Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-06
NECK BROKEN BY A FALL
An Caroline Taylor, Well Known Philan-
thropist, Almost Instantly Killed.
Was President of woman's Union
Christian Association i'm Charge
of Home for Fricndless Girls.

Mrs Caroline Taylor. president of the
Womans Union Christian Association. in
charge of the Home for Friendless Colored
Girls. was killed yesterday afternoon by
falling over the very high embankment on
which the home is situated, her neck being
broken.
The Home for Friendless Colored Girls
is located on Erie street between 18th and
18th streets, Meridian Hill. The building
is a rickety frame structure. perched AZ
the top of a cliff, which has been cut away
in the grading of a street. rude steps lead
ing from the street below to the home
AS president of the Woman's Union
Christian Association, i'm charge of the
home. Mrs. Taylor had, since its humble
beginning, about ten years ago. devoted
her very life to its welfare and the better
ment and advancement of those friend
less ones ii shelters. 1t was her custom TO
visit the home every Sunday afternoon.
and yesterday she called some time be-
matron. Mrs. Flint, for some time. and
then departed. She walked out on the en-
bankment and looked down.
Probably Lost Her balance.
1t is supposed that she was considering
at the time the question of providing, out
Of the very limited resources of the home
suitable steps from the street to the build
ing, the landlord not being willing, il is
claimed. to provide them. 1t is supposed
that while looking over the embankmen.
Mrs. Taylor either lost her balance or was
attacked by vertigo. She was not seen to
fall. and was only discovered when the
matron, not noticing her return, sent
child to see where she was
Looking over the embankment the child
was Mortified to discover Mrs. Taylor lying
at its foot on her face, and apparently
dead The little one gave the alarm, and
when Mrs. Taylor was picked up she was
practically dead. giving but a gasp or two
after the friends reached her. She was car
ried into the home and medical assistance
summoned, but nothing could be done for
her.
Coroner Carr was summoned and gave a
certificate of accidental death, it being
found that her neck had been broken in the
fall The body was later removed to Mrs
Taylor's late home, dob 18th street. Her
funeral will take place from the Berean
Baptist Church, 18th street, at 3 O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon.
Woman of High Character
Mrs. Taylor was the widow of John Tay-
Tor, one of the widest and best-known of
the coiored BARRIERS of Washington, and
was a woman of the highest character
She leaves three children, all of whom are
grown. She was devoted 10 the Home for
Friendless Colored Girls, and last winter
appeared with Mrs. L. II. Sykes the treas
urer, before the joint congressional COM
mittee on charitable institutions of the Dis
trict, to plead for assistance for the home
which has received but 500 from Congress
since its foundation. She had said often
that she wished to die working for the
home, and her sad death yesterday was,
as one of her colleagues in the association
expressed ii today, "A death in the adj
vancement of one of the noblest of causes"