Accident at the Council Chambers
A rather nasty accident occurred on a Tuesday morning in 1919 to Mr Richard Heaton. It appears he was standing on a small roof cleaning the windows of the Council Chambers when his foot slipped and he rolled along the roof into a fanlight in the conservatory which gave way and he fell a distance of about ten feet onto a boarded floor.
Help was quickly forthcoming and he was carried into the house, whilst two doctors were in attendance immediately.
Heaton is severely bruised about the back and legs, and though suffering considerable pain there does not appear to be any fractures.
Picture: Skegness Town Hall, Roman Bank, 1909.
Source: Skegness, Mablethorpe and Alford News 1919
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