Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-30

=! was coming IN Twenty-snvcnth
stfoat on car IS and just before ]
got 10 Wickham ny niue. tho car was
III front Of the avenue | saw some.
ming white in front oc me on abe
track. about n car length ahead OF
me. | instantly tried TO stop the car,
hut before the car could be stopped,
! had hit carriage or buggy. with
people in ii. stopped the car n;
soon rs | could. and went and told
the conductor | had hit Il buggy. The
conductor and Mr.. Butler went back.
and | went over TO the store and
'phoned fer doctor could see Il
child under the front OF the car. ana
asked man standing by to take il
out. did not see the body OF Tho
hoy Powell Conrad) on tho track.
stopped the car ms soon as posi-.
Bile, hut 1t went nearly q half block.
about one hundred feet. after II;
struck the buggy"
Replying 10 Juror the motorman
said that he reversed the motor and
oplled the brakes in his cnor,s TO
s,on the car.
My headlight was burning and VIZ
were trimming at Il ratio OF six or eight
on to sny. III current was OFF be-
fore tho accident and before saw the
buggy rang the bell upon ap-
lhr crosslne'
Conductor Mann.
Conductor Mann said:
lust rs We were approaching
Wickham avenue on Twenty.seventh
street. felt sudden Jar OF tho
car. by which | know that the car
had been reversed. was standing
In the rear door. ] saw Il dark OBJ
icct on the right. Thinking some
thing had happened looked out the
door Just as soon as the car was
stopped, ! asked Mr.. Butler, who was
Tho only passenger on tho car. to 20
back with me- ana see what had hap
Dcncd. We wont down on tho track
toward Wickham avenue. and about
half way from tho car to Wickhaln
avenue VIC found small hoy lying
the tracks. We went on 10
-hc vehicle. ana saw il hnd boon run
INTO and found Il woman screaming !
ls though she was hurt. Then We
vent over to the store OIL tho corner |,
md 'phoncd for medical assistance. |
Nhcn We went hack to the car the |
notorman told me there was child |
mder the front end Of the car II
assisted the father In taking the child |
% the house across She street; then |
hurried hack and got Mr.. Butler to |
assist me in taking the dead boy :
rom the track to the sidewalk. |
:ould see no signs OF life IN the child. !
The car ran about one hundred |
md ten CT fe.cen feet after felt the
~, being reyarsed." said the witness |
n reply 10 question.
Mr.. Warren Talks.
Although he was almost distrocted |
With pain and grief. Mr.. Warren talk
ID very ntclligently about tho acct.
lent to a Daily Press reporter. lIcl
made the following statement:
When | first SAW Tie car my tcaml
vas crossing the track. 4, that time
he car WAS more Than half & block
lway. but it was running o rapidly
hat it was upon us before The surrey
'ould get across tile track. My wire
nd We're occupying the front seat
md my 10Y aud girl were in the rear
cat | was holding the baby ON my
APP with my left arm ana was holding
he rcins 81 my right hand. so |
.onid not use the whip. When the
ar struck the surrey the force OF the
compact threw the baby from my arms |,
nto the street | too WIS thrown |
rom the surry. but was not badly in.
urcd.
81 got TO my feet rs quickly as
'ossihle and asked about my little
on. Someone, do not know who.
old me that he had hccn killed, and
asked for MY daughter. a hoy told
he that she was under the car. and |
ran to the car 10 look for her.
ound her near the front of the car
ND with The aid OF some men pulled
Ter from under H.
II then went TO my wife. who was
inder the rear axle of the surrey. |
Many people had gathered around by
hat time ana was led into 4 nearby !
louise. where the doctors dressed the
wound on my head"
After his wounds had been dressed |
Warren went 10 the store of Mr.. p. |
: Anderson. 9701 Wickham avenue.
Fhere Mrs. Warren had been taken
II an unconscious condition When /
lcr husband reached her side she
lad regained consciousness and the |
meeting between husband ana wife
Sas most pathetic.
Traffic Abandoned.
Traffic on the Twentyseycnth. street |
inc was abandoned for the night af. !
or tue accident, as the coroner would |
iot pcrml, the ear to be moved until |
iier the verde, had been rendered
Lit.l- Girl Conscious.
Al oclccI. this morning 1t was
4 mol ~ t..f
he iitlIe Warren girl had resainet !
'onSciPrSness and TINT the indica- |
IONS were thas she would recover
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