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Show CAUGHT BY ELEVATOR; IS FATALLY INJURED Salt Lake. Aug 21 Jacob Loew, 17 years of age recently from Germany, suffered fatal Injuries when he was caught between the shaft wall and the platform of an elator In tho wholesale housn of Rosenbaum Bros , M2 South West Temple street, yesterday yes-terday morning H died a few hours afterward at the Groves L. D. S hos pital So tightly was he wedged In that a portion of the wall of the shaft had to be cut away bofore he could be extricated. The injured youth was taken to the hospital and attended by Dr. C. C Baldwin. His legs were badly man gled, and he had suffered Internal In Junes Loew and his younger brother. Joseph, Jo-seph, were employed in the establish ment of Rosenbaum Bros , and ware nephewa of the proprietors The acci dent happened when Jacob started tbe elevator to a lower floor with a truck load of good9 The truck caught the edge of the floor, throwing the youth In such a way that he was caught be tween the wall and ihe elevator The emergency brakes stopped the eUrVfl tor. but not until lxew had been seriously seri-ously injured The two brothers came here recently from Germany to enter the employ of their uncles. |