KILLED IN A LIFT
AIVK-LAND LADV'S HEATH. | iFer United Press Association;. ■ Tlie i 'uroner v. as encaged to-day en- | ciuirins'int.A t i.- circumstances >'f the ; death of Miss H'Ewes. who was killed . nn March "•> when stepping out ot a im ; in Hobson iMildincs. -lust as she put one foot ..v of tl-.o cue- it suddenb ; dropped, and slm was and : crushed Unw.-a the toy ol t ; ..- lift and Ih° bottom m' i:-- E-g-rw;t y. an-1 *\u-x\ aT;.e evi«l*i;«- • • Urn !I Ft hr>y ami others in lb- .ms- H at th- indicator , was at off wh-n t: i-'saii t" move and la* one CUIM o;:..- e: -xplanat b ‘II tot tie' startin-i of the .a.a ni'os. IJeotrieians and mechanics v.ci ■ -xaniincd the installation, bur com.l tea explain the accident. The attendant v - " -ad worked the lift ai various ti mes c 1 0.-.-a-Onc- before it dropped and ,• man who now os.-a! v ’ businessman a'■ had used fit" lift for years said iha: was most erratic. Tee dovortnuciu ins - tor >ai.J that the I’ll b..y was only -o;-ci vears old, whereas th- 'aw provided Ait t- reus- not be under !v The ia,i'ie>i was adjourned.
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Southland Times, Issue 17476, 3 April 1915, Page 11
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193KILLED IN A LIFT Southland Times, Issue 17476, 3 April 1915, Page 11
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