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Show HURT IN QUEER ACCIDENT. j Four Mon Injured, One of Whom Will Dio. NEW YORK, Nov. 12. Four men, I one of whom probably will die, were Injured In-jured today In an extraordinary accident acci-dent caused by an automobile truck In East Fourteenth street. A corrugated Iron canopy extended over the sidewalk In front of the Dewey theater, was knocked down by a truck which crashed Into one of the upright posts. The canopy can-opy weighed four or five tons and was covered with incandescent lights. Persons Per-sons who had stopped to observe the antics of the truck, which appeamd to have got out of the chauffeur's control, were caught In the crash. Hundreds of men quickly gathered . around the wreckago and exerting their 1 united strength raised It a couple of feet. The weight was too great and they let It fall back to the sidewalk. John Faber, one of tho men beneath, was struck by a piece of Iron when the roof fell back and his injuries were greatly increased. At the second attempt It was turned over and four men were rescued. All hod broken limbs or were badly bruised. Faber's skull appeared to have been crushed and one of his legs was broken. bro-ken. The men In charge of the truck were arrested- |