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May 4, 1897
Birmingham State Herald
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
What is this article about?
A middle-aged Black worker at No. 2 furnace in Ensley City died after being struck by a descending elevator while looking down the shaft, breaking his neck and mangling his body.
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AN AWFUL DEATH.
While Looking Down an Elevator Shaft a Negro Has His Neck Broken.
A middle-aged negro met a horrible death at Ensley City yesterday morning.
The negro was employed at No. 2 furnace with the boilermakers' force and had been sent up on the cold blast main to secure a rope. Instead of coming down, as he should. he looked down the elevator shaft. While doing so he noticed the elevator in the opposite shaft coming up and evidently forgetting the fact that the one in the shaft where he was standing. was coming down, failed to move and the down-coming elevator struck the back of his head with terrible force. breaking his neck.
Before the elevator could be stopped his body was dragged down in the narrow space between the elevator and wall and then thrown to the ground, twenty feet or more below. He was horribly mangled and was dead when picked up.
While Looking Down an Elevator Shaft a Negro Has His Neck Broken.
A middle-aged negro met a horrible death at Ensley City yesterday morning.
The negro was employed at No. 2 furnace with the boilermakers' force and had been sent up on the cold blast main to secure a rope. Instead of coming down, as he should. he looked down the elevator shaft. While doing so he noticed the elevator in the opposite shaft coming up and evidently forgetting the fact that the one in the shaft where he was standing. was coming down, failed to move and the down-coming elevator struck the back of his head with terrible force. breaking his neck.
Before the elevator could be stopped his body was dragged down in the narrow space between the elevator and wall and then thrown to the ground, twenty feet or more below. He was horribly mangled and was dead when picked up.
What sub-type of article is it?
Tragedy
Disaster
What themes does it cover?
Tragedy
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Elevator Accident
Neck Broken
Industrial Death
Horrible Mangling
What entities or persons were involved?
Middle Aged Negro
Where did it happen?
Ensley City, No. 2 Furnace
Story Details
Key Persons
Middle Aged Negro
Location
Ensley City, No. 2 Furnace
Event Date
Yesterday Morning
Story Details
A middle-aged negro worker at No. 2 furnace in Ensley City looked down an elevator shaft while securing a rope, forgot the descending elevator in his shaft, was struck on the head breaking his neck, dragged down, and thrown to the ground where he died mangled.