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- Jamestown Evening Journal - 7/27/1923
Dunkirk. July 27.—Earl C. Bull of
Fredonia, 27 years old and married was
killed Thursday evening at the Red
Wing Grape Juice company plant
he had been employed only three
The body was taken charge of by ??
ner Blood who said that the death
undoubtedly accidental.
At about 7:30 Thursday evening ???
In company with two other of the ??
Wing employes took a loud of ???
from the first to the third floor of fruit
building where the cooking department,
Is located; during the fruit season the
plant being operated both night and
day.
The two other men left Bull standing
outside the elevator and carried their
load of fruit to the other end of the
building, being away from him only a
few minutes.
When they returned to the elevator
they found that during their absence
the elevator had started and that their
companion had been caught between
the elevator floor and the ceiling of the
third story.
The crushed body was hastily re
moved and Drs. H. E. Wheelock and
W, E. Duke were summoned who on
arrival pronounced the man dead and
said that In all probability he had died
instantly, as his chest was crushed and
his neck broken. Coroner Blood was
then summoned and look charge of the
body.
How The accident occurred will never
be known as no one was in the part of
the building where the elevator is lo-
cated. It is thought that the young
man may have touched some part of
the machinery as he stond waiting for
his companions, which released the ear
and he was caught as he attempted to
stop its motion. A thoro -examination
of the elevator was made by officials
who pronounced it in good working or
der,
Mr. Bull leaves the Wife and a
daughter only about three months old.
He was a farmer living In the vicinity.
up to a short time ago and had been
with the Red Wing plum only three
days when killed.
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1894 - 1923 (~ 29 years)