New-York tribune., 1909-05-17
PINNED BY ELEVATOR
C4R TAKEN APART TO
RESCUE HEROIC BOY.
Don't CRY, MotherT' He Begs,
Though Seriously Hurt n
Maids LiUeIy Scare.

While -year-oId Benjamin Goldsteln, after
being pinioned more than two hours between the
ton of an elevator and the ground moor OF 'iis
Kershaw apartments. at St. Nicholas avenue
and 173d street and rescued only after the en-
tire car had been taken apart. was stolcaHy
enduring serious internal injuries and begging
his mother not to cry. Nellie McDermou' ilidlu
emplOved by Mrs. Charles A. Low OF no 10
West 53d street nearly died from fright when
she was imprisoned in an elevator thaI hau
stuck between two floors in the Low nome.
The how Is the son of NJ a. Godstein, a china
dealer at No. 700 Broadway. Yesterday morn
ING he went out to walk along Washington
Heights with his nurse When they returned
the nurse left him for moment. ana uuIlHe
her absence he went into the elevator "hl'e "h
the runner. George Ward. of No. ia west i'"'N
street was in the basement telling the super
tendent of the building, Harry Balcon tha' O'e
machinery was out of order and the car ""u'u
not respond to the power
The minute the boy stepped into the car II
haear IN descend He tried jump out. but
was not quick enough and was caugh' anu '-,,D
bv the waist between the car and the floor ms
crv for help brought the nurse his parents al'"
several tenants.
NIre Goldstain's screams summoned Patrolnef
Firnegen and Dunn of the 152d street stauoh'
and caused the boy TO stop his outcries ana uS
20 comfort her Dr. Jacobs was summoned lro'"
the Washington Heights Hospital ana lfo'"
the slight examination that he was able 10 fil'Ne
said that the boy must he suffering intense POI
After many futile attempts Firemen CarIoi
and Hussev. Of Engine 81, were called IN an"
as II was impossible to lift the crushing "e'S"'
otherwise they decided to take the elevator
anart For more than an hour the men WORKED
Throughout the ordeal the childs oh'y 'IIeS
we're appeaIs 10 his mother to calm herseH- '"V
finally had to be led away.
When the boy was released it was f"uhu ''la'
ba v,s suffering from serious internal in
Iuries. the nature Of which the PHYSICIANS ''u'U
not tell Immediately. and he was taken 10
hospitsl despite his hystericaI mothers pro-
tests Ward the elevator runner was ''
The child's condition is grave.
While alone in the Low home yesterday after
noon Nellie McDcrmott decided 70 use the eleC-
tric elevator to her room. on the fifth floor. 9re
made the ascent without mishap but on the re-
turn she left the door open, and the car hau
gone only few feet when it stopped
She began screaming at the top of her voice
ord bar cries were heard by Vernon c. Brown.
who lives in the adjoining house No. Il west
Ard street, He informed Police Headquarters
and several men were sent from the East 5lst
street station
The, arrived simultaneously with May Efie'
waitress employed by Mrs Low. who admitted
them To the house. The cries We're traced to the
elevator shaft. and Patrolman Gerwig ran 70 the
fftb floor. where Nellie explained that the eleva-
tor was so constructed that 1t would run but
half the distance from one floor to the next un-
less all the doors were tightly closed
Gerwig closed the door, and Nellie walked TO
the basement after bringing the car 70 the fourth
floor