Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1893 — A Terrible Fall. [ARTICLE]

A Terrible Fall.

«• A bad accident happened at St. Joseph’s College, afternoon. A number of the students at the college were playing about the new addition, and were hauling one another up on the temporary elevator that is used for hoisting brick and mortar, when the brick masons are at work. One of the boys, Thomas Glennon, of Peru, this state, had been pulled to the top of the third story, when he proved too heavy for the boys who were pulling him; and los ing their hold on the rope, the unfortunate lad fell the entire distance to the'floor of the first story. The force of the fall was partly broken by striking something at the sloor of the second story. From that point he fell head downward, and so struck the hard floor, 12 feet below. The boy was terribly injured, but for a wonder, was not instantly killed, and Dr. Hartsell, who is treating the case, thinks the chances are fair for his He remained -in a semi-comatose condition until yesterday morning, when he begin to brighten up a little and to complain of pain,—a good symptom under the circumstances. He is suffering from contusion of the brain, but if there be any fractures of the skull, they are not extensive enough to be discovered untill the great swelling subsides. The boy is 14 years old.