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Boy Narrowly Escaped Death.“Don’t worry about me I am not going to fall. said the lb year old Otis Winterholder to (I \V. : Singleton yesterday afternoon. Half an hour later he fell into the elevator shaft at the new Joplin hotel now being constructed. and suffered two broken wristsYonng Winterholder was employed on the third story of thebuilding as plumber's helper, and when cautioned by the foreman to be careful, told him notto worrv.•iAt the time of the accident the boy was carrying a board on his shoulder. As he passed the elevator shaft, the elevator used in hoisting mat.-rial to the upper iloors of the building was being lowered and struck the board.The boy lost his balance and pitched into the shaft The elevator was descending slowly, and when tiie carriage was only the feet from the third floor level Wint. rholder struck it. The engineer heard the boy’s scream and -b -pped th*1 machinery.I .ator the elevator was lowered V the first tloopand - he boy taken tlt; i. s : on:!*, -J03 Nlt; rth MotTet ,,v. r..a He is * he s »n of M r. ind Mr .1 W Winterholder JoplinGlobe. |Mr. and Mrs Winterholor are well known here Mrs. Win* |t. h udor as M iss ('ora llic,dieand Mr. Wait rholer us the brother of M rs Joe ('arm*s.
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Neosho Daily Democrat
Neosho, Missouri, US
Sat, Dec 29, 1906
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