Fell 200 Feet To Death

February 1, 1892

 

FELL 200 FEET TO DEATH.

ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 1.—A new nine-story building being erected here was the scene to-day of a sensational death. A workman named Charles Moorehead was working on a window ledge on the ninth story, when his attention was attracted by something on the crowded streets below. He made a mis-step, and was hurled to instant death upon the stone pavement two hundred feet below..

 

From the collection of The Comtesse DeSpair
The 1892 Morbid Scrapbook

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