Show t FELL I THE SHAFT Terrible Elevator nt in T x d St Louis SIX MEN TAKEN 4 OUT DEAD wo I LAP AND CANNOT 4 T LOUIS Jan 13 A crowd of em pressing against att the ele els elevator vator gate tonight on the sixth floor of the Brown Shoe company build building ing at Steven th street and Washing Washington i ton avenue caused the gate to give way and ten persons persona were plunged down the shaft Six tx were taken out dead two died at the city hospital and the other two will die dieThe dieThe The Dod Dead Joseph George Frank Frenk died at hospital Antonio Giocoma died at hospital Ix rene Giacoma son Three unidentified The Injured 4 Tony internally will die William Pv Pron on internally will die dieThe dieThe The employee had assembled at aJ the ther r close of work in the corridors on the different floors waiting for the elevator to take them down The elevator was wasat 4 at the seventh floor receiving gors when those on the sixth floor f ger to get et near the door and be into the cage began to push toward the tate gate Gate Gays Gave Way Suddenly the gate gave way just as the elevator started to descend and ten f the employee plunged head bead firm lown the shaft Six were instantly t Killed and their bodies formed cushions nich prevented the instant death of the other four James Johnson the elevator operator v as taken into custody by the police c pending an investigation Johnson j said the h elevator gate did not break ut iUt that it had been raised by the theL L while waiting for the ear car to descend to the floor and suddenly the employee in the rear of the crowd be began began gan pushing precipitating them down the shaft Factory Superintendent Fry corroborated Johnsons story |