Show Girl 1 Operator of Elevator Falls 8 B I Floors at Hotel Miss May Peterson 19 years of age an elevator operator at the Newhouse hotel narrowly escaped death today when her elevator fell from the eighth floor basement There w were re no passengers In the car Although badly shocked by the ac nc accident accident ac- ac the girl Is b believed lIeve to have es escaped escaped escaped es- es with wiLh a wrenched back She was wasI taken to tho the L. L D. D S S. S hospital where I ph physicians are making an attempt to determine the exact exact extent of her in in- in juries Something went wrong with the machinery machinery machinery ma ma- chinery of the elevator and th the safety catch failed to work Th The car plunged down with great speed but was not badly damaged in the crash |