Gust Kinberg Killed in Queer Accident

Gust Kinberg, a baker who had been employed since April at Foster's bakery by Mrs. J. D. Foster, was accidentally killed early Friday morning when in some unknown way the elevator at the rear of the building fell with him. He had apparently gone to work at his usual time, three o'clock in the morning. When a fellow employee who reported for duty at 7 o'clock did not find Kinberg he made a search for the man and found him inside the elevator, which was at the bottom of the shaft, the door being fastened from the inside. After some delay entrance to the elevator was effected through an outside window. Kinberg was cold in death. A bad wound at the back of his head and internal injuries had probably killed him instantly.

How far the unfortunate man had dropped will never be known, but it was probabaly a distance of fifteen to twenty-five feet, from the second story of the building. The elevator had been inspected a few weeks ago by a casualty company's engineer and was presumed to be in good condition. Kinberg, who was about 60 years of age, came here from Tacoma, where his family resides. Coroner W. R. Scott called a jury which decided death was wholly accidental. The body was removed to Boone's Mortuary and later a Tacoma undertaker took it to that city.


Source: The Chehalis Bee-Nugget, 2 October 1931, page 6. Microfilm available at Washington State Library, 6880 Capitol Boulevard South, Tumwater, WA. 98512

Transcribed by Kathryn Lester. She has no further information on this individual.