had youth In It's favor Here
Is a case Of age. Mary Cerma. aged 20
years. recently fell 80 feet from a win
dow Of 251 Camden street, Newark, n.
j., and escaped with only a badly
bruised hip. She lost her balance while
shaking a busting cloth from the win
dow and fell upon hard ground In the
back yard.
Here Is "a case Of an infant; At Rock
away Beach. n. Y. George McVey. 2
years old. tumbled out Of third story
window without receiving any injuries
except bruised eye and a skinned nose.
He crept TO the window while his moth
er was asleep. His fall was broken by
an awning.
Women seem especially able 90 drop
from any height and receive little OF no
injury. In France recently n woman
tried to commit suicide by jumping
from n high bridge She was hardly IN.
jured. Near Niagara falls woman fell
over a precipice and landed some hun.
bred feet below, alive and able 30 tell Of
il.
Mrs. Annie Keonoy lcaped oct Of o
fifth story window Of 1875 East ono Hun.
dred and Eighth street, New York. and
sustained only few slight bruises ON
the face. The woman was half asleep at
the time and walked over the roof u her
own house 30 that Of her neighbours
She swung of the roof TO a fire escape
and asked the occupants Of 1875 fm
brandy On being refused she leaped O.
the ground Clotbeslines stretched
across the yard between tho tenement
windows. and tho woman robounded from
one Of these 20 another In her fall. until
she finally landed. badly shaken up, but
otherwise unhurt
August johnson, a joiner. residing In
Middletown, Conn. fell from the fourth
story Of a building on which no was
working. turning a complete somer-
sault and striking with his head ON
some boards which projected from the
first story. He managed to catch hold
Of the boards. 20 which be chung until
he was rescued. He fell 40 feet lie
was not injured In any way.
Edward Christie fell from a scaffold
which gave way at the fourth floor Of a
new building at Madison avenue and
Sevonty.second street, New York. Al
though he fell four stories, be sustained
no more than a fracture Of the thigh
and right arm. Christian Jensen, a
painter, Of White Plains. n. ", fell
from ladder 10 the ground, a distance
Of 40 feet. and Is alive otell IT, George
Falley, IL years old, fell through the
FIRE escape OF 772 Tenth avenue, New
York, from the fourth 10 the first floor.
and received not the slightest injury.
Such Is the elasticity Of youth.
Express Messenger Edward Stevens
Of Water Valley, Miss, was DOING and
fell from his car door He was not missed
until 20 miles had been passed. A mes.
sage was sent back 10 the effect that he
must have fallen from his car. A hand
car vas rugged up and several men
started down the track 10 look for him.
They found him three miles away, lying
within two feet Of the track, sleeping.
He awoke as soon as they touched him
and asked what was wanted. He said
no had no recollection Of falling, and
imagined himself asleep in his bed ai
home The train was running 40 miles
an hour when he fell of. He was not
hurt. st. Louis Post. Dispatch.
his Cure.
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