The Portland daily press., 1899-06-26

ahlt IVY r"u ~ Anst dt ne could 10 hl1n
undertaking rooms and asked N be could
see the bo1v Of his brnther Wnen he
had vtwed the loiy the young man,
though much overcome Oh tue shock,
fastened to his home at lg7 Congress
street and there broke tho news to his
mother and the family who were waiting
for Herbert to come home TO supper.
A PRESS reporter saw MIR. Jesse
Smith, Saturday evening, at his home on
Paris street. Mr.. smith owns q coal
and wood business on Portland street
few doors above the place where the aooi-
dent occurred and at the time Of the acci-
dent was driving NJ Portland street
towards his place OF business. He said;
Il was driving very close to the curb
stone, within six inches of 1t ! should
say. There was certainly enough room
between my team and the electric car
tracks for another team to pass without
getting on the trauk. The Wsstbrook car
and the young man on the wheel came
up behind me, going towards Preble
street. When the CAR passed me the
wheelmau was Just about abreast Of my
horses. The motor car went past all right
and then the bicynlist seemed to waver
q little and swung In toward the car. /
saw him reach ost his hand, / don't
know whether because he wanted to get
tow ny the car or whether he was afraid
he was going to fall. oouldn't tell just
what he did 10 for but he made grab at
the first stanchton ON the trailer back of
the brakeman. This he missed and then
he lost his balance and fell down between
the front and rear trucks of the trailer.
think only the rear truck passed. over
his body. The young man seemed to be
drawn In under the car and the wheel
seemed to be pushed out. The car was
passing along at VERY slow rate Of speed
and was evidently under perfect CONTROL
for the motorman, when he heard the
shout to stop his car, did so within eight
or ten feat OF the place where the boy
body 10y on the track"
The PRESS reporter In hunting around
Portland street saturday evening found
several people whu were in the vicinity at
the time the accident occurred but only
one besides Mir. smith who had seen 1t.
This person was q woman who said she
was standing In front of 10 Portland
street with some other women when the
accident occurred. She refused to give
her name to the reporter nor could he
learn who she was from any one in the
Vicinity. She had evidently sean the 40
cfdent, however, and described 1t in ths
same manner as did Mr.. Smith though
not quite as tutelligently. She said there
was plenty Of room between the car and
the coal tearp for the bicyclist TO pass
without providing. She said that the
rider lost his balance about the time the
trailer came along, tried to grab car
stanchion and fell In under the car.
The PRESS man learned Saturda
night that the motorman, driver and con-
ductor had not seen the man when be fell
under the car as they had passed him be-
fore he fell. The rider did not shout or
scream when he went In under the
wheels Of the trailer.
One of the firm Of Horgan & Abbott, in
speaking Of the accident Saturday night,
said that 1t was a wonder to him that
more wheelmen were not hurt on Port
land street as they seemed to utterly dis
regard the cars and took all kinds of
chances In passing in front OF them.
One OF the Oldest motormen on the
Deering division of the Portland railroad
said that some wheelmen were very care.
less and that he had himself at times be.
come SO exasperated with them for the
reckless way In which they lodged about
In front OF the cars that he had felt like
getting of and giving them q severe
lecture II not something worse.
This Is the first fatal accident that
has occurred ON the Portland railroad
since electricity was adopted and 1t is the
hrst case of q wheelman being killed in
Portland. Coroner Perry viii probably
impanel n jury today.