Citation - New Hampshire Gazette-Portsmouth: 1768.01.22

NHG-P.768.007
22 Jan 1768:23 (590)
New-York, January 7.  On Monday the 28th dec. one John
Abrahams, a carpenter, who was at work on the Play-House,
going out upon a shed to hang a window, his foot slip'd, &
he fell about 28 feet into the yard, where his thigh, hip,
arm, shoulder, and other bones were broken, and otherwise
terribly bruised.  he had the best assistance, but the bones
could not be set, and he died the next night.