The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-18

AN "lshhn6 tne3
wv me 20 out and roll on the
lawn" said the man who
FIVE stories yesterday.
alling one hundred feet down an
gator shaft is not exactly a pleasant
sation-one has no time for feel
:" and il is not often that after il
|bver there are pleasant memories OF
incident.
frank G. Zels, OF 2933 Gray street,
a restless patient at ST. Joseph's
spital to-day. His cheek and lip are
atched and his right little finger is
|apped up. Otherwise there Is no
|dence of the accident which befell
b at the new Adams Hotel. Eigh-
nth and Welton streets, yesterday,
j e a little soreness in the back.
II can't tell just how feel, said he,
Ching. as if he was glad 10 see
(itor. this morning. II went 'siss-
|bm' with just little accent on the
+, and / have been lying here won
| ing how much brain l have.
| MT think l had much gray matter
| my skull until ! was being carried
|the ambulance. Ordinarily, ! would
have paid any attention 10 the
|Ift sides as l went up-in fact, |
| mt, but when / started to fall ev-
thing flashed before me; it seemed
il / could see every nail, every chip
II block on the floors and particular
1.-The boards at the bottom.
Before | fell felt the rope on cne
|e of my swing giving way. Then
|emembered swinging out of a seven
Try building recently with half-a-ton
iron for a fire escape. all hanging
the two ropes that supported me,
II / wouldn't believe one of them
Is breaking. l yelled out At the
|,ce below TO let that rope Clone
|ieving some one was tampering
Eh the free ends by which l had
lied my swing up on the pulleys.
tThen came the horrible jerking,
baking of strand after strand-it
med to unravel and break by bits.
suppose ii took two seconds for me
start, but it seemed like twenty min
Is. When l saw the cause of one
Il of my board sinking l reached for
other rope, but-siss-down / went.
| slid off the board i thought
zen things. First l realized like a
sh Of lightning that | was facing
|lth without a chance in my favor.
| / never thought Of the mean things
had done-nor the good, nor my
knds ard relatives. 1t was death,
Eth-sure and swift, coming at me
e a cyclone, and / relaxed to die; n
|usand rushing noises seemed to be-
|der me for an instant-a very, very
brit instant-shorter than a clock can
|asure, and my mind passed TO the
tom of the shaft. My head was
|nted down and / turned over.
bit remember thinking how l would
Fke, but by some mysterious i'm
Sc or action, / turned over and pre-
led to alight in a sitting position.
Then the sensation grew pleasant
seemed TO be riding on the winC
bve the earth. while the objects
Dt by like cannon balls. l seemed to
a reverie when l reached the third |
br-I know it was the third for /
hembered later of having seen n
Fix projecting there-I felt a pain in
face. Ny finger and my face tip
J the stick and gave me those
atches and then / thought of the
lrds at the bottom. | knew they
re about fifteen inches apart. and
th the vision OF these boards before
, forgetful Of the flashes of light |
l passed the different floors, /
uck
IL didn't hurt, l just felt rs If 4
'usand cannon doomed all at once
o my ears and then all was black.
Next | awoke as they carried me
the ambulance. | thought about |
sing. Every time an ironworker !
IS hurt he curses. An ironworker |
give trooper pointers on profan.
, but somehow death came looming |
before me again-I went through !
all over in my mind. and did not |
's. | haven't the habit. however. / |
w up my arms and legs and began |
realize | was alive-that | was not |
a new world, and then | felt thank
. The sky seemed bluer and the |
brighter than ii ever did and | re- |
we'd never to go up IL the air again. |
zen an ironworkor gets a fall he is |
more good at the business. / won't |
up any more, but up to yesterday |
.lways felt comfortable in the air. |
inging by two ropes"
els struck on ore two-irch board |
snapped 1t IL twain. His back |
uck the other ard was bruised. but
| it not been for the second board |
would have walked away. accord.
10 his own statements.-Den
4.