FRANK HUNT
FALLS TO DEATH
Falling a distance variously esti-
mated from thirty to forty feet when
a scaffolding broke at the Mor-
rell ice house in the west end this
morning, Frank Hunt, residing on the
corner of Moore and Williams streets,
sustained a broken neck and died al-
most instantly. With him on the scaf-
fold at the time was Henry Cason, a
colored man employed by the packing
concern, and he too fell and sustained
injuries that ane not considered of a
grave character.
The accident happened about 9:30
o'clock this morning as the two men
were at work on a scaffolding that
stood about the new addition being
built to the west end ice house of the
packing company situated above the
dam. A knot in the two inch plank
that weakened the board is held re-
sponsible for the breaking of the same
and the precipitation of the two men
some thirty or forty feet to the
ground below. Mr. Hunt upon strik-
ing the ground broke his neck and his
death immediately followed. His fel-
low empoye met with an injury to the
left arm, his lip was cut and a tooth
knocked loose, and he was otherwise
bruised and painfully hurt.
Mr. Hunt is a married man and is
survived by his wife, four sons and
one daughter. Also a sister, Mrs.
Henry Wagner, all residing in South
Ottumwa. The deceased was about 32
years of age and had been employed
as a laborer at the Morrell plant for
more than five years. The inquest
over the remains were begun at the
Daggett undertaking rooms at 3
o'clock. The funeral arrangements
will be made known later.
FALLS TO DEATH
Falling a distance variously esti-
mated from thirty to forty feet when
a scaffolding broke at the Mor-
rell ice house in the west end this
morning, Frank Hunt, residing on the
corner of Moore and Williams streets,
sustained a broken neck and died al-
most instantly. With him on the scaf-
fold at the time was Henry Cason, a
colored man employed by the packing
concern, and he too fell and sustained
injuries that ane not considered of a
grave character.
The accident happened about 9:30
o'clock this morning as the two men
were at work on a scaffolding that
stood about the new addition being
built to the west end ice house of the
packing company situated above the
dam. A knot in the two inch plank
that weakened the board is held re-
sponsible for the breaking of the same
and the precipitation of the two men
some thirty or forty feet to the
ground below. Mr. Hunt upon strik-
ing the ground broke his neck and his
death immediately followed. His fel-
low empoye met with an injury to the
left arm, his lip was cut and a tooth
knocked loose, and he was otherwise
bruised and painfully hurt.
Mr. Hunt is a married man and is
survived by his wife, four sons and
one daughter. Also a sister, Mrs.
Henry Wagner, all residing in South
Ottumwa. The deceased was about 32
years of age and had been employed
as a laborer at the Morrell plant for
more than five years. The inquest
over the remains were begun at the
Daggett undertaking rooms at 3
o'clock. The funeral arrangements
will be made known later.
FRANK HUNT
FALLS TO DEATH
Falling a distance variously esti-
mated from thirty to forty feet when
a scaffolding broke at the Mor-
rell ice house in the west end this
morning, Frank Hunt, residing on the
corner of Moore and Williams streets,
sustained a broken neck and died al-
most instantly. With him on the scaf-
fold at the time was Henry Cason, a
colored man employed by the packing
concern, and he too fell and sustained
injuries that ane not considered of a
grave character.
The accident happened about 9:30
o'clock this morning as the two men
were at work on a scaffolding that
stood about the new addition being
built to the west end ice house of the
packing company situated above the
dam. A knot in the two inch plank
that weakened the board is held re-
sponsible for the breaking of the same
and the precipitation of the two men
some thirty or forty feet to the
ground below. Mr. Hunt upon strik-
ing the ground broke his neck and his
death immediately followed. His fel-
low empoye met with an injury to the
left arm, his lip was cut and a tooth
knocked loose, and he was otherwise
bruised and painfully hurt.
Mr. Hunt is a married man and is
survived by his wife, four sons and
one daughter. Also a sister, Mrs.
Henry Wagner, all residing in South
Ottumwa. The deceased was about 32
years of age and had been employed
as a laborer at the Morrell plant for
more than five years. The inquest
over the remains were begun at the
Daggett undertaking rooms at 3
o'clock. The funeral arrangements
will be made known later.
FALLS TO DEATH
Falling a distance variously esti-
mated from thirty to forty feet when
a scaffolding broke at the Mor-
rell ice house in the west end this
morning, Frank Hunt, residing on the
corner of Moore and Williams streets,
sustained a broken neck and died al-
most instantly. With him on the scaf-
fold at the time was Henry Cason, a
colored man employed by the packing
concern, and he too fell and sustained
injuries that ane not considered of a
grave character.
The accident happened about 9:30
o'clock this morning as the two men
were at work on a scaffolding that
stood about the new addition being
built to the west end ice house of the
packing company situated above the
dam. A knot in the two inch plank
that weakened the board is held re-
sponsible for the breaking of the same
and the precipitation of the two men
some thirty or forty feet to the
ground below. Mr. Hunt upon strik-
ing the ground broke his neck and his
death immediately followed. His fel-
low empoye met with an injury to the
left arm, his lip was cut and a tooth
knocked loose, and he was otherwise
bruised and painfully hurt.
Mr. Hunt is a married man and is
survived by his wife, four sons and
one daughter. Also a sister, Mrs.
Henry Wagner, all residing in South
Ottumwa. The deceased was about 32
years of age and had been employed
as a laborer at the Morrell plant for
more than five years. The inquest
over the remains were begun at the
Daggett undertaking rooms at 3
o'clock. The funeral arrangements
will be made known later.
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