Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-24
BAD DAY FOR LITTLE ONES
Fatal Accident to = Boy and Girl ID seri-
Ously Shocked by Live Wire.
BOY RUN OVER BY A COAL WAGON
Girl Saw Wire Dangling and started
to Play with IL and Has n Mar
row Escape from Fatal
Results.

Carl Furler, the 9-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Furler, 1902 Fourth avenue, was
crushed under the wheels Of a wagon haul
ing coal for the water works company yes
terday morning. receiving injuries which
resulted in his death a few minutes later.
The accident happened at First avenue and
Thirty seventh street at the railroad tracks
Just south Of the company's reservoir and
pumping station.
Young Furler and two small companions
were playing around the cars and picking
up such coal as was dropped while loading
the wagon. Carl had crawled under the
wagon unseen by the driver, Gates Butler,
who is In the employ Of a man named
Myers, who has the contract for hauling
coal for the water works company. Butler
started his team with a heavy load in the
wagon, unaware that the boy was under
meath. The boy attempted to crawl out,
but before he could do so the hind wheel
Of the wagon passed over him, crushing
his abdomen. The boy was at once removed
to his home three blocks distant, but died
on his way there.
At the Office of the water works company
1t was said that young Furler and other
children had been repeatedly warned to keep
away from the cars and wagons, but that
they persisted in congregating every time
a car was unloaded to pick up what fell.
The funeral of young Furler will be held
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
family residence and burial will be in
Laurel Hill cemetery, South Omaha.
Coroner Treynor, on investigating the cir
cumstanees OF the accident, decided that 1t
was unnecessary to hold any inquest.
Burned By Electric Wire.
The little 5-year-old daughter Of Will
liam Bell. employed in a local lumber
yard, was severely burned and narrowly
escaped electrocution by catching hold of
a loose wire hanging from the motor com
pany's trolley line at First and Pierce
streets.
Linemen in the employ Of the motor
company were making repairs and the
wire had been thrown over the heavily
charged trolley wire, with its end almost
reaching the ground. A piece OF iron had
been attached to the wire and this at
tracted the curiosity Of the child.
When the child grasped the piece of iron
the force of the current threw her to the
ground and proved SO strong that she was
unable to relax her grnsp. Her sister at
tempted to drag her away. but she also re-
ceived a shock which threw her to the
ground. c. Hanscom happened to pass at
the time. and seeing the children's dan
ger hurried to the rescue. He succeeded
in loosening the child's hand from the
grasp Of the wire. but was severely
shocked In doing so.
The child was removed to the home Of
her grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. Dunlap,
at 1913 Vine street, where medical assistance
was summoned. The little girls hand was
badly burned, but IL is hoped she will sus-
tain no permanent injury from the acct
dent. although when rescued from her per-
ilous position her face had become purple
from the effects of the electric shock, and
had she not been loosened from her hold
on the wire at the time she was It is
doubtful II she would have survived much
longer.
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