The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-02
Little Alfred Nicholson Killed On
the City Line.
WAS BUT SIX YEARS OLD
WAS STANDING BY THE TRACK
AND SLIPPED.
Fell Under the Wheels of Trailer
Death Resulted From Shock-No
Blame Attached to Either the
Motorman or Conductor-Fmeral
at 2 p. m. On Friday.

| Yesterday afternoon little Alfred
Nicholson was run over and killed by
street car on the Salt Lake line. Pre-
cisely how ii happened could not be
| definitely learned, as no one seems to
have seen it, but from what is told by
people who were present lit appears as
| follows:
Car No. 107, with A. Alkire as mo-
| tornan and A. L. Watson as con-
| ductor, was going to the race track
/ with a. motor and two trailers. They
| had on board one or two passengers
/ and a few workmen who were engaged
| to repair the track The cars reached
a point on Fifth West between South
Temple and First South when they
were stopped.
SLIPPED UNDER THE WHEELS.
The track at this place has just been
repaired and the earth had been taken
I from between the ties and piled up in
heap along the side of the track
When the cars stopped at the place the
men got off and were bUSily engaged
in taking off some tools and did not
notice that two or three children had
gathered on the other side OfLhe cars
Among these was Alfred Nicholson. the
6-year- old son of James Nicholson.
tailor. The boy walked up close to the
cars and stood on top of one of the
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track and very near to the car. he was
not perceived by either mOtorman' or
conductor and the cars were started
ahead.
They had hardly proceeded ten feet
when the workmen, who were on the
cars, heard a scream and saw little
Alfred half sitting near the track-al-
most under the wheels They called to
the motorman and the cars were stop
ped Immediately. Some of the men
ran to the spot and picked the little
fellow up and carried him to a house
near by. while his mother, who lives at
564 West South Temple, was called am.
Drs. Richards and Wilcox summoned
Ii was a pitiful sight to see the sturdy
little fellow as. with pale set face he
spoke to those about him.
BORE IT BRAvELY.
He was brave as could be and bore
up with surprising grit. He did not
even whimper, but, as the blood ran
down from the cut on his knee, he told
his mother to hurry up and ave It
fixed. as it hurt him. Soon after he lost
consciousness and when Dr. Richards
arrived he found the boys life ebbing
fast The pulse were very low and MS
hands were growing cold, so the doctor
made a hssty examination Of him and
after binding up his wound temporarily
he had him conveyed to the Holy Cross
hospital But it was all in vain and
the boy died in a very short time.
FAMILY GRIEF STRICKEN.
The wound was not such a bad one,
the wheel of the car having cut on
the end of the knee OF the left leg. and
it would seldom cause death In the
present case il is thought that il was
the shock that proved fatal, as no other
injuries could be found upon the body.
The family was notified of the death OF
the boy and the members were grief
stricken over the terrible affair The
little fellow was a bright, healthy boy
and the family were proud of him The
body was removed to the undertaking
establishment of Joseph William Tay-
lor. from whose chapel the funeral Will
take place at , p. m. Friday Friends
are respectfully invited to attend.
NO BLAME ATTACHED TO THE
CARMEN.
No blame is attached to either mo-
torman or conductor, as neither were
aware of the accident until they were
told to stop by the workmen- The cars
were moving very slowly and were
stopped Immediately. 1t is thought
that the boy stood upon the earth and
the Jar of the moving cars caused it
to slide. The boy lost his footing and
fell with his knee cap on the rail and
the wheel Of the car passed over it.