Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA (Marlboro)
1827 - ACCIDENT.

In Marlborough on Wednesday last, as the workmen were raising the frame of a building designed for an Academy and Masonic Hall, an accident occurred of very painful consequences. When the whole frame except the roof had been raised, there were eleven persons standing on the roof. In this situation, the support of the beam gave way, and the beam broke and fell, precipitating the whole eleven into the cellar; in falling, the beam was broken and shattered into several pieces. Five of these persons escaped almost unhurt though they had fallen fifteen or twenty feet, from the plate to the cellar, landing among heaps of stones, broken timbers, and rubbish. The remaining six were all badly bruised, three of these had bones broken and were otherwise much hurt. No lives were lost at the time; but one of the unfotunate[sic] workmen was so badly bruised that his chance of recovery was thought to be very small; we have not since ascertained his fate. Some of the others have the prospect of a long and painful sickness, if not a permanent lameness to anticipate.

Salem Gazette
Salem, Massachusetts
September 21, 1827

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