The evening world., 1912-04-23
HUNG HEAD Down
NEARLY HOURS;
CRYING IN AGONY
Employee Caught in Garage
Elevator While Firemen
Worked to Free Him.

John Harvey, an employee at the In
eerraiional Garage at No. &c West
Uortieth street, was taking an automo-
0le TO an upper floor OF tho garage
about i.G this morning whe, In some
vay he got jammed between tho eleva.
ser a n the edge Of the fourth f,o,r
ms legs were caught and he hung h 4
eewnward until $50 o o'clock. a great part
Of the time imploring DR.. Victor Of the
New York Hospital to kill him.
beeios him on . ladder DR.. Victor ~
- Infections Of morphine. Blu, Harvey's
agony was 90 srea, that his terrible
Giles and his prayers that his life should
- ended % unnerved the men Of "
uck companies Of the Fire d. Department.
working for his release that they had
u beg the doctor TO take some st. niger
eosps. a. they were unable to continue
tAsir task. .
Dr.. Victor thea administered small
quantities Of ch!oroform.
On another ladder beside Harvey was
IL itev. Father Foley Of Holy Cross
Church on West Forty.second street
01v'ng the last rites Of the Church. Har-
wy hung in this piii.ui plight for one
40 t~hree-quartcrs hours while the FIRE.
nan worked fran,ically to free him,
. he died five minutes before ne was
cut out.
WOMEN FAINT ON HEARING HIS
AeohizED CRIES.
His cries aroused the enure nelshbor.
hood. and tho police reserves had to b<
eoaied out 10 restrain the crowd.
The people were 30 distressed by the
sArieks OF agony that they wanted to
break INFO the building to help In the
! seseue. and the police . great ain.
culfy IN holding the back. During the
cries several women In the thronS
tainted N others becl M hystericli.
Just before la Rochelle Bleu, a cnau..
seur. l,ipy at No. ~ Sheffield street
Gswa,k. y j.. drove a biz Limousine
car Into tae garage. lie ran IL onto
Do tie, ator and blocked Its wheels
Uar,sy TOOK charge OF the lift.
Jns elevator was operated by a cable
IL IL supposed that rs he passed thu
'teLx f.oSr Harvey. VINO Was going e
tbs ts...in fsoor. ched for the abb
Mo .ss.hg II. loot his balance and a..
o.. d. -. .sea.as. .ne shail uelng door
tsxs.
,fhe elevator sar continued upward
cauSht fIatNey"s legs and dragged then
W. tct"eua, lac vuse ot the floor OF tn.
fcar and Ia, 5il ca work between the cell
ms OF the tn!rd and the floor OF tn,
.4ourti floor. we3s.ng him In 50 t.gh:.,
Il fhA or Nm. Ats..AAl .nl .N--l
fatamed.
lHiartey's head danyled down over Ia
1Den shaft. MS cries were heard b
1ylchael Mekennsr Of No. U wss
1oirty-seyenth street, who was workin
NJ lower floor. They were also hear
Patrolman O'Corman Of the wes
1dkty-seventh street station. VINO wa
- post At the corner Of Eighth avenue
oiC0rman ran 10 the garage and foun
4ckennar trying TO reach the elevator
Us sent In Q call fos an ambulance an
then teiephoued 10 the hremen.
TWO FIRE TRUCKS CALLED II
+ THE RESCUE.
Truck No. 4 from Eighth avenue an
yorty-eighth street responded and Guile
tbs men OF Truck No. n iron Ne. 4
Wc8t AUIItShLAtu STREET, 10 utlp tlcul.
The bremen ifrst lowered ropes b,
zytHssh. tbs wedged car and the noorln
.-Sk6 formed = loop under tiaryey's shou
..lut1 u raise Il = little 40 as to take IN
-1Sight Of the body on the legs anu /
M the head.
s3he effort failed 10 give Harvey an
Ullsf. Attempts were then made +,
loal ths elevator 80 as to force It I
tart on the descent. but It was 9
1smiy liked that sufficient weight
Gtf Il could not DO got Into the car an
leave room for q nreman TO remain F.
eentva.
Al the urgent request or the nremel
pr. Victor at last administered uh;oYI
rSorr. Lee ping Harvey unconscious. &,
AVE ln!s was done Father Foley CAV
sxtrenie unctlon. by $50 sufficient
~ iioorlng OF the car was cut ava
end Harvey was lifted down 10 III
8 lhtrd toor. Dr.. Victor said he had bee
1oad less than ave minutes.
Harvey ives t~wsnty-nins years o
- lived d No. - West Torty-nin,
- IL