State County NyArchives News.....Killed Before Hundreds August 3, 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com July 31, 2008, 10:26 pm Morning Oregonian August 3, 1904 New York,August 2- Mrs. Ella S.Betts,of Manhattan,was killed by an elevator in a Brooklyn department store today in full view of hundreds of shoppers.She was caught by the floor of the elevator as it ascended,carried to the ceiling and thrown against it with terrific force,and her limp body fell to the floor. Doctors who were summoned could not restore her to consciousness,and she died within 20 minutes File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/state/newspapers/killedbe42gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb