Show serious accident on wednesday evening mr J B met with a serious accident that might have resulted more dangerously than it did the gentleman had given a recitation in the free reading room and was on his way to attend a rehearsal in the theatre turning round ahoe shop he made for the east entrance to the theatre when lie fell into the excavation that has been made at the i sar of the place is at least aix feet deep and air walton being in a hurry fell with great force he struck hia back and lay there several minutes unconscious mr john passed by soon afterwards and hearing somebody groaning jumped down into the cellar and lifted mr walton up help was brought a buggy and the gentleman was taken home he was confined to his bed until last evening ey ening when he got up feeling a little better people making excavations in the middle of thoroughfares like the one in question fence them at night and hang a lamp to let people who are in the habit of passing that way know what is being done it is fortunate that no accident of a more serious nature has resulted than the one chronicled |