The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-30

FELL FIVE.
STORIES
Serious Disaster in Heinz
Pittsburg Plant.
TWENTY THREE
BADLY INJURED
TWO at Least Of This Number
Will Not Recover.
THE CAGE DROPPED
FROM FIFTH FLOOR
twas overcrowded, and Not One Of
the Twenty-three Occupants Es-
capped lnjury-The Accident is
Said to Have Been
Caused by Drum
ken Men,.
{By Associated pre,s.)

PITTsBURG. PA. Junes 2e.-The
breaking of shaft on the first floor OF
the "A. j. Heinz Co.'S plant In Allegheny
to day released the ropes supporting a
large elevator on which twenty three
persons were crowded The cage fell
from the fifth floor into the cellar. dis
tance OF IS feet. and everyone on the
elevator WAS Injured. 1t is thought that
at lcast two will die.
The list OF injured:
John Chnrney. Allegheny, both legs
broken; Will likely die.
Mrs. Edward Holman, Mount Hope,
N. r.. injury to spine; will probably die.
Joseph Weber. Allegheny. both legs
broken; condition serious.
O. p. Thompson, Allegheny leg crush
ed.
Mrs. c. r. sammons. East End, Pitts
burg, spine injured.
Imogene Redman. Paris, KY. ankle
sprained and spine injured.
Andrew Boak. Allegheny. ankle
sprained.
II. A. Morrison. Hazelwood, compound
fracture right leg.
Mrs. A Lotha, Allegheny. conclusion
OF spine and ankle sprained.
n william Koncana. Cleveland, O.. ankle
sprained and spine injured.
! &c. Howak. Cleveland, ankle sprained
and injury to spine. Z,
Mrs. A. vodraska, Allegheny. cut by
flying glass.
Charles spurney, Cleveland. o., body
John Lotabar. Cleveland. O.. concus
sion OF spine.
Mike Demko. Cleveland. leg sprained.
John Zabiasky. Cleveland. ankle
sprained.
Mrs. William Mitchell. Hazelwood, leg
fractured in two places.
e n {~fo paf1 Ia aIyrn
fractured.
John Brotsky. Pittsburg. ankle sprain-
steven Jasco. Cleveland. ankle sprain-
ed.
Mrs. Minnie Spring, Glcnshaw. ankle
sprained.
pound fracture OF leg.
Mrs. George Sherlock. Hazelwood,
compound fracture left leg.
WAS OVERCROWDED.
When tho accident occurred the ele-
,vator was evidently overcrowded. sAc-
cording to what was told this evening by
Dr.. j. IS. Phillips. physician at the plant
tho antics OF two men on the elevator.
Who we're intoxicated. caused the dis
aster, DR.. Phillips said the two men
crowded on the car after being told by
the operator to stay off. Once on they
commenced jumping. with the result
that the shaft snapped and left the ele-
vator without control.
According to The story told by VIII
liam Koncana, a dry goods merchant. OF
Cleveland. might ut the hospital. there
was no disorder In the crowd,
IT thought there were too many on
the car" he said fwhen ] saw how
crowded we We're, and as soon as the
car left the fifth floor am certain that
every one realized that something mad
happened to the machinery and that the
elevator was slipping,
."rhere was not sound or cry uttered
by any one until we landed in heap IN
the cellar
All hut two of the injured were visitors
to the Heinz plant.
Weber and Thompson are employees OF
the company.
The cleveland people are members OF
the Bohemian Catholic Central Union and
took part in the blessing of the guns OF
the cadets Of st. George. of Allegheny. on
Sunday. To-day they took for sight-see-
ing, and the Heinz plant was on the pro-
gramme.
An examination of the plant and ma
chinery showed that those injured mar
rowly escaped instant death as the 100
pound weight at tho side OF the shaft
shot to the roof of the building ripped
through the timbcrs at the top and fell
half It's length through tho ceiling over
the sixth floor. Had the timbers been
little less stout the huge weight would
have fallen nearly sixty feet upon the
mass of injured people hudded In heap
on the floor Of the demolished elevator.
The screams of the injured and the
crash of the huge cage as 1t struck the
bottom of the shaft brought hundreds of
workmen and women to the rescue. and
a hurry call was sent for physicians and
ambulances and the injured were hastily
examined and hurried to the hospitals.
This Is the first serious accident which
has ever occurred at the plant.
Tn statment given out by the officials
of the plant 1t was stated that the ele-
vator was Thoroughly overhauled and a
new drum placed In position about two
years ago. and had always been Inspected
daily by the man In charge of the ma
chinery, once a week by the oiler and
once a month by the millwrlghts. The
break occurred In a place Impossible to
he detected by the inspectors s 1t was
inside the large drum.