The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-30
FATAL FALL OF ELEVATOR
DISASTER AT HEINZ CO.'S PLANT
 IN ALLEGHENY, PENN.

Tweuty-ahree Persons Crowded Into the Cage and All Are IDjared d-BreaL- ing of shaft Causes the Accident AT che Victims Visitors Except Two Drunken Men Held Responsible.
 Pittsburg, June 29-The breaking of a shaft on the first floor of the H. J. Heinz company's plant in Allegheny to- day released the ropes supporting large freight elevator on which twenty three persons were crowded. The cage fell from the fifth floor into the cellar. a distance of forty-fiye feet, and every one on the elevator was injured. It is thought that at least two will die.
 The list of injured: .. John churney, Allegheny, both legs broken; will likely die.
 Mrs Edward Holman. Mount Hope. ! N. J., injury to spine; will probably die.
 At Allegheny General hospital:
 Joseph Weber, Allegheny, both legs broken: serious.
 0. P. Thompson. Allegheny, leg crushed.
 Mrs. C. R. Summons. East End. Pitts burg, spine injured. -
 Imogene Redman, Paris, Ky, ankle sprained and spine injured.
 At West Penn hospital:
 Andrew Bolak, Allegheny, ankle sprained. .-.-..s. ..'.:
 H. A. Marrisen, Hazelwood, compound fracture right leg. s "-'-.,-.
 Mrs. A. Lotha, Allegheny, eoncussion of spine and ankle sprained.
 William Konkana. Cleveland, ankle sprained and spine injured.
 At Allegheny hospital: ...
 c. HoWak, Cleveland, ankle sprained and injury to spine. .sz Mrs. A. Vodraska, Allegheny. cut by flying glass. @# ., .....s Charles sprney, Cleveland, body badly bruised. &.~.s.
 John Kotaybar, Cleveland, concussion of spine. --... ... ... f Mrs. George Sherlock, Hazelwood. compound fracture left leg.
 Michael Demiko, Cleveland, leg sprained. .,.g.. ......
 John zabriskie, Cleveland, ankle sprained. ,.. .,..
 Mrs. William Mitchell Hazelwood, leg E fractured in two places. ...4
 Mrs. Victor Bailey, Hazelwood, leg fractured ..a" . j.
 John Brotsky, Pittsburg, ankle sprained &.5@
 Stephen Jasco. Cleveland, ankle sprained; taken home. .sss. $a Mrs. Minnie Spring. Glenshaw, ankle < sprained.
 ,-r Mrs. E. W. Thornton Hazelwood. compound fracture of leg. sssS a@sg
 When the accident occurred the ele- vator was evidently overcrowded, Ac- cording to what was told this evening by Dr. U. s. Phillips, physician at the plant, the antics of two men on the ele- .vator, who were intoxicated, caused the disaster. Dr. Phillips says 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. z, According to the story told by Will liam Koncano, a dry goods merchant of { Cleveland, tonight at the hospital there was no disorder in the crowd. q thought there were too many on the car,' he said, awhen I saw how crowd ed we were, and as soon as the car left the fifth floor am certain that every one realized that something had hap pened to the machinery and that the elevator was slipping. There was not a sound or cry uttered by any one until we landed in a heap in the cellar" 2 All but two of the injured were visit ors to the Heinz plant. Weber and B Thompson are employees of the com- pany.
 An examination of the shaft and ma- chinery showed that those injured nar- rowly escaped instant death, as the 750- pound weight at the side of the shaft shot to the roof of the building. ripped through the timbers at the top and fell half it's length through the ceiling over the sixth floor Had the timbers been a little less stout the huge weight would have fallen nearly sixty feet upon the mass of injured people huddled in a heap on the floor of the demolished ele- vator. rsA....
 The screams of the injured and the crash of the huge cage as it struck the bottom of the shaft brought hundreds of worknlen and women to the rescue. and a hurry call was sent for physi- clans and ambulances and the injured were hastily examined and hurried to the hospitals.
 In a statement given out by the off, cials of the plant it was stated that the elevator was thoroughly overhauled and new drum placed in position about two years ago, and had always been in- spected daily by the men in charge of the machinery once week by the oiler and once a month by the millwrights. The break occurred in place impossi- ble to be detected by the inspectors, as 1t was inside the large drum. K
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