Arizona republican., 1910-05-12
GEORGE CAMPBELL
 TERRIBLY INJURED FELL FORTY FEET FROM THE NEW Y. M. C. A. BUILDING. Suffered Compound Comminuted Frac- ture of Right Leg and Other
 Painful Hurts.

George Campbell. eldest son of Con- tractor Clinton Campbell, was fright
 fully, though in all probability not fatally, injured yesterday afternoon, in fall from just below the cornice of the new Y. NJ. C. A. building. a distance of about forty feet Only to his presence of mind in turning his fall into jump is due the fact that he was not instantly killed. He suffered compound comminuted fracture of both bones of the right leg. the terrible spraining of his left leg and countless contusions all over his body 1t is believed there was no serious internal injury. or at least no alarming signs of it were in evidence at a late hour last night.
 MT. Campbell was at work on a seaffold at the southeast corner of the building. just under the project ing roof Below him on the ground was collection of radiators, boards and such brick, rock and debris as generally surrounds a new structure. He was engaged in putting the fin ishing touches on some of the orna- mental work. and removing one of a number of bolts, some of which had already been taken out. There was no faulty construction of the scaffold, which held firmly, the young man merely losing his balance. The bolts that he had previously removed all required considerable force to dis lodge. but the last one he took hold of slipped out so easily he was take n by surprise. found no resistance to ..rt back. losing his equilibrium. There was nothing he could grasp, and in stantly appreciating that he must fall. he remembered the collection of iron and stones below and made q suc- cessful effort to clear them. He made a desperate jump into space, which had the effect of keeping his body very nearly upright. with the result that his feet struck the ground first, probably all that saved his life, but his right leg was horribly mangled. Almost the whole weight of the body and the force of it's accumulated ve- locity came on the foot and ankle joint, with the result that the latter was fractured into many pieces and the surrounding flesh was ground into a pulp.
 The ambulance was secured as quickly as possible, and the injured man was taken to the Sisters hospi- tal where Dr. Wylie and assistants gave him attention. He was given an anaesthetic, the limbs were dressed and both were put in plaster. It was announced last night that while no fracture was discovered in the left leg, it was terribly strained and bruised, and it was decided to put it in plaster for the time being. That limb was giving almost as much pain as the other.
 The right leg. however. is the one that gives ali. including the physi clans. the most perpleXity. The ques- ton that time alone will determine, is the extent of injury to the circula- tion of the blood. If that shall con- tinue good it is quite certain the foot can be saved, even though it may leave MT. Campbell crippled to some extent. But if it shall develop that the circulation is too greatly impaired it may result in the loss of the foot.
 The young man was suffering great ly from the shock last night, as well as from the pain itself. There is good reason for believing that there are no serious internal hurts, and the story that his arm and shoulder were also broken. which was in circulation last night. is not correct.