The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-24
UNDER CARS TRUCKS
sIx-YEAR-OLD ALRETA WALTHOUR
WAS WEDGED.
KNOCKED DOWN AS SHE RAN.
THEN DRAGGED TWENTY-FIVE
FEET BY THE CAR.

Pulled From Under the Motor by
Conductor Patterson-NO bones
Had Been Fractured. but Little
Girl Was Suffering From Many
TGIy Cuts and Bruises-Struck by
Car No. Il OF IIabeTshRm street
Line within a Few Yards of Her
Home on Jones Street-ChiId's Es-
cape From Death Was Miraculous.
Medical Assistance Promptly Rem
dered and Little Sufferer Taken TO
ST. Joscrh's HOspitaI-Car No. II
an Inflated One With a Bloody
Record.
Knocked down and then dragged for
twenty-five feet by a trolley car was
the fate of Alreta Walthour, the
6-year-old daughter of J. J. Walthour
of No. 407 Jones street, east, yesterday
morning on Habersham street, near
Jones. Wonderful to relate, no bones
were fractured. and the little girl is
not believed to be seriously injured.
The childs escape from instant
death was little short of miracle
She was struck on the hip and fell
under the car. The motor pushed her
over the ties until the motorman was
able to bring the car to a halt 1t
was thought at that time that the
child had been crushed to death, and
Conductor J. NJ. Paterson crawled I'M
der the car, expecting to find the
mangled remains of the little girl.
xSuIEo1 Errax,, nona.4I,
When the car was brought to
standstill, however the conductor was
treasured by the screams of the little
sufferer. He pushed his way under
the motor and the child threw her arms
around his neck and was pulled out.
The accident occurred just south of
Jones street and almost at the side
of st. Joseph's Hospital. The injured
tot was taken into the hospital and
DR.. NJ. F. Dunn attended to her in
juries 1t was found that she had been
cut on the hip and badly bruised in
several places. No bones had been
broken. but the child suffered much
pain from the cuts and contusions on
the body. She also suffered from
shock, although her condition is not by
any means regarded as dangerous.
An UnIucky Car.
The car that struck the child was
No. II of the Habersham line,
an Inflated car. 1t was going
north and was in charge Of
Motorman J. Brooks Michael. The mo-
torman was not pushing his car at a
fast rate, for the reason that a Fair
Ground car was only a short distance
in advance of him. He says that the lit
tie girl ran diagonally across the track,
going east towards her home. The mo-
torman stated that he tried in every
way to prevent the collision and that
he brought his car to full stop with
in twenty-five feet.
Car No. II is knowni as the hoodoo of
the system. and has killed several per-
sons. 1t had a bloody record before
ii fell into the hands of the Savan-
nah Electric Company, and it is likely
that the number will be changed after
yesterdays accident that came so near
resulting fatally. There is nothing the
matter with the machinery in the car
and the street railway officials say
that there is no real reason why it
should have so many accidents to it's
credit.
The street railway officers did ev-
erything possible for the injured child
yesterday, and she was made as COM
Portable as possible at the hospital
She was not taken back to her home
but is being cared for at the hospital
under instructions from the railway
company.