The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-20
ALMOST CUT 70 PIECES
SIX-YEAR-OLD CHARLIE GRAY
KILLED BY A GRAND AVE-
NUE. CAR
DIED A LINGERING DEATH
Legs and Arms Were Broken and
Front Teeth Knocked Out
Mystery as to the
Accident.

Charles Gray, six-year-eld son of H. NJ.
Gray, 545 Oakland avenue, was run over
by q Grand avenue car at Oakland and
Pleasant avenues, $3.50 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon and sustained injuries from
which he died three hours later.
1t was an east bound car and the first
intimation of an accident that the pas
sengers had was the frantic signaling of
TIE conductor for a quick stop, Not until
The emergency signal of three bells had
been given twice did the motorman put
on the brakes. Several passengers and
the crew hurried back about half block
ard found the boy. bleeding to death on
the track.
Said G. N. Hillman, of els Lincoln ave.
nue.. who was one of the passengers:
eve knew nothing of the accident until
the car was suddenly stopped and we
heard the conductor tell the motorman to
go back and pick sup thu boy that had
run under the car.
A TERRIBLE SIGHT.
ST Immediately hurried back and saw
the child lying beside the track with bis
clothes nearly torn off and a stream o.
blood pouring from a gaping cut in his
right leg near the hip. l picked him UP
and supposed that he was dead.
"Ife soon showed signs of life, however,
and on asking him his name he opened
his eyes and told me his name and adj
dress l saw that he was losing blood
RAPIDLY and after tieing handkerchief
tightly around MS bleeding limb, just
above the cut, hailed passing wagon
and drove with all haste to st. Lukes
hospital We hurried him into TIE
OF era ting room and on examination, the
physicians found that the boy had sus-
tained d double fracture of the right leg,
the right arm and left leg were broken,
his body and limbs were covered with
gashes and bruises and all of his front
teeth mad been knocked out. A lace shoe
had been torn off his left foot badly
decorating it. Hr. Bole was summoned
and after relieving the boy as hurriedly
as possible he was placed in temporary
spiints and bandages and put to bed.
His mother stood at the bedside almost
insane with grief.
The boy remained conscious and when
asked how the accident happened, said
he did not know. Several times he MUIR
INJURED: cit hurts At $50 O'Clock he
died.
1t seems That The little fellow had been
sent en- an GRAND by his neither to
store near the scene of the accident,
which is about a block from the family
home He WSs accompanied by little
girl living next door, who gays that THY
had walked behind a west bound car. rot
seeing the car going in The opposite di-
rection. Just as the boy was stepping on
the track she saw the-car and. tried to
Full him back, but in pulling she fell
backwards onto tbs other track and the
boy was struck by the car which was
coming down the grads very rapidly. Mr..
HlIinan says that the little girl was some
distance away Just running toward the
boy when he was picked up.
The conductor stated last night that the
boy wore a heavy WOODEN toqte which
covered his ears He was looking in The
opposite direction and did not hear the
approaching car, but&Walkede right in
front of TT
H M Gray, the Boys father, came to
this city from IoWasless than year ago,
| and has been on the editorial staff of the
, West Publishing company George
Berger was the motorman. and Robert S.
Wray the conductor in charge of the car.
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