Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-11-09

Mr.. William Luck fell from the roof
of ProthonOtary Zeiders new house, in
the Schweier extension, east of town,
OH the afternoon of the 2nd inst, and
was severely hurt. He was at the apex
of the roof shingling. The nails gave
way, that held the lath on which he
! stood on the roof. He slid down into
the valley of the roof like a meteor.
The valley was 20 some feet long, but
before he could think it all he was out
of the valley and down 30 feet over the
side of the house, on the ground. The
building contractor came near having
him drop on his head. Mr.. James
Horning is the building contractor and
he was on the ground few feet from
where Luck came down. He says he
heard some pieces of lumber sliding off
the roof and looked up so that he might
keep out Of the way Of being hit by its
fall. He was almost trasiXed with
horror at seeing Mr.. Luck come sliding,
feet foremost, down the valley of the
roof. 1t was all done very quickly.
Luck was over the edge of the roof in a
twinkle. He was erect, feet downward
and arms extended. His white shirt,
light pants, white upturned face and
extended arms, caused HOrning to
think of the ascending savior. Luck's
feet just missed two inch thick plank
that served az Il foot way from the
ground to the top of the wall of the
first floor, but the upper part of his
body had swung little to the right,
just far enough to bring his right hip
in contact with the plank, and it was
to that Mr.. Luck, probably owes his
exemption from broken bones. The
plank was good spring to break the force
of his fall. The spring of the plank,
showing him off to the left, he lit Oh
both knees and fell over on the ground.
Mr.. Horning quickly summoned help
from other parts of the building, and a
cot was obtained at Mr.. Shollar's house
near by, and Mr.. Luck was put on it,
and in an unconscious manner carried
was summoned, and an examination
made, and strange to say not bone
was broken. He is getting along as
well as can he expected, considering
the long distance fall.
The following from the Beaver
Springs, SNYDER county, Herald of No
vember 3, relates an awful accident
that overlook Levi Luck in Snyder
CURED about one and one-half miles
north of Adamsburg on Tuesday after
noon, by which one man may loose his
life. William II. Ewing, a well-known
farmer Of this township, had been out
hunting wild ducks and after securing
a number Of ducks he started home
Going through cOrnfield he met Levi
Luck, who was husking corn. Mr..
Ewing had slung his game across his
dOuble-barreled shot gun, and while in
the act of showing the game to Mr..
| Luck, one barrel of his gun was dis
charged, the entire contents entering
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abdomen. Mr.. Ewing was Mortified to
see the man fall over and at once real
lied the gravity of the accident. Drs.
| A. NJ. and G. G. Smith and j. O. Wag-
ner We're summoned and the man was
conveyed to his home in the small
village known as Georgetown. Pieces
of clothing, wad, ETC., were removed,
after which the wound was dressed.
Only few Of the shot could be re-
moved. The doctors have hopes of the
injured mans recovery. MIR. Luck,
who is a popular young man, is mar
ried to the youngest daughter of George
Oldt and is aged about 25 or PC years.
He is the father of two children. Mr..
Luck came to this section some years
ago, from Salem, this county, being a
son of the late Samuel Luck, of that
place. His mother and brother Will
liam came up on Tuesday night, to as
sist, if possible, in administering to the
injured son and brother.