2-Story Fall Injures Whitman Park Roofer

Camden Courier-Post, June 13, 1952

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2-Story Fall Injures Whitman Park Roofer John Weadership, 54, of 1630 Pulaski st., a roofer, was injured Thursday when he fell from the roof of a two-story house on 5th st. near Royden. Weadership was admitted to West Jersey Hospital suffering internal injuries and a possible fracture of the left ankle. He was taken to the hospital by police. Walter Spaeth, operator of G. F. Spaeth and Sons, 513 Benson st., who employs Weadership, said the workman was leaning against a wooden frame while holding a pulley to haul materials to the roof, when the frame broke.

John Weadership, 54, of 1630 Pulaski st., a roofer, was injured Thursday when he fell from the roof of a two-story house on 5th st. near Royden.

Weadership was admitted to West Jersey Hospital suffering internal injuries and a possible fracture of the left ankle. He was taken to the hospital by police.

Walter Spaeth, operator of G. F. Spaeth and Sons, 513 Benson st., who employs Weadership, said the workman was leaning against a wooden frame while holding a pulley to haul materials to the roof, when the frame broke.