Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-05-18 | Page 8 | Veranda Gave Way

VERANDA CAVE WAY one woman killed and a number injured fall river mass may 18 one woman has been killed and two persons se verely injured by the collapse of a veranda on the third story of a bouse on king philip street five others who were on the veranda at the time had miraculous escapes from injury or death the dead woman is mrs vitaline Ver gernon and the injured arc mrs astave fre nette and eugene Ver gernon the party of eight were elated on the veranda when it collapsed without warning miss josephine croteau succeeded in clinging to a portion of the broken platform but the other seven were precipitated to the at the second story the force of the contact broke the rail on this balcony and mrs Ver gernon mrs frenette eugene ver gernon and alfred Ver gernon the last named aged 7 years rolled over the edge and into the yard thirty feet below mrs skull was fractured and she died while being carried into the house eugene Verger nori and mrs frenette were unconscious but alfred escaped without any apparent ill effect the three who succeeded in holding on to the second veranda had nothing more than slight bruises and miss croteau was rescued without in jury whatever