The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-18
MISS RUDDY INJURED.
Large Piece of Class Fell From the Sixth
Story of a Building and Struck
Her on the Head.

"A thirty-five foot square pane of plate
glass fell from its frame in the front
of the sixth floor of the Kennedy e. Car
ter building, 121 Washington avenue,
yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock and
crashed down to the sidewalk seriously
injuring Miss Bessie Judge, of New
York. and infiicting painful cuts on
Charles and Margaret Ruane, of Lu-
Zerne street, with whom Miss Judge is
visiting.
The three young people were walking
1eisurely along the avenue viewing the
decorations when the accident occurred
When in front Of the upper side of the
building which is being renovated for
occupancy by Hill & Connell, Mr.. Judge
heard a crashing sound above him and
without losing any time in looking
above pushed his sister towards the
street and reached for Miss Judge to
drag her out of harms way.
Before this could be done, however,
broken glass showered down upon them
and Miss Judge fell on the edge of the
sidewalk with blood squirting from a
terrible cash in her head. A large
fragment of the glass had struck edge
wise on top of her head infiicting a cut
four inches long on the right hand side
and severing the temporal artery. A
corner of the same piece caught in the
young mans coat ripping it out, pain
fully cutting his little finger. Another
piece struck Miss Ruane on the knee
causing a painful wound.
Two Of Foote and Shears clerks, who
were standing in front of the building
at the time and)who witnessed the ac-
cident hurried to Miss Judges assist
ance and carried her into the vacant
store room. Drs. Heilner, Burnett and
McGrath attended her there and after
stepping the flow of blood and sewing
up the wound had her removed to the
| Lackawanra hospital. She was still
unconscious at a late hour last evening
but the symptoms gave the attending
| physicians hope that she would pull
through all right. She is II years of
| age and a large, strongly built glri'
which is everything in her favor.
At 1 o'clock this morning the hospital
physicians reported that Miss Ruddy's
| condition is extremely critical. The
young lady has not recovered conscious
ness since the accident and it is feared
that the worst may happen before
| many hours. The long period of un-
| COIlSClcuSIleSs duhS W tiS
that the brain is injured.
The window from which the glass fell
had a secondary frame which permitted
it to be swung open on pivot. Pas
terers who were at work on that floor
yesterday had opened ~ window In
order to cool the room and ignorant OF
the danger one of them, later, threw
open a. corresponding window in the
rear of the building. The draft thus
created caused the front window Il
slam and break the glass, thereby
loosening the pane from its frame and
causing it to drop to the street. Con
tact with telegraph wires and othel
obstructions broke the glass into small
er pieces as 1t was falling. One larg'
piece, however, found itsew past thu
Instructions and it was this tina
struck Miss Judge. 1t smashed into {
hundred fragments when it landed OF
the sidewalk. Miss Judge was to hav'
returned home this morning. A fare
well party in her honor was arranged
by her cousin, Miss Ruane, for las
right.