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April 26, 1891
Arizona Republican
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
What is this article about?
Robert Cannon survived a 40-foot fall from a scaffold by landing on his head, suffering only a facial scratch, in Kansas City.
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Saved by Striking on His Head.
Robert Cannon, a colored painter on the new belt line depot, was on a scaffold with a bucket of paint, on the fourth floor, when the scaffold broke, precipitating him to the ground, nearly forty feet.
The fall rendered him unconscious for a moment, and a crowd of workmen gathered, expecting to pick up the dead body. Cannon suddenly aroused, jumped to his feet, and, rubbing his head, said he guessed he must have been asleep. He struck the ground on his head, making a deep indentation in the soil, but he was not injured beyond a scratch on his face.
Cannon asked for a lay off for the remainder of the day and then walked to his home.—Kansas City Times.
Robert Cannon, a colored painter on the new belt line depot, was on a scaffold with a bucket of paint, on the fourth floor, when the scaffold broke, precipitating him to the ground, nearly forty feet.
The fall rendered him unconscious for a moment, and a crowd of workmen gathered, expecting to pick up the dead body. Cannon suddenly aroused, jumped to his feet, and, rubbing his head, said he guessed he must have been asleep. He struck the ground on his head, making a deep indentation in the soil, but he was not injured beyond a scratch on his face.
Cannon asked for a lay off for the remainder of the day and then walked to his home.—Kansas City Times.
What sub-type of article is it?
Survival
Extraordinary Event
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Survival
Triumph
Fortune Reversal
What keywords are associated?
Scaffold Fall
Miraculous Survival
Head Impact
Painter Accident
What entities or persons were involved?
Robert Cannon
Where did it happen?
Kansas City
Story Details
Key Persons
Robert Cannon
Location
Kansas City
Story Details
Robert Cannon, a colored painter, fell nearly forty feet from a broken scaffold on the fourth floor of the new belt line depot, landing on his head and making a deep indentation in the soil, but was only scratched on the face and walked home after.