SAD ACCIDENT AT SANDUSKY, OHIO. Fall of a Balcony Crowded with People – A Number Severely Injured.
SANDUSKY, Ohio, June 14. --
The balcony of West's hotel, which was crowded with people witnessing a tournament of the firemen, fell at 10 o'clock this morning, with a terrible crash. None were killed, but the following persons were seriously injured by the fall:
- MR. WALES, of Clyde, Ohio, leg broken; his wife was also badly bruised;
- MR. ARMS and sister, of Tiffin, Ohio, badly bruised about the head and chest;
- MR. TAYLOR, of Tiffin, Ohio, arm broken;
- MR. RICE, of Findlay, Ohio, arm broken;
- MISS MINNIE, of Tiffin, Ohio, chest crushed;
- MR. BLACK, of Vermillion, Ohio, arm crushed;
- MR. COSTIN, of Bellefontaine, ribs broken;
- JOHN ROSS, of Sandusky, terribly disfigured;
- and several others were less seriously wounded.
Philadelphia Press Pennsylvania 1860-06-15
Submitted & transcribed by Stu Beitler Thank you, Stu!
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