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...we found that Mr. Peter Carney one of the contractors for the masonry in the canal had fallen from a platform built for the use of the crains [sic] attached to the bridge, about 10 ft in height and fell on his head among the rocks - Hew as not killed but very badly injured -
After doing this work I drew a plan of the moving bridge over the guard lock for Mr. Tanner the contractor who is to build it for $850 - In the afternoon I went up to the Bridge and just had got there another accident had...

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...occurred. A man working to come down from the post of a craine and seeing a rope hanging before him thought he would climb down on that, accordingly he jumped from the post and caught the rope, which as it happened was not fastened at the top, and he fell down a distance of about 10 feet but was not seriosly injured-
I stayed at the bridge an hour or so and witnessed even another accident, though of less importance. A mason in turning a large stone got one of his fingers caught...