Show I r el Fp Vs g DROPSY DROPS Y S t tI I WITH PEOPLE f ii L 1 ABOARD 0 Seven iS ven Persons Are More or f ter rS j Less Severely Injured InJured in In tf Hotel Accident t. t ti The fourteenth legislature e failed to tomake tomake make an appropriation asked for by bythe the state industrial commission for forthe forthe the the salary of ofa a boiler and elevator inspector jn- jn in- in specter it it tt was stated today when in inquiry inquiry in- in query was made as to what official inspection Was made of elevators Prior to the meeting of the last lege legIslature legislature leg leg- there was a boiler and elevator elevator elevator ele ele- vator inspector connected with the industrial in ind industrial in- in d commission whose duties dude s were to keep tab on Both steam boilers boilers boilers boil boil- ers and elevators The inspector was George Failure to make mako the necessary provision for his department department department depart depart- i ment necessitated the letting out o othe of f the inspector I The last inspection of the elevators elevator a I I in the Newhouse hotel by state in inspectors Inspectors In- In was made according to th the in I e files of the factory inspection division divisio n of the industrial commission on January January January Janu Janu- ary 21 1921 This report suggested that the hotel company install some interlocking door device I I Five women and two o men were in inan 1 an elevator which evator which fell two and a halt half i ie tortes tories last night at the Newhouse e h hotel tel are reported to be recovering today to to- to 0 day An investigation of the accident o has as as led to the belief that the sudden n stopping of the car tore one of the cables apart and precipitated the elevator eleo elevator ele ele- o vator vator vat r into the basement t JiT Who e list of Injured and their injuries s are are I f C. C Sutton Button Newhouse hotel frac frac- S lured foot 4 Mrs W W. C. C Sutton Newhouse hotel L. L q both oth ankles broken i t Sirs Mrs I s. s James H. H Waters Newhouse e h hotel t l both ankles fractured Mrs E E. P. P Snow North StatS State Stat e S street fractured leg E. E H. H Berg South Main street fractured foot Mrs E E. H. H Berg South Slain Maln n t- t street compound fracture of right an and nd d l r simple fracture of left leg S t J L' L Elmer Talmer Berg Dalton avenue broken broken bro- bro ken ken leg 3 James ames H. H Waters manager of th thc the e c 1 hotel had a slight cut on the head ESnow E E. D. D Snow the operator Elvin if and Miss Florence Allgood suffered d i imy JO only from shock The passengers boarded the car a at atthe t the eleventh floor for the mezzanine J floor Door where a dance was being held td I 1 1 v r According to Mr Waters the car di did d c I Ki r not carr carry an unusual load He ex expressed expressed ex- ex pressed the tho belief that the safety catch h I did not work vork as the car ar did not attain attain- hn n a a. sufficient speed The cables fell feU 1 upon the car as It crashed into th the e basement I |