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Show Alfred Hansen Terribly Injured Falls Thirty Feet, Crushes Head, Breaks Arms. August Christensen Jr. Hurt. , Skull fractured, face crushed, botli wrists broken, and a severe bruising and shaking up Is the result of an accident ac-cident that happened to Alfred Hansen, Han-sen, of the Seventh ward, early Thursday Thurs-day morning. The young man fell through an open skylight In thereof of the pavilion being erected for the Logan Amusement nnd Investment company, and he now lies at a local hospital In a terribly bad condition. Owing to a depleted vitality, the result re-sult of ill health for months, great doubt of ills lecovery Is entertained. Tho accident that resulted so disastrously dis-astrously to Hansen also broke the left ankle of a fellow-workman, August Chrlstenser.,Jr.ou whom he alighted In his downward plunge. ;Mr. Hansen fell fully thirty live feet and Christensen Christen-sen was directly beneath. This latter fact probably saved tho first-named from Instant death, and that Christensen Chris-tensen was not Injured more seriously seems a miracle. Prompt Aid. As Hansen fell workmen rushed to his assistance, and tho commotion attracted at-tracted Dr. D. C. Budge and Geo. I. Fames, who were passing In a buggy. Hut for this prompt assistance tho Injured In-jured man would undoubtedly have died there, as ho was extremely weak and could be handled only after strong stumulants had revived him. Both Hansen and Christensen were taken to the hospital Immediately and their Injuries In-juries dressed. Hansen's head was swollen too much to permit of an extended ex-tended examination, and orjly the knowledge that the skull was fractured frac-tured was obtainable. Whether the brain Is Injured Is undetermined. There Is a cut on the right side of the head, indicating that ho must have alighted on that side. His eyes are swollen bojond the comprehension of any wtio have not seen him and the left side of the face seems to bo crushed to a pulp. Ills wrists were badly broken, and though he recovers It will bo many weeks before Mr Hansen Han-sen will bo able to work. There arc various and sundry stories of just how tho accident occurred, but until Hansen is able, to talk the exact facts will not be known. The young man went up on the roof about 10 o'clock, and while walking there failed to discover an opening eighty foot square covered with paper that Is being be-ing used beneath the roofing. He fell through with the result stated. Christensen, Chris-tensen, on whom he fell, was kneeling on the floor, and while he can't toll Just how he was struck, It appears that Hansen's body must have alighted across his legs, tho left ankle being broken. Peculiarly Unfortunate. This accident Is an exceptionally unfortunate one, following as it docs a series of misfortunes covering two or three years Hut a comparatively short time ago Mr. Hansen was down for weeks with typhoid, finally with Inllammatlon pf the bowels, typhoid again, and then an operation for appendicitis ap-pendicitis was performed. During tho time that he was HI his wife became a mother and for weeks she was critically critic-ally ill. Added lo this, tho couple- was really destitute, and in recent weeks Mr. Hansen, though thoroughly unlit for work, found it necessary to got oui and hustle. Just a few weeks ago he had employment as a dellveryinan, but his strength would not hold out. Ho llnally secured work at the pavilion and now comes this terriblo misfortune misfor-tune Mr. Hansen Is but twenty-flvo years of age. His wife and child arc yet in destitute circumstances, and lb certainly cer-tainly seems that charity could extend ex-tend an open hand hero to splendid advantage It Is said that tho Logan Amusement and Investment company has been very kind thus far, but it would seem that there ought to be many good Samaritans In a case like this. Latkh. Last night Hansen was conscious and rational, and talked for a time, It Is believed now that his brain Is uninjured, and that perhaps only his scalp is terribly injured. It is not believed that ho Is Internally injured. |