Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-02-28

,.ises to-nOIrow 1T 90 sun sets
- 'H Hich water 1:03 a. NJ. and
zl7p.m.
,ve,rHER PRoBABu.ITIE5.-For this
,;n ." ]jrht raius to-day, probably
sf yea,,5ng during the afternoon or night
c.e4- SAN. on Wednesday, winds shifting
a'' westerly. colder in southeastern Eir-
. ~. wednesday morning, probably
ID ID Wednesday evening.
~ OVER BY AN ELECTRIC CAR
,5ont . quarter to six O'Clock yester-
Aoo" .,.rning people who happened to be
d'5 nh Fairfax street at the time were
gn . I'D TO hear the piJeous cries OF q
non or, ''' how whose right foot was being
sn n.ted oti.by an electric car. The car
cf f;aS was PLAYING the part of Il juggcr-
N',,f 10 the Inflated child IS known as
H ~ N n Conductor Quisenbcrfy ana Mo-
10, Warlield. and was on its way
a. I'm, NM ,own with passengers who had
I'm .,,,ood from business pursuits IN
iCasbinoton. The greatest conSterna-
, !" .,1 was produced 1t was not known
l,og fry ~ whose child il was that was be,
a a., ~ remembered, and excited men and
~ ,.;,,,en with blanched faces waited IN
I'M, !" o.-i suspense until sure one OF their
i w., ones was not the victim. 1t was
~. .;rst accident on the Fairfax street
road and though such an occurrence
had been often predicted it was start
Zoo u,,, and terrifying when it did happen
~ .. ? ,,aused numbers who were at their
'' ,,,',e,' tables to leave them excitedly
. ,rGi r1sh into the streets. Mr. war
,in mon seeing the plight of the child,
broucht the car TO a standstlIl before IL
rad proceeded two lengths. and plcEeo
~, ,,, tbe unfortunate boy (who proved to
W Willard the seyen-year-old sou OF
NJ Wm sutton and conveyed him TO
~ H. home about half Il square
away. By this time u crowd
Of Young and old from all quarters OF
the compass had gathered at the inter-
srctiop of Wolfe and Fairfax streets;
where the accident had occurred. ana
as the little fellow was borne along
with his mutilated foot dangling to the
gaze of all. his piteous walls were ais-
tressing and excited no little commits,
seration among all who beheld his SAD
nlight. DR.. T. NJ. Jones arrived Re"
Minutes after the accident, rs did also
Superintendent Cooper and }. Ii. "a
ton. esq. of the railroad company
Tnon examination it was found That
the child'S right foot had been terribly
crushed from the heel to the toe the
jnStep and the bones having been com
pressed and mashed into one sickenlng
mass. There was but one alternative
in order to save the Youngsters life,
and that was amputation, horrld as 1t
There was no show for him
with the injured member on there
Herc dozens with it oil. The sufferer
was made easy, and kept so during the
night, and about noon to-day Drs. Jones
ofthis city and DR.. Gatewood,
of Washington, placed him under the
lropcranesthetic and, thanks to medical
science, the terrible operation was
performed and the injured child dis
membered while his juvenile thoughts
had become Kaleidoscope i'll dream
and. He is now doing as well as can
,e expected. His distressed family
nave the sincere sympathy of all their
friends and acquaintance in their new
sorrow. rs it has been but few years
,gc. when another of Mr.. Sutton's sons,
IN interesting little fellow, accidentally
e. his clothes on fire and was burned to
lcnth. From Mr.. Wdrlield statement
appears the car had stopped one door
rom Wolfe street to allow Mr.. and
Mrs. i. G.. Swaine to get OIL and had
tarted at slow speed southwark. 1t
lad proceeded brt n dozen yards (to the
of the street, when the
notorman saw the boy with one hand
.xtended running toward the car from
he east aide of the street, and warned
lim OIL. The child, needless of the
kept running and when close
o the front OF the car acted as though
ne intended to jump on il. At this
uncture he fell and was struck by the
platform. His right foot protruded
IN the track and his head
ay toward the cast side of the
street. Mr.. Warfeld shut of the
current and applied the brake, but the
ar ran about two lengths before it
stopped. The boy himself says he ran
oward the ear intending to kick a
marble from the track when his foot
vas caught. No matter how it occur
ed such an accident has been antici-
,ated for some time. and now that it
has occurred it should prove a solemn
warming to numbers of rash boys in
hat neighborhood who persist in ex-
posing themselves on the track while
'ars are approaching and indulge in the
,aStime of touching and striking them
Is they pass. The officers of the cleo
rio road were much distressed when
hey learned of the accident, and, as
tatcd above, Mr.. Cooper and Mr..
eaton lost no time in repairing to tie
he house of the sufferer and doing all
hey could to relieve the anguish Of his
amily. The company has very gene
ously assumed all expenses which may
30 incurred by the employment of
medical services or anything else con-
lected with the little ones injuries.
CORPORATION NOTES.-The City