Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-02
DEA TIL
FOR CHILDREN
FOUR LITTLE ONES VICTIMS OF
BAD ACCIDENTS
HEAVY TRUCK cRusHEs HEAD
OF BABY
Girl Falls Over Cliff, One Boy Falls
from Trapeze, Another Is
Struck by Automo-
bile

Four little children were the victims of
terrible heartrending accidents yesterday
as a result of which one little one is
dead and mangled, another is at death
door, bruised and disfgured, and TWO
others are confined to bed with serious
injuries.
AbaIone Kishner, the 1S-month-oid
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Kish-
ner, 1856 South Boyd street, was run over
bv heavy dray and killed yesterday af-
ternoon at $3.50 o clock. The accident oc-
CURED in the rear of the Kishner nome,
where Harry Upton, teamster, Wno
backing UP heavy wagon to ware
house to unload 1t. -,
linton could not see the little child.
which had crawled out into the alley and
had dragged itself to the rear wheel OF
the wagon without making sound.
Wheel crushes Baby
AS he backed the horses the heavy.
metal-shod wheel passed over the head OF
the infant, crushing its skull. Several
women were near and turned just in time
to see the wagon wheel pass over the
child's head. They say Upton was In
no way to blame.
The teamster was not arrested, but
went voluntarily to the chief of police to
explain about the accident. He was so
grieyed over the affair that his voice
choked with emotion and he could hardly
talk as he told the chief of what hap
pened
Upton had lost child Of his own about
the same age as the little KiShner baby
TWO weeks before. While he was In no
way to blame for the tragedy, he is
nearly crazed and is in the care of physi-
cians who fear for his reason.
Neighbors say that Mrs Kishner was
careless about letting the little baby tod
die off by itself, and several of the wo-
men in the neighborhood say on numer-
GUS occasions they have run out into the
street and picked up the baby and taken
1t to it's mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. KiShner are Germans, the
woman speaking English with difficulty.
rhe father is employed by the Los An
geles water department
Falls Over Cliff
Yesterday morning little 7-year-old
girl, Alice Gilmartin, fell over the ciin at
Observation Point, back of the Los An
geles high school, and her small body was
terribly bruised and crushed. The els
tance of the fall was over 100 feet.
The Gilmartins arrived in Los Angeles
Monday and had taken rooms at the
Grand View hotel, $40 North Hill street.
Early in the morning Alice went with
her brother for a walk. While looking
over the edge of the cliff at Observation
point she became dizzy and fell. Her
young brother barely missed sharing the
fate of his sister.
The little girls left leg was broken, her
right arm was dislocated and her body
was covered with bruises. The physicians
express doubts as to her recovery.
Emmett Doyle, a young school boy
whose home it at 1927 Hawley street, fell
from a trapeze in the cathedral school
grounds yesterday morning, breaking his
arm.
The suffering boy was taken to the re-
ceiviny hospital, where the arm was set
and put in splints. Young Doyle was DO
ing some athletic stunts on the swinging
trapese during recess hour when he Tell
off the cross bar and struck on the
ground, the entire weight OF his pody
falling across his arm. The bone snapped
and Doyle remained where he fell, while
his companions swarmed around him to
see what had happened The ambulance
was summoned and the young fellow
taken to the hospital.
Auto Strikes Boy
Another school boy, Roy Brigance, II
wears old. was struck by an automobile
Yesterday evening and the back of his
head severely lacerated. The accident oc-
Cured at the corner of Temple and
Flower Young Brigance was just get
ting off the car when an auto came
around the side of the car and struck
him, throwing him to the ground
The ambulance was summoned ana the
boy taken to the receiving hospital, where
his wound was dressed and he was sent
to his home at 107 North Hope street.
witnesses say the driver of the automo-
bile was 1t to blame for the accident,
and no warrant has been sworn out for
the arrest of the chauffeur.