Fayetteville, Oct. 31—Miss Pearl Townsend, a probation nurse in the Highsmith hospital, was instantly killed tonight when she opened the door of an elevator in transit between floors in apparent confusion. Miss Townsend’s had was caught between the elevator and the floor and was crushed off before another nurse on the elevator could stop the machine.
Miss Townsend was the daughter of J.A. Townsend of Hope Mills. She had been in training in the hospital for only 10 days. Miss Townsend had been assisting Miss Etta May Wright, the other nurse, in distributing laundry.
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1925
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