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Show A FEARFUL ACCIDENT. About noon to-day James McGregor, an employee of Mr. F. E. Schoppe, was engaged in stripping the shingles from the roof of the Richards building, on Second South street, a short distance west of the White House, preparatory to covering the roof with tin. He got too near the west end of the structure, lost his balance and fell to the ground a distance of about fifty feet. Mr. Patterson, who witnessed the accident, states that he landed upon some loose shingles, the force with which he struck being so great as to cause his body to rebound. He was picked up in an insensible condition, but life was not extinct. He was at once conveyed to St. Mark's Hospital. The extent of the unfortunate man's injuries is not yet known, but it would be marvelous if he should survive after his fall from the roof of a three-story structure.-News. |