Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1916 — JOHN HAYES BADLY INJURED [ARTICLE]

JOHN HAYES BADLY INJURED

Falls from Scaffold Monday Evening When Ladder Rung Gave Way. John G. Hayes, while at work painting at the new residence of Mrs. John Martindale, fell a distance of about fourteen feet about 5 o’clock Monday evening and alighted oft his back on the edge of a cement walk which extended six or eight inches above the ground. He was badly hurt, but the full extent of his injuries is hardly known at this writing. Rumor had it soon after the accident that his back and left arm were broken, but this proved to be untrue. However, it was not known yesterday bow the injuries might terminate. He struck the edge of the walk with thd small of the back, and when picked up and removed to his home he was practically paralyzed. Mr. Hayes was at work on a scaffold suspended between two ladders, when the rung of one of the