The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-17
HORRIBLE CASUALTY.
Boy Run Over by Street Car and
Killed.


Killed.
Saturday evening about nine o'clock
tho Northern section of the city wa!
shocked with the announcement that {
boy had been run over by street cal
and instantly killed. The accident hap
pened near the suspension bridge, ant
from the conflicting reports soon in cir
culation, we give the following related
by one who had excellent means for rs
certaining the particulars: Shortly beforC
the hour mentioned, James Wagner Shri
yer, bright, interesting boy, sever
years old, who resided with his grand
father, Genl. W. W. Shriver, went on in
vitation of an aunt to the drug store o
Logan, List & Co., northwest corner o
Main and Madison streets. When they
reached that point, the little fellow
asked his aunt for penny to get
cake with at Zinn's on the Oppo
site side of Madison street, Sht
gave tito him, and while he was gone sht
called on an acquaintance living on
the east side of Main street, just opposite
where they separated. The lad went Il
Mr.. Zinn's, purchased u cake, and return
ed where he had left his aunt. No
finding her there, he engaged in playing
tag with Il number Of boys about his owl
age. Our readers know that this juvenile
spout consists in one person touching an
other, who then, in turn, runs TO avoid be
ing touched. Young Shriver had tagged
one OF his companions, and ran, passing
to the west end oil the cable anchorage
on the north side OF the bridge. The boy
touched started around the object named
hui in an opposite direction, Being quite
dark, they Collided before they were
aware of their proximity to each other
and young Shrlver was thrown benGAtl
the front platform of u street car which
happened to be moving along slowly al
that point just al the moment, The
driver of the car noticed the occurrence
and put down the brakes with all possible
dispatch, but he did not succeed in bring
ing il to u halt until one wheel had passG(
over the unfortunate boy. The passen
gers ten or twelve in number,) felt tho
jar, and on looking out saw the lad lying
on the track. lie was taken into the
drug store and physician sent for
Death, however, had done It's work, al
most instantly. But n single gasp wa!
observed after the body was reached as il
lay extended on the rail. The remains
were taken to the residence Of Gen. Shri
yer. which, full Of life and animation, thu
darling grandChild had left but few
minutes previous. This terrible accident
has thrown a dark cloud over II household
Of which tho child was the idol, and
has cast deep gloom over large
circle Of friends and acquaintance. The
deceased was the Inst surviving member
of the family Of the late Samuel Crane
Auditor of this State the first two years
after It's formation. The mother Of the
child, the particulars of whose untimely
death we have narrated above, died ir
1864, leaving It then an infant six weeks
old. 1t was taken into the family Of II!
grand parents, and reared with all the
tenderness of kind and loving hearts. Il
was Cmphatically the pet OF the house
hold, and many fond anllcipatiOns were
INDUCED for Its future. In n moment
these have been thus terribly blasted
The warmest sympathies of the com
munity arc with the bereaved family.