Window Washer Falls 3 Floors; Arm Fractured

Man Also Suffers Possible Fracture of Skull; Condition Is Reported Critical.

Harry Valdo, 40, a window washer, plunged from a window on the third floor of the Finance building, Nineteenth and Dodge streets, to the cement flooring of the court Saturday afternoon. He is in a critical condition at Lord Lister hospital.

Office workers who saw Valdo fall were amazed to find him alive when they reached him. Police surgeons found that he had received a double fracture of the right arm and a possible fracture of the skull.

Valdo was employed by the National Window Washing company. He lived at 974 North Twenty-fifth street.

Omaha Morning Bee, Omaha, NE, November 9, 1924

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