Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Morris, Charles September 29, 1893
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Norfolk Landmark, Sat., Sept. 30, 1893

Crushed By An Elevator
Charles Morris, a Colored Workman, Loses His Life at the Roper Warehouse.
A peculiar accident, which resulted in the immediate death of a colored man 
named Charles Morris, occurred in the Roper storage warehouse on Water Street 
yesterday afternoon. Morris was a laborer in the warehouse and while standing 
on the third floor of the building he had occasion to call to someone on the 
floor beneath.
He went to the elevator way and looking down, was about to speak when the 
large elevator, which was coming from the floor above, struck him on the back 
and jammed him between it and the floor. He made no outcry and was evidently 
killed instantly, his back and arm being broken.
It was some minutes before he was discovered, which only occurred after an 
investigation of the cause of the sudden stoppage of the elevator, which was 
due to the resistance of Morris’ body. The mangled remains were put on the 
elevator and City Coroner notified. The body remained in the warehouse all 
night and an inquest will be held this morning.
Morris was a middle aged man, married and considered very industrious.




Norfolk Virginian Sept. 30, 1893
Crushed by an Elevator
Yesterday afternoon about 5 o’clock, Charles Morris, colored, an employee of 
the Roper Storage Company, at their new building, corner of Water and Church 
Streets, was crushed by their elevator and killed. He started on his usual 
round to see that all the windows in the building were closed. The windows on 
the second, third, and forth floors were secured and Charles started for the 
fifth and last story, when suddenly, Mr. W.B. Cheek, the superintendent, heard 
a peculiar noise and ran to the elevator shaft and looked up, witnessed a 
sight that was enough to make the strongest fed faint. Charles had evidently 
looked over the side of the elevator when too near the fifth floor and had 
been caught about the breast and with his head hanging under the floor and his 
feet dangling above, was crushed to death. He was about 20 years of age, a 
sober, steady and industrious man. The body was taken to his mother’s 
residence of Balsom’s Lane. 
The coroner was notified and this morning a jury will be summoned and inquest 
will be held

Additional Comments:
AA Unknown burial location in Norfolk

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