The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
Harvey Lieurance Killed in Rum
away Today.
Thrown Before Street Car by
Frightened Team.
CAUGHT UNDER FENDER
Side Of Head and Body Are
Crushed.
Son Of Victim Escapes Without
Injuries.
CAUGHT UNDER FENDER


X In collision between the frightened
ana unmanageabIe team " which he was
driving to heavy wagon. and an east
bound santa Fe-9Fashburn street car
No. 125, at Fourth and Quincy streets,
just a few minutes after noon today,
Harvey Lieurance age 81. farmer
living nine miles southeast of Topeka
near Watson, was thrown under the
Gender and instantly crushed to death.
his fourteen-year- son. Willie
Lieurance was with him. and escaped
miraculously with nothing more than
a Slight bruise on his left elbow. The
boy was pitched out on the street and
zen on his back.
The accident occurred just at the
middle of the intersection Of quincy
and Fourth streets. Lieurance was
driving north ON Quincy. dewn the
sharp incline which leads from Fifth
street Just as he drove onto Fourth
street the car came rushing along
The horses. a big sUrong farm team
became frightened and dashed straight
ahead. Lfeurance tried to stop them,
but mis- control was lost. The mad
dened animals ran in front of the car
and clear of the track The car struck
the front wheels of the wagon
The terrific impact hurled Lleurance
from his seat He fell on the side OF
the fender and pilot. Ihe car WsS
halted twenty feet from the accident
and though il was clear beyond quincy
street before it could be stopped, Lieur-
auces body did not get beneath the
wheels His clothing caught in the
pilot and he was 5ragged along and
thrown out several feet from the track
his son Willie was taken into the
Midland hotel and examined for In
juries. He was very nervous and cry
fr1u fa "a
happened, he said. I'VE We're driving
uortl on Quincy street and just got to
Fourth when we say the car. The
horses jumped and danced. Papa tried
to stop them, but they ran right
straight ahead He couldn't hold them,
I guess. TEat3s the way it seemed.
thought hrst VIZ would get past, but the
gar stFs1ck the Waaan, lust at the front
happened VAS lging out in the mid
die OF the street, but wasn't hurt
don't know which way papa was
thrown out. When I got up some peO-
Nple brought me in here. We live out
near watson. Papa is 81 years old.
w were in town with some things and
were driving down to the mill. Mamma
and my oldest sister came with US
They are uptown somewhere buying
something at the stores. 1 have an
other sister. She works at the Topeka
Capital office. I have one brother IN
san Francisco, Cal.
The little fellow was brOken-h hearted.
All efforts to quiet him were unavail-
ing
y wish mother and sister would
come. he kept saying. Someone was
dispatched after them.
The ear with which the collision oc-
Cured was a Santa Washburn, No.
125 %. Funston is the motormau and
Harry Thomas the conductor. Neither
of them would say anything concerning
the accident. They were so enjoIned by
the stress railway managers who were
at the accident a few moments after it
occurred There We're no passengers on
the car No passers-by saw the acci-
dent
Coroner Keith was called and he made
an examination of the body on the
ground From the pockets he took some
papers. a bank book and a watch, and
then ordered the body removed to Pen
Wells undertaking establishment in an
ambulance.
The body was there examined min
utely- The right side Of the face was
mashed and mangled, and the skull
crushed Bad contusi0ns on the cheek
and chin were also bleeding freely. The
face was almost uurecOgnizable. The
body bore no marks at all save few
minor scratches. The left arm was bro
ken The ribs ON both sides were frac-
tured. All OF the injuries are supposed
to have been in the main due from the
fall
AS soon as the car had been stopped,
the mOtorneer and conductor went to
the PROSTATE man. But life was ex-
tinct. DIT. Keith said that death Oc-
CURED instantly
The inquest viii probably not be held
until tomorrow morning. The coroner
wishes additional time to gather the ev-
ideuee.