Show FELL FOUR FLOORS elevator in the loan and trust t building takes a tumble the elevator of the utah 14 joau mix trust camany company building fell with a terrible eras crash yesterday afternoon from the fourth floor to the basement and was completely completely wrecked in consequence at t the ta tm time of the fall oscar anderson was wits in fix charge af 6 the elevator and day engineer i joseph oseph wood was on top of t the e cage in making 1 king some repairs both took the ne f fall 11 with the elevator and 11 both oth mirac miraculously escaped without injury it wag was just when the crash c r ash came the building was well filled fl with people at the time while the street was likewise crowded with hurrying pedestrians the great noise attracted an immense crowd and the entrance to the building was comple completely tel y blocked for half an hour liou all were anxiously inquiring i as to the where and injuries of the men whom it did not seem possible could have escaped without serious injuries ini uries A an n investigation i n v est i revealed the fact b lio 0 wever e v e r t that agat both men were ere uninjured and soon the tile boy crawled out from the basement without a scratch and waa was followed immediately afterwards by the en engineer kineer the accident was duo due tu to the parting of the cable during the day the cable had been giving considerable trouble and did not seem to work properly wood went on toy top of the cage and the boy sent the lift up slowly in order to give him an opportunity of making an all examination 0 of the defect the tile elevator had reached the fourth floor when the cable parted without any warning and the heavy cage went to the bottom of the sha shaft it lea like a shot when it struck wood had presence of mind enough ta to quickly slip down onto the floor of the basement before the heavy steel cable struck which action saved his life for had the 9 great r eat mass of steel struck him the e engineer 1 ineer would have joined the great majority both the man and the boy saved themselves from injury from the shock of the fall b by allowing ing their legs to give when the elevator eT elevator evator struck |