New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-16
A BOY DAZED BY 4 SHOCK.
STEl CK TY \ FAILING WIRE AND MADE IN
Conscious
UALLY RECOVERING.

Another striking instance - tha ever prrs"n'
danger ~ death or injury hy electricity IN IN"
street, j, furnished III the story Of Charles Bow
den Nniing II boy of sixteen. the youngest rhiIn
Of Gideon W Young. assistant superintendent "f
the Maritime EAchangc Until within wear ago
,h,. d was one II ,lc brightest pupils Of Grammar
Srhool No /. AdlrTiss'. l,roohlyn Then hr W.T."
apprruticcd ,o l.. J. Ihgclow Co.. printers. Of
Incr,v-st \, half past o'clock on Saturday
rvcnirc hc rn the Office for his home AZ "" -
Orange st. Brnoklyn. His way to fuIt"n-St.
ferry led hlm down Maiden Lane
Tic rain was pouring heavily AT the TINE anu
the city streets, always qni"t at mat h"nr on
saturday, were almost deserted. Tn" boy hur-
,r,l on at la, best pr'c and quickly reached 'hr
nnrthwc, corner of Maiden Lane ana FrarlSt'
He was about 10 step across the s'rrrf, ana h"'
III, one foo, on the pavement when something
,v l,lcd IN the air. II" iclt, as h" Thought, a
heavy blow on the right side of the head and
dropped like a 10, 10 TIC ground
The n,>t thing h. knew he WAS in his own
homo with hi, mother and father hndnc over
HIM. How hc had got +" his h"nr'
h. could not tell From the time when
no was struck until hr came 10 his
srn>c, IN his fathers house la, mind was COM
pIc,c blank Mr Young said thnt the Top "t
the boys right ear was bllS'rrri, a' 'n""-h u '
been burned and that across the hark ana front
~ his Jacket there ran a deep furrow the rdS's
,f which were sinypd. rs il a narrow rim Of h"
iron had been passed around tn" boys b''k ana
chcx The furrow made complete circuit Of
the Jacket. passing under the lrft arm'pi' on us
course. Ills head, face and hands were covered
with mud
Whca asked what had hurt him, Charlie looked
I'm Wit; a dazcd cNprce,ion and made an nnin-
trlleiblc reply. Then. after All interval, he said
"Wherc is the po"rnan p
What policeman ," asked his father
Tho policeman who brought me homo. said
Charlie.
He was again asked to give an explanation Of
his condition. and replied confusrdlT, passing his
hand ocrrs his brow: II don't know. Some
thing struck me- and | fell. but ] don't know
where"
Having wa.Ecl the mud. from the boys face,
Mr. Young took him TO the Office vi DR.. Charles
B. Tucker the family physician. OF No. ISL
tliuton-st As soon a. DIR. Thicker saw the
bow Ice came 10 the opinion already formed 10y
Mr. Young, that Charles had been struck bS
electricity. rc carefully and delicately qne'-
TONED Charles rs 10 hos lie came to ID" hurt
They threw me down ard kicked me-. replied
Charles, with an nsauc stare
WHO: - asked the doctor.
"Thp buys at the school.
"Why,' you told ne just now mat some'hlhg
from overhead bad strrck you in the street.
said his fat her
"That was a lir,'' said Charles Then immcdi-
ateIy afterwari he repeated to the doctor the
story that he had first told his htler In all
other respects his mind was gone, lie Gonla
not remember having been home lie could not
remember coming To the doctors house. lie cou'"
not remember where he was when he was struck :
did not know what city he was in, where ne
lived. or where he was when the blow struck hlih'
The doctor on examination found that tne "ir'
had struck Charles on the top or the rlsht car
and hnd coicd itself round his back. passing undcr
the left armpit along the chest. as lar US ,i'e
outer edge of the right breast Only under 'nc
armpit. however, and on tho car was the hesh
burned The doctor decided that the lad was
suffering from severe shock to the nervous system
and prescribed the necessary remedies Charles
was taken lolne, and when there did not rememoer
having been to the doctors house. ana then ne
wildly asked what day of the week II was oh
the way home he had actually refused to got i"'o
the street-car. saying that that was not the way
~ the Fulton Ferry. g.,
On Sunday morning II was sen tees ns q''9