The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-05
'M'CORMICK'S
FATAL FALL.
Drcpp.d Three Stories in
Alice Building.
PUSHED FROM ELEVATOR
II Was Piled High With Merchandise
Some OF Which Fell.
YOUNG SMITHS MARROW ESCAPE

The new Lauderdsle building had q
fatal accident few days ago, and now
it is the new Alice buileing which fur
nishes the latest victim. Patrick Nc
Cormick. aged 80 years. porter in the
employ OF the O'Gorman Company, hav-
ing met his death late yesterday after
noon. by being accidentally thrown from
tue third floor of tho building down the
elevator we'll.
Naturally there was great deal Of con-
fusion when the fatality occurred, and
the only person who appeared to have n
clear idea Of what had happened was
Peter Mclean. q teamster, who was
working for the firm, and he gave
Msdical Examiner Palmer the facts in
the case. MCLEAN says that o
young man named Edward Smith was
running the freight elevator. and he, to-
gethcr with Mr.. McClean and Mccormick.
had loaded upon IL "A large quantity OF
boxes, boards buHcles and other pack
ages, which were To be carried TO the top
floor OF che building. The merchandise
was not carefully stacked and 1t extended
MP to q height OF about six feet or more,
the threo men who went up with IL hay-
ing barely room enough to stand on the
Middle street side OF tie elevator.
The elevator was started, and when 1t
was opposite the third floor the pile Of
boards tilted and fell over. bringing down
a nunter OF boxes and pacssgos. pushing
the three men off their narrow perch into
q recess alb ut ~ inches deep, iurmed by
one OF the windows. McC lean managed
to retain his hold on The elevator before Ia
clsared the recess. but McCcrmick az d
Go. a act n.A In. st ~
both fell to the bottom of the elevator
shaft, Mccormick striking INST Nc
Clean says he ntinue1 going up until
the elevator stopped, ana after remoyinR
the load. he descended and found that his
late companions were being cared for.
lie then lett the building and went about
his work.
Medical Examiner Palmer says there
Is no doubt that Mccormick was In
stantiy killed, ana as soon as the acci-
dent Was known in the store 1t was seen
that he gave no signs Of life. ALI efforts
were then made for tho relief of Smith,
who Is only 10 years Of age, anu 1t was
supps sed at first that Smith was in u
dangerous condition. he was renaered
unconscious by tie fall and IL was re-
ported tnnt totn legs we're broken. There
Was bad cut on one leg. where u big
piece Of flesh hnd been ROuRed out. There
were also many bruises. Itwas fcunc,
however, that the toy was not seriously
hurt and that 10 homes were broken, ard
after his cuts end bruises had reen
DIRE -sed he was taken to tho Rhode Island
Hospital.
McCurmick In his fall went headlong
and fell upon An iron pin several iucbes
LONG that preje ted inward from the
hCttcm or the I'll and was part of
the elevator machinery. Tie instrument
Iassed through the Top Of ths skull
and through the Train, coming out at
the jaw on the ri hand side OF the
face. Dsath coula OILY have BEEN in
stan ane0us. n is BODY WAS removed TO
tie morgus. where 1t remained until o
O'CLOCK last evening, when 10 was de-
livered to an undertaken. IRE uBfortu.
nnfe man, WHO tad only WORKER for the
firm four days, resided ut Is James street,
ana he iaves widow ard three children.
Smith lives on fettis street, and his
family was at once Motif d OF the injuries
that ne had received.