Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-10-09 | Page 3 | Falls from Pillar Watching Ball Game

C FALLS FROM PILLAR V A BAll GAME OAME GA In Moment of Excitement Man Lets Go and Falls His Neck Is Broken New cw York Oct 8 Considering S. the tho size of ot tho the crowds at the Polo grounds and an their recklessness a la in seeking points of ot vantage from which to view the game ame It is remarkable that only one fatality occurred Henry T. T T McBride a 11 fireman of ot cn- cn engino gino company compan No 71 at nt Park avenue and One Ono Hundred and ninth Fifty street was wan killed by falling to the street from a pillar of or the elevated McBride c. c who held a rt grand stand ticket reached the grounds too late to got get ct In ll He climbed to the top of or a pillar at atEI EI Eighth avenue and One Ono Hundred d and ninth Fifty street and hold heM himself on onby onby b by the iron work above him In a aI moment of oC excitement ho loosened hl his I hold and tell foil to the tho asphalt landing on his head Ills His neck was broken by bythe b I tho the fall faD Before Detore the police reached him hint other fans were striving ln to climb tho the pillar and get set his hia place