The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1908-12-18
BAD ACCIDENT HAPPENS ~
WoRKNEN on NEW NJ. +.
CHURCH.
Fred Barr Ii Dead and d a. Ether-
ington Badly Injured Support
Under scaffold Gives Way, Dashing
Men Nearly g Feet q Frozen
Ground Below.

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Z One OF the sad dest acci dents which
has occurred In Aberdeen in many
day was the falling OF two wOrkmen
yesterday forenoon from q scaffold
while working on the new Methodist
church. AZ q result one man, Fred Y
Barr. Is dead. and the other man. ii.
A. Ellington lies In ST. Luke,s hos
pital badly injured.
MI About 4 Q o'clock yesterday morning
the two men were taking down the
scaffolding which had been used iii
erecting the building Barr was ol, II
the edge Of q plank and Ethington
was sitting In the middle Of another
next to him. Barr was turning
around to get some rope with which
to make the leg which held the scat
fold more secure when the leg IN
collapsed and thus removed
the support from one. side OF the
.planks. They fell 33 feet inches
to the ground, landing upon bare fce.s
The men on the scaffold were the
only workmen on the outside OF the
building, and their comrades did not
realize what had happened until they
rushed out Of the hui ling upon hear
the noise Of the fall and there they
lbeheld the injured men. Aid was inn
mediately summoned, and soon both
Victims were on the " to the hos
pital. Barr was 90 badly INJURED.
however, that he barely reached tho
hospital alive. Many bones had been
broken and he was torn almost In
two.
Mr. Ethington, who 80 miracul lous-
ly escaped death, was attended to by
DIR. Arnold and has since been rest-
Ing as well az could be expected.
While the full extent OF his injuries
are not known at present 1t is not
thought that he Is in dangerous
condition. It ia probable, however.
that he will be unable to work again
during the winter. 4. Et Ellington
has resided In Aberdeen with his
family at 5O2 South Jackson street..
in Nicollet Park addition. He was
the best Of the carpenters employed
by w. Il. Church, a former contractor,
residing in Aberdeen, and who has
been at the bedside Of the patient
since the accident. Iss
& The remains OF Fred Barr were
taken to Wilson'S undertaking par
ilors, while word was sent tosthe un-
fortunate mans parents, who reside
at West Concord, inn, and word
was received from the father M.
Barr, that he would be here today.
The dead man was 3 years Of age
and widower, his wife having died
about four years ago. For the past
few years he had been working at
Elevator building In South Dakota
and had also taken a claim in the
vicinity Of Lennon. Until the father
Of the deceased arrives today 1t is (
not known where the funerad and In
terment will be, but IT is probable
that he will be taken to- the home Of
his parents for burial
Last night Mr.. Ethington WAS
able to talk to an American reporter.
He gave the full details Of the acct
|dent. In describing his fall be said:
|aI inyoluntarily grabbed for the
plank upon which it was sitting as /
felt myself falling. a couple of feet.
below me could see jsiins partner
turning over and over as he fell, as
he had nothing to guide his down
ward course. He had been on the
lend OF "a plank and had been unable
to grasp 1t. As the planks fell they
travelled at an angle with the ground q
beneath, and SO when I struck the falI
was considerably broken. On the
Iother hand, the other man struck the
ground upon his shoulder and was al:
most dashed to pieces. When IS
struck the ground ! did lose con-
Isciousness, but rolled over and over
Ito get out Of the way for fear there
was more to follow must have
lrolied about ten or twelve feet ills
lthat way, and, although Z was s,lf-s
lfering Intense pain IN my back did
mot think was dangerously hurt. &