Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-10-31 | Page 10 | Knutsford Employe Injured in Elevator

KNUTSFORD i INJURED IN ELEVATOR Fell While Jumping Into Moving Moving Moving ing Cage and Is Severely Crushed When John Anderson 27 1 years old oM attempted to step into a moving elevator elevator eleva eleva- tor tar at the Knutsford hotel Friday about noon his Ills foot toot slipped and he fell tell the elevator catching catching- h l. l crushed his body bOlly against lK tho the side of at tho the shaft lIe He Is In the Holy Cross hospital In a serious condition and ma may not noL recover I Anderson had boon been employed at tho tto hotel for lor about a week as a general utility man He was as at th the tho roar elevator elevator ele ale vator In the halt hall on the tho second floor working with some baggage He lie wished to go ao to another floor an and at attempted attempted at- at tempted to use uso the elevator The lift IUt Is o o. o II by steam team power and Is lIS started and stopped by a rope Anderson Andorson Ander Andor- son Is believed to have star atar starred e cd the th machIne machine ma nut- chine and In attempting to Jump In In lost his footing tooting Half of or his lila body hung huns down over the tho floor of 0 tho the and ho lie was soon pinioned between the floor noor and the sl side e of ot tho the shaft His Ills cries brought assistance When hen the en engineer arrived several minutes later latr the cleva elevator tor hll had pulled Andersons Anderson's body bolly up Into the shaft five feet above tho the door Considerable difficulty was experienced before belore the elevator was lowered to tho the door and An Anderson erson was taken from his perilous position He lie was attended b bv by Dr T. T C. C Gibson and und I later removed to tho the hospital And r- r son was unable to Lo tell Just how the tho ac accident ncI accident nc- nc cl occurred His Us s 8 unknown un- un known and his condition Is such that he 10 has lias not boon been questioned At the hotel It was declared l that Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson had no authority to use the elevator elevator ele ele- eie- eie vator valor which was ordered to be operated I only by tho the porter portor and the engineer