| Show CLOSE CALL TO DEATH on wednesday rutus rufus jeppson same came as near to being transported to the other side as he probably ever will come without actually crossing the bar he was engaged in carrying timbers in the third story of the sugar factory and while threading his way along the narrow foot path with a timber across his shoulder one end of it struck a beam and threw him off hla his balance with the result that he pitched headlong to the ground a distance of perhaps 65 feet alighting on a soft spot between two concrete piers which had been constructed A few feet to either side would have landed him on the solid concrete and that would have been the finish of him in all probability As it was rufus received a sevare severe shaking up and is very sore as a result but no bones were broken and in a day or two he be will feel himself again |
