GEORGE BOYLES DIES IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD AT LANSDALE
Veteran Lansdale Contractor, Seventy-six, Suffers Skull Fracture in Fifteen-Foot Plunge At Elm Terrace Hospital
WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO BUILDING
George Boyles, veteran Lansdale contractor, was instantly killed in a fall at Elm Terrace Hospital, shortly after 11 o'clock this morning.
Mr. Boyles who was seventy-six years old was working at one corner of the main building of the hospital with his son, Charles, at the time. They had just finished making repairs to loose bricks close to the roof.
The two men were taking down the scaffolding and Mr. Boyles was standing on the porch roof, about fifteen feet above the ground. A falling board struck him in the face, and in grabbing at it he lost his balance. He fell from the edge of the roof and struck his head on the cement walk beside the hospital building. The victim was taken inside the hospital to the accident ward, where Dr. Julius C. Wether was called from the operating room to attend him. The physician examined the man and pronounced him dead. He had apparently died instantly with a skull fracture.
Mr. Boyles was well-known in Lansdale as a stone mason and builder, having been in business for more than half a century. He worked on the Reading freight station, the Masonic Temple, and other public buildings, as well as numerous homes.
He is survived by his widow, Alice, and three children: Charles, of Lansdale; Mrs. George Aiken, Burlington, N.C., and Mrs. J. A. Rittenhouse, Valley Forge road. There are five grandchildren.
North Penn Reporter
Tuesday, February 23, 1943
Veteran Lansdale Contractor, Seventy-six, Suffers Skull Fracture in Fifteen-Foot Plunge At Elm Terrace Hospital
WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO BUILDING
George Boyles, veteran Lansdale contractor, was instantly killed in a fall at Elm Terrace Hospital, shortly after 11 o'clock this morning.
Mr. Boyles who was seventy-six years old was working at one corner of the main building of the hospital with his son, Charles, at the time. They had just finished making repairs to loose bricks close to the roof.
The two men were taking down the scaffolding and Mr. Boyles was standing on the porch roof, about fifteen feet above the ground. A falling board struck him in the face, and in grabbing at it he lost his balance. He fell from the edge of the roof and struck his head on the cement walk beside the hospital building. The victim was taken inside the hospital to the accident ward, where Dr. Julius C. Wether was called from the operating room to attend him. The physician examined the man and pronounced him dead. He had apparently died instantly with a skull fracture.
Mr. Boyles was well-known in Lansdale as a stone mason and builder, having been in business for more than half a century. He worked on the Reading freight station, the Masonic Temple, and other public buildings, as well as numerous homes.
He is survived by his widow, Alice, and three children: Charles, of Lansdale; Mrs. George Aiken, Burlington, N.C., and Mrs. J. A. Rittenhouse, Valley Forge road. There are five grandchildren.
North Penn Reporter
Tuesday, February 23, 1943
GEORGE BOYLES DIES IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD AT LANSDALE
Veteran Lansdale Contractor, Seventy-six, Suffers Skull Fracture in Fifteen-Foot Plunge At Elm Terrace Hospital
WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO BUILDING
George Boyles, veteran Lansdale contractor, was instantly killed in a fall at Elm Terrace Hospital, shortly after 11 o'clock this morning.
Mr. Boyles who was seventy-six years old was working at one corner of the main building of the hospital with his son, Charles, at the time. They had just finished making repairs to loose bricks close to the roof.
The two men were taking down the scaffolding and Mr. Boyles was standing on the porch roof, about fifteen feet above the ground. A falling board struck him in the face, and in grabbing at it he lost his balance. He fell from the edge of the roof and struck his head on the cement walk beside the hospital building. The victim was taken inside the hospital to the accident ward, where Dr. Julius C. Wether was called from the operating room to attend him. The physician examined the man and pronounced him dead. He had apparently died instantly with a skull fracture.
Mr. Boyles was well-known in Lansdale as a stone mason and builder, having been in business for more than half a century. He worked on the Reading freight station, the Masonic Temple, and other public buildings, as well as numerous homes.
He is survived by his widow, Alice, and three children: Charles, of Lansdale; Mrs. George Aiken, Burlington, N.C., and Mrs. J. A. Rittenhouse, Valley Forge road. There are five grandchildren.
North Penn Reporter
Tuesday, February 23, 1943
Veteran Lansdale Contractor, Seventy-six, Suffers Skull Fracture in Fifteen-Foot Plunge At Elm Terrace Hospital
WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO BUILDING
George Boyles, veteran Lansdale contractor, was instantly killed in a fall at Elm Terrace Hospital, shortly after 11 o'clock this morning.
Mr. Boyles who was seventy-six years old was working at one corner of the main building of the hospital with his son, Charles, at the time. They had just finished making repairs to loose bricks close to the roof.
The two men were taking down the scaffolding and Mr. Boyles was standing on the porch roof, about fifteen feet above the ground. A falling board struck him in the face, and in grabbing at it he lost his balance. He fell from the edge of the roof and struck his head on the cement walk beside the hospital building. The victim was taken inside the hospital to the accident ward, where Dr. Julius C. Wether was called from the operating room to attend him. The physician examined the man and pronounced him dead. He had apparently died instantly with a skull fracture.
Mr. Boyles was well-known in Lansdale as a stone mason and builder, having been in business for more than half a century. He worked on the Reading freight station, the Masonic Temple, and other public buildings, as well as numerous homes.
He is survived by his widow, Alice, and three children: Charles, of Lansdale; Mrs. George Aiken, Burlington, N.C., and Mrs. J. A. Rittenhouse, Valley Forge road. There are five grandchildren.
North Penn Reporter
Tuesday, February 23, 1943
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