The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-01
NINE FALL In AN ELEVATOR.
IT DROPPED FIVE STORIES. BUT NO
ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT.

Six Young Women Faintcd-EIcvntor Boys
Hands Torn by Nainiy Hauling mt tho
Rope-Mon Who Tried Jumping When
tho Crash Game Bumped Their Heads.
An elevator containing nine persons fell from
the NTH floor OF the building ut 81 Lafayette
place to the cellar yesterday morning For the
first two floors the car dropped slowly. but IL
descended as fast as a car could travel after
that. and the remarkable thing about the acci-
dent Is that not one OF the nine people in the
car was seriously injured although all were
bruised and badly shaken up. The elevator
BOY was injured more than anybody else his
hands being badly decorated by the rope, to
which he held in his efforts 10 stop the ear
The building ut - LAFAYETTE place is occu-
pied entirely by printing. publishing aud book
binding concerns. The elevator met with
slight accident. it is said. several weeks ago.
and as a result many Of the tenants have used
the stairs regularly since A few minutes be-
fore o'clock yesterday morning tho elevator
boy. Charles Mnnnhcimcr. brought the car
down to the ground floor and opened the door
to take on passengers. Eight people were
waiting. and Mannhcimcr started M with
them. The passengers we're Charles Con and
i. +. Brady Of the Sterling Bindcry COMPANY;
Eliza Trainor, Mamie Mucahy and Christina
Black of the same concern. and N"ttic shea,
Maggie M9honcy and Agatha Murray OF tho
>, The car wentup all right until it got between
NE fourth and NTH floors Then II stopped.
half minute had elapsed the ear, started
slowly ny again. 1t reached the nth moor. but
before Aannheimer could throw opcn the door
but his efforts were futile Twice he was
brought pp nenins, tn" ceiling OF the ear with
the .r skin was torn from his hands
The, car went down to the third floor slowly,
out when il reached that point it fell at ipll
speed. The girls inside screamed. and the
men grabbed at the rope in futile Efforts to
stop the car It went right on down TO tho
Which was heard all over the building, John
campbell the engineer. realized what had hap
pcnnd as soon MS he heard the crash and run:
could Mr Con and MT Grady "S w t%S' I rrac
ticnlly unhurt aud assisted Campbell TO carry
fright, and the men thought they were killed.
4 shout Tor doctor was, raised and DR.. Aaron
nearby at the time. ran into the cellar He had
al 81 the women carried upstairs. and alter
work ing over them for little while restored
them to consciousness.
All the girls we're bruised. but no bones were
broken, and DIR. Dcnehot2 said that so far as
he could see no one was badly injured. Some
OF the girl Is were suffering from shock. but APP
parently had nSt sustained any internal in
luries Mr.. Goff and Mr. Grady had umps on
being struck 10y the roof OF tn" car. Some time
ago. in talking over the possibilities Of an "c;;
that il a ear fell with them In il they You'll
Jump up lust before the smash came They
GIpGr d1 Win this ETHRn yHsteray hut
escapt from more serious. damage. however.
Vent 9d9 20 IS hsr E.n YH9F MbhGmbGs
hands and heal treated
The cause OF the accident was not clear.
Englneer>C2mpbcll thinks that the siippng Of
around which the elevator cable winds itself.
to run free. which dropped the elevator at once.