The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-14
EIGHT PERSONS KILLED
IN elevator SHAFT.
Continued From Page One.

dead and Injured lay. Those who were
still alive were unconscious.
Six dead bodies were taken to the
morgue -Four seriously injured were taken
to the City Hospital. They are, Tony
Kirchner Of No. 1874 Franklin avenue.
Willie Pearson of No. 42n John avenue.
Abe Weinberg OF No. SO Franklin avenue
and Lorenzo Giocomo of No. T11 Wash
street.
The latter two died before o'clock
Pearson. it is believed. cannot survive un-
til morning. while Tony Kirchner Is suf-
fering from many broken bones and in
ternal injuries.
Those killed were: Joseph ProvaZnik.
No. 3llsA Pennsylvania avenue: George
Rottmann. No. 2loe Cass avenue: Carnline
A. VI. G.acomo. No. az Wash street; En-
est Buschart. No. 2ess Shenandoah avenue:
George Watson. No 2si0 Indiana avenue
and a boy named Sidener-
All were boys ranging in age from l. TO
Is years. with the exception OF Csrmine
Giacomo, who fell to his death with his
li-year-oid son
Superintendent c. II. Fly Of the par
Value Factory" which is the name OF the
branch where the accident occurred, ana
Director E. F. Shaw. who was also pres
ent at the time of the accident assisted
the injured and gave the authorities infor-
nation regarding the occurrence
They questioned many Of the employees
who were present at the time OF tine &C
cident. and all say that IT was due 10
fooIhariiness and haste OF some persons
who raised the gate al an incpportune mo
ment. and which. ii is believed. was raised
bv one or more Of the dead or injured
Joe Rosso. son of Frank Rosso. baker,
at No. lOI7 North Eighth street. VINO
works IN the laSting-room on the sixth
aoor. stated last evening that he was
standing at the left hand side OF the eie-
vator door when the car stopped Rosso
declared that one OF the older employees
told Johnson to go to the seventh floor
and ,o come back after these kids" later.
Rosso also declared that the employe then
raised the gate.
ELEVATOR BOY HELD
FOR INVESTIGATION
When the police arrived James johnson
NJ No. ISIS South Eighteenth street was
nr.red under arrest. johnson was the con-
Suc,or NJ the elevator. He IS held pending
an investigation
At the Four Courts he made the follow
ing statement:
81 went to the sixth floor In response to
tho cal, of the workmen and stopped there
In order to let them on. L could not raise
the gate however. and 1 shouted to the
bovs NO. 10 hear so hard against 1t. as l
fonnd I could not raise it with them push
ing against me- .. ,,5 wont
'.They paid no attention to me ana ana "eui .an
on pushing and shovihg anu NJ. on 81 vou
and went up to the seventh nooI; .voS .oS
on passengers on the seventh anu s'aItssu att
down again. when | nsaru sn2u.s .} ,.iiar fIs1'
That's all / know OF the accident
Johnson's statement is torne OUT uy
Edward Delarkey OF No. i6,2 N9Tth a- Sra
enteenth street and Engineer b. RI Bower
of No. 25l7 North Broadway, who cia'med ',5
to have questioned several workmen ana
boys about the AFFAIR ,,., s-s
positively identified until about 10 O'Clock
last night. When the relatives OF the We
tims heard of the accident they noched %
the morgCe-
Tony was one of the first to arrive: he
was sure that his son was dead ana trent
bled as he was led into the room ,, as II
stricken with ague. He cried. III give
800. 500: I'll give everything have In
this world IL my Tony is safe.
Tony was not among the dead and the
father went TO the IllS fioSptai ap
rarentlv happy. Before going he fdentf-
fed George Rottman. boy. for whom
his son had secured work at the Brown
factory only a week before.
Jacob Miller identified George Watson.
his nephew. who. with his sister Olivia. II
years old were the only support Of their
widowed mother.
Katie Provaznik. 1s years old identified
Joseph Provaznik. She almost went into
hysterics when she saw the boyish form
of her only brother.
At midnight there was stiil one unidenti-
fed body. A boy said that the unidentified
or Se,duer. who lived on the South Side.
The lad started out to try and get some
one to make the Identification complete.
Shortly after the accident occurred Jos.
G. Branch. Inspector OF Boilers and Esle-
vators, appeared at the Brown Shoe Com