The Portland daily press., 1899-06-26


Saturday afternoon. by falling from his
bicycle under the wheels Of trailer ON .
Westbrook electric car The accident 90
CURED about six minutes after i've
o'clock and the young man died few
minutes later without rsgaining CON-
seriousness
Herbert Clark was the son of John &c.
Clark night Waterman for The Whitman
Sawyer Stable company and lived az
1877 Congress street. Hrs parents. three
brothers and two sisters survive him.
It was shortly after five o'clock satur.
day afternoon and Portland street at
that hour. especially on Saturdays, is
about as lively street as there Is In the
oity. only one side,of the street, the
southerly side, is paved with granite
blocks and wheelmen always ride on this
when 1t Is possible to do so. The car
tracks run In the middle OF the street
here and between the tracks and the curb
stone there is room enough for two teams
to pass abreast.
Young Clark was employed In the
match factory but did not work Saturday
afternoon as the factory during the sum-
mer months closes at noon on that day to
give its employees a half holiday. The
young man had purchased o bicycle from
James Bailey % Co., on Monday, of last
week, and had been out In Deering about
all the afternoon riding the new machine.
While he could ride fairly we'll. SO those
who knew him say, he was by no means
n skilful rider. He did not have that
confidence in himself or his wheel which
comes to a wheelmsn only after much
practice and was in that stage of learn
ing to ride when he was pretty sure in o
tight place to run into the largest object
In the road.
Somewhat tired with his long ride out
through Deering. Clark was jogging along
ortland street towards home. Only one
side of Portland street is lit to rids upon
as has been said and the young man, to-
yether with about everyone else was
journeying into the city took that side
Of the street. just before Paris street
was reached Clark turnsd out from the
curb stone toward the Car track to pass a
coal team which was driven by NJ. Jesse
Smith. The coal team was within six
lncneS OF the curU STONE jogging SLOWLY
along towards PreDle street and between
this coal team and the car track there
was fully seven or eight feet Just as
the bicycle rider turned out to pass this
coal team Westbrook electric car with q
trailer attached came up behind him also
headed into the eity. Edward &c. Her
bert, a motorman of long experience, was
at the switch on the motor car while
Thomas Gallant was the brakeman on
the trailer. The train, for SO it might be
called, was in charge of Conductor j. II.
Whittier.
The motorman on the Westbrook oars
sounded his gong several times as he APP
preached the bicycle rider and Clark evil
IDENTIFY hearing the warning, turned In
little towards the coal team just as the
cars passed him. Many persons who
observed tina cars at the time say that
they were moving along at much less
speed than they usually make on Port
land stsret. The motor car went by
CLARK all right, but when the trailer came
along he evidently lost his NERVE as
the bicycle riders put 1t, and began to
sway little on his wheel. Fearing that
he was going to fall Clark made a grab
for the first stanchion on the open tr all
er. lie missed it and In trying to reach
1t lost his balance.