OCR Text |
Show I ROCKEFELLER HAS A NARROW ESCAPE New York. Dec. 12. John D. Rockefeller Rocke-feller narrowly escaped being "it on I Hie 'ead with a 'ose" yesterday on 'his way to the Fifth avenue Baptist church. The story of his escape Is ; to'd by a traffic policeman, who was ; on duty nearby. The man who sav-j sav-j ed Mr Rockefeller from disaster is ' an Englishman who is employed by a contracting firm em a Fifth avenue ' building Just above the church. The Englishman was superintending superintend-ing tie lowering of a fifty foot lire , Lose from tho roof of the bulhliiu; ! -vhen Mr. Rockefeller came walking ! briskly down the avenue. The hose .as lined with Ice and frozen solid. A workman on the roof was gradually lowering It, Mr. Rockefeller looked ! up and moved' quickly. " 'Urry up, mister," said the Eng-j Eng-j iishman from the curb "The ose J i "ay drop any minute and we don't I want it to 'it anybody on the cad " Just after Mr. Rockefeller bad I passed, the hose fell on the sidewalk I with a heavy thud. I When the Englishman was tuld that ' It was Mr. Rockefeller who had Just , passed, bo waj considerably 6ur-, 6ur-, orised. "What, that Ro kele-llcr the man wi'h the 'igh 'nf" he inquired. "Well, I in glfd 'o got by before this 'oso dropped. ' |