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ACCIDENT AT SUFFOLK DOWNS Eight Men Injured When Partly Con ¬ structed Barn Collapses Dur ¬ ing Storm at Boston BOSTON Mass June 15 Eight men were injured two critically when a partly completed section of the stables at the Suf ¬ folk Downs track in East Boston collapsed on them shortly after 2 oclock this after ¬ noon as they huddled under it seeking shel ¬ ter from a storm Only the comparatively light nature of the stable construction pre ¬ vented fatalities and a higher toll of in ¬ juries juriesThe The accident attributed to the high wind occurred in a section of the stables under construction at the rear of the Revere en ¬ trance to the track The section about eighteen feet high forty feet wide and u hundred feet long seemed to roll end over end when it crashed catching the men be ¬ neath flying timbers timbersOne One of the workmen is in a critical condi ¬ tion another has possible fractured pelvis and another a possibly fractured spine Two others with Injuries were taken to a Boston hospital
