A. J. Lyter of Halifax Killed at the New State Capitol Building
A. J. Lyter of Halifax, employed at the new State Capitol building in Harrisburg, fell fully four stories to his death at the northern wing of the building Tuesday morning. Lyter was at work on the northern section of the building with a number of other men placing the iron girders when a rope holding a pulley block on a traveling crane broke and the falling pulley struck Lyter a terrific blow upon the head knocking him off the iron work into the cellar below, a distance of over 100 feet. When picked up life was almost extinct. He gasped for about five minutes, but never regained consciousness, and died before he could be removed to any resting place. He is survived by one son, Howard B. Lyter, who is also employed at the capitol building, and his mother, Mrs. Abraham Lyter, of Millersburg, and a brother, Amos S. Lyter, of Matamoras. He was a cousin of ex-County Treasurer Lyter.
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From the Lykens Standard, 15 April 1904, via Newspapers.com.
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