Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1895-02-27
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Little Tommy Dunn Killed by
South Main Street Trolley Car WIFI

Little Tommy Dunn Killed by q
South Main street Trolley Car while
COasting. f
A terrible accident occurred on South
Main street. shortly after 8 O'clock last
night. when little Tommy Dunn. the
eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs George
Dunn of Jewelry street was killed by
Trolley car No As. at the junction of Pratt
place and South Main street Pratt place
is almost a continuation of Jewelry street
and the small boys in the neighbofhood
found it q delightful place for coasting for
there is sufficient incline toward South
Main street to give a velocity to the sled
that would send it across South Main street
and down Jewelry street. 1t is one of the
most dangerous places in the city for
amusement of this kind, for where it
enters South Main street it is shielded
from the view of a motorman going south
by the big Davis block. and going north
the Merz building shuts off view OF the
street.
When the motorman saw the boy last
night it was impossible to stop the car in
time to save his life. The sled came rush.
ing into South Main street almost in front
of the car, and realizing his perilous
position the little fellow tried to steer to
one side. bnt the speed was 200 great and
he was forced under the Car, and when it
it came to a stop it had entirely cleared
the body. the wheels passing over the
boys head, and killing him instantly.
William E. Quigley and E. ]. Starr hap
pensd along just after the accident and
gathered up scattered portions of the boys
head and procured sheet and placed it
over the body. The parents of the
dead child were notified and when
they appeared on the scene their
| cries al the announcement of the news were
heartrending. About this time the hands
were dismissed from the factories and the
surging crowd became manageable and
it was with great difficulty that the anxious
onlookers were restrained from forcing
their way up to the body until Michael
Cooney. uncle of the boy, secured rope
and with the assistance of few men the
crowd was kept from closing up the little
circle that surrounded the body. The dead
child remained in the road from the time the
accident occurred until $50, when Acting
Medical Examiner Crane, who was il
Prospect at the time of the accident, arrived
and gave permission to have the remainl
removed to Undertaken Moriarty's morgue
The crowd was outspoken in its con
domination of the law forbldding the re
moval of the child until the arrival of tn
coroner and matters were intensifet
to the highest tension whel
the coroner ordered the remains to tn
morgue instead of to the home of tn
child's parents.
The dead boy was one of the brightes
boys in the neighborhood, and the grow
people as well as his playmates wept a
his unimely death He was the thir
eldest of family of six children. Tn
family came here from Pennsylvania a fe,
years ago and are we'll connected in thi
city. Mrs Dunn being a daughter of NJ
Mrs Michael Cooney. of Dover street
Thomas W. Mccormack, one of oldest an
most experienced men on the road, wa
the motorman of the car. and William F
Missell was conductor.
The funeral of the unfortunate boy wi
take place tomorrow afternoon.