Show fell on oil the floor tho the S L irr all reports the following accident on C tuesday tuesday another unfortunate and serious serious accident took place lace the victim was a man mail hanics named J jos hick hicks employed on oil the academy of music on second south street the man mail was on the top scaffolding at the rear end of the tile building and was walking along an all unsupported portion when it cave a le way and lie fell striking on the joist of the sec cond story and then on the floor of the first the weight of his fall thus being bein broken brol the distance was probably fifty cn y feet fellow labor ers immediately in y di y ran to liis his assistance it was discovered that no bones were broken but that tho the un fortunate man bad sustained severe internal injuries he ile was immediately taken homo home and medical aid was ill in attendance the accident is believed to be due to the carelessness of tho the victim himself mr geo who has charge of the carpenter work in the building was at the time of tho the occurrence absent at the deathbed death bed of his father ho he had given instructions c eliat workmen lm should not go over the unsupported scaffolding which at that part of the tile building was not braced because it was not used but for some reason hicks started across it and it broke with the result above stated I E L T harrison and tind johns Lindsay had bad some dr drawings F spread out upon the floor immediately i i under tinder the place where the broke and on oil hearing a crash boffi bogli ran only in time to save themselves from fearful injuries if not death for immediately afterwards a large piece of joist came down and the end crashed through the drawings of the gend gentlemen ellien J going through the floor the drawing was cut into twenty pieces there alie remarkable feature therefore of the whole affair is that the accident was not more general and fatal in its character cliar acter |