The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-20
KILLED BY THE CAR
I Reckless Boy Meets a Terri
bic Death at Night.
IS LIFE WAS CRUSHED OUT.
- = Andrews, Son Charles efumbies
wnfse Racing With q Front
street Car Gripman's story.

<<.<ses Andrews, the fe-year-off 500 q ~
r. Andrews. the attorney. was
..hs. 10 siegfn at 7:3e last evening b. q
OF the Front street line at the
~..~wsu< Of Harrison ans Poplar streets.
- ACCIDENT occurred az a t-s s~Aen
sr.xei was light ard q young man and
~smxn were the only passengers on the
1.smy 10 witness tsse tragedy beside the
x.susan and conductor.
& 81 being dark. the accident was not OBJ
we'd BIZ any Of the people living along
Is 511.rszon street Bear that crossing. From
asccnarss ohfaanaDIe last evening from
IS. feT eye witnesses. the accident was
= 20 the lads rasssness. In trying 10
- fhe track ahead OF the car. be
zaaxst mis- toes in the soft mud OF a
ooaad and fell with bis head IN the mid
- of fnx track. He was 80 close TO the
r.ptdsy moving car that IL was on and
~ hssn before the gripman could use
- powerful levers and bring IL 10 a
aauasiIl This ne did about ten feet be-
( rsnd the crossing.
wiling hands at once backed the
sammy from over the body and sicken-
- sight nse- the eyes OF the helpers.
re boy had been caught under the body
Z the dummy. which does not rise more
than six inches from the track. and then
rssied over and the Efe crushed out OF
am. the skull being crushed like an egg
neil. with blood oozsng out of mouth.
esrs. nose ard eyes The left ankle was
broken. tue body bruised and manned in
various places and the clothes generally
sorn and nnaddied. The boy never knew
what killed him.. the whole occurrence
happensng 80 quickly that the time could
- sIseasssresi by a very few seconds.
The sad news WAS borne In advance 20
ths parents OF the boy at their home. 81
Oak street. and father, mother, brothers
ani SISTER prepared TO receive the pro-
eewsson carrying this poor little miftilascd
remains, The seems that efssued was q
oorrowfui one.
Coroner Asl1am was quickly summoned
% CHE scene. where he found Assistan
Superintendent w. NJ. Caldwell OF the ca
Ne line, 10 whom the grgpnsan and the
eossdactor had reported the matter.
The grtpman. Benjamin wyuan. and
De conductor, T.. &. Laird. were seen by
reporter of the observation-disclosures and
4f4Esf AlQfF H3H haffftaA<tt III tNEi1 It13tk1~As
unely. that the boy ran along the right
4ie Of the dummy on Poplar street, be-
tween Thomas and Harrison streets. go
pg nerth. The boy appeared 80 be racing
Nth the car and ran along thus for aboui
hjf block. When Rearing the crossing
4 Harrison he forged ahead until he was
1tout two feet ahead of the dummy. then
ootsenly made a quick run 10 cross tho
ffask In front of *. His foo. seemed 10
ea1ch In something and before anything
opcd be said or done he fell and the car
1As on and over him and all was over.
TAs gr.punsn had, as usual. full control
of his lssers and on seeing the boy fail
h sesersess both levers and is positive
fhsx he sozpei hts car witisin about three
ISL after she car struck the hoy. This Is
IA 4 Measure borne out by the fact that
~ or WAS stopped before the front
Nhsef loacis-d the body.
Cusoaef Askam viii hold an inquest at
scsek this afternoon at the home OF
fhs parents. when n rigid snyestiga Ion
inlo sh the circumstances will be made.