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Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
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George Stewart, a 33-year-old colored man from Richmond, died Thursday morning around 7 o'clock after falling down an elevator shaft in the P. Lorillard Tobacco factory at Twenty-fourth and Cary streets.
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Colored Man Killed in a Fall Down
Elevator Shaft in Factory.
George Stewart, colored, thirty-three years old, of Richmond, was killed Thursday morning about 7 o'clock when he fell down an elevator shaft in the P. Lorillard Tobacco factory at Twenty-fourth and Cary streets, south. Just how the accident happened no one seemed to know. It was said that Stewart started to go up in the elevator. A few minutes later he was heard calling for help at the foot of the shaft. He died soon after being picked up.
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P. Lorillard Tobacco Factory At Twenty Fourth And Cary Streets, South, Richmond
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Thursday Morning About 7 O'clock
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george stewart was killed.
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George Stewart fell down an elevator shaft in the P. Lorillard Tobacco factory. He started to go up in the elevator, but a few minutes later was heard calling for help at the foot of the shaft and died soon after being picked up. No one knew exactly how the accident happened.