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Show PART OF A' BUILDING ' FELL Thrc? of the workmen engaged In the razing of the building adjoining the Klesol oflice on Twenty fourth street narrowly escaped death or serious seri-ous injury nt 9 o'clock, this rooming, when the half wrecked structure co:-lapi?d. co:-lapi?d. allowing thf trio of workers to drop a dlstunce of nearly twenty feet. Fortunately none of the men was seri"Uy hurt, although J. L Holmes had , his ankle severely wrenched Hiid wai otherwise bruised about the legs and hips. The building. 13 being torn down to make way for the new Hudson avenue. ave-nue. The work is bHng done under the pergonal supervision of J. W. Jone. who was working on the roof beams toother with Holmes and D K. Fclton. when tho accident occurred. occur-red. The frame work of the roof, the only part- of lb,? 'Hdin left standing, stand-ing, suddenly cave way, allowing the men to drop to the Urst floor among the debris. Had any workmen been under the limbers at tho time, they must surely have been killed. Pelton and Jones were able to extricate extri-cate themselves from the broken timbers, but Holmes was less fortunate. for-tunate. Ho was helped from under some of the wreckage, which had pinned one of his legs, and taken . his room. U was thought that his leg wus broken, but a careful examination ex-amination proved that the Injury was to the ankle and consisted of badly vrenched ligaments. It will probably I l-o several days before Holmes will lx ablo to resume work. |