Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-28
KILLED A SMALL BOY
ON The WEALTHY AVENUE LINE
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Frestiia Mccormick, the year olsi
Ia q Jahn AcCormielk a " A.
Wealthy 4senue, aas run over and
kli,el ~ car M. - AZ 0<iD Iasf evening.
The secli<nk oerurred IA the street
frosfin9 he falnly fcsskisncsL The Top
az ne little fsilo9 ) head sas crushed
"A. his right leg nezrlf severed and be
as otherwise mutiIstelI BY the car
rhseis and brush boasti. The car was
Fun b Noterman Ernest Baker and
80 makibg a trip a knesi's lake. A
TRAILER uas attached ADD 10th ears were
heavily loaded Thsy we're runnixx a.
al orlinary spesd and a. spon a. the
ulot.uuan szw that TIE c1ild vas in
dagger he applied his brake and 70
sersed the eurrenf The car vas stop.
ped Hifhin sixteen feet u the place
uhere the boy was struck
TIE lftle fellow breathei only few
times after he hal been removed from
under the brush board MFs Nicer
mick hail CROSSED The street but fsx
nsinutss before The fatal accident % call
On neixhtor. leaving toe ehiIdren Ia
the house during hef sksence Gerrit
Bofs a blaeksmith living on Diamond
street 10 tn rear of Mr.. Mccormick
H|"AA&N|A4~&H I44N.Ef+4 t"HNA4MA NA4N AtA-I 80
side the house feW minutes after Mrs
ran cut on mo Nalk % lialk With him.
lie spike fsw words 70 me boy. when
his atteuti0o Ess attracted By neigh
bor who was passing st that time The
noxt instant Bots saw the hoy running
across The street. and the car was but a
few feet Away. he ran after the boy.
49,. A.. aa1A ~.a.h 49,. - -.
ground under the Wheels The car had
D. Ia RAISED before the mzngled remains
could be sxtricated
IL - supposed the boy had
started across the street 10 fol
los his mother and did not see the
Epproaching car. Mr. Bots carried the
remains into the house and doctor
wAs summoned bat the boy was dead
when he arrived Coroner Locher vas
notified and upon Investigation decided
the sad accident was not the result Of
earclessness on the part u the employees
b necessary. The boys father is q
nlotorman employed ~ the Consoli-
dated Street Railway company and
Tuns on the Wealthy avenue line. His
EAR arrived shortly after the accident
M DC Na1 fttiHfto tFout Cootlu uln- TIC
krip. The family consisted Of six little
children
story OF Eye Witnesses
Miss Susie Psdley o. No. 30 Crescent
avenue said: Il was sitting on the
front seat and the car was running
quite fast just before We reached Dia-
mond street noticed three or four
children playing 10 The left q the track.
The little boy hooked up and saw the
car coming and ran directly in front Of
IT. 1 heard the car strike him. IL was
horrible sensation. and IL seemed 20
me could hear the little bones crunch.
1 dunt see how the m0tornan could be
blamed he couldn't help il any more
than "a passengers could lie stopped
the car very g-tirkly. II think IL didn't
run more than half It's length. but the
child xas dead under the guard"
Mrs Ruth Cotton a No. Barclay
place. who vas with Miss Ped
ley. corroboratod her story. She
said. The child darted in
'front.' q the ear quick a. a flash and be
fore any one had time % think il was all
saw the child underneath There were
a good many ca tho car. but they al
jumped "a. and the men lifted il up so
that the body could 10 removed IL
vas q tarribls sight
John Mccormick. the child's father.
eas ia charge o. the car following.
Notorman BAKER vas 20 overcome by
the accident that be left the car al the
barn few blocks farther east. being too
completely unnerved 70 work longer.