Show 0 I FELL THIRTY TH I FEET Young Ernest Erest the Victim of ofa ofa a Serious Serous Accident Ernest Rossiter the son of Mrs Mira lIr Rossiter of ot 27 North State i street had an a almost miraculous escape from death in an accident at his home yesterday In which he was wa precipitated from the roof of oC the house hous to the ground gound thirty feet Ceet below As A a result resul the young man Is now nOn n lying at the Holy Cross hospital suffering from a shattered wrist and probably some slight Internal injuries Yesterday morning Mr Rossiter de do decided tx that he would f paint f t the SI roof of his houe house and in order to t get at at the steep roof rot on the north side he fastened a ladder to the ridge pole and swung It down the side He thought the ladder was securely fastened and was wa paint painting paintIng painting ing near the top of the roof when the fastenings of oC the ladder suddenly gave way ay Under his weight the ladder shot like an a arrow down dow the steep In Incline dine cline carrying Mr tr Rossiter with wih It It As the ladder shot over oer the eve eves It whirled over and threw Mr Ir Rossiter from it and he fell feU with terrific force Core to the ground gound below The young man struck upon his side and in trying trIng to save himself with wih his right hand had ha both bones of his right wrist splintered For Fortunately Fortunately he lie fell fel Into a garden where I the ground gund was soft soft Otherwise ac according according cording to the statement of the doctor I he would undoubtedly have been killed I Dr J S Richards was wa summoned and the young man ma was wa conveyed im immediately immediately I i mediately to t the Holy Cross hospital where here his Injuries were attended to He complained of great pain and Dr Richards said that he might have hare sus sustained sustained tamed internal Injuries but he would be unable to determine the extent un ua until til t today |