Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-20
CHILD MANGLED
BENEATH WHEELS
Of TROLLEY CAR
Daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
A. Anderson, of So Garden
Street, Fatally Injured Al
most in Sight of Her Home

Little Margareta Anderson. years old.
while going for a loaf of bread to a gro
Gerry store block from her home. was
killed BY an Inman Park car on Geor-
gia avenue at the corner OF Garden street.
Wednesday morning. Neighbors say that
she is the third child that has been kill
ed on the long hill that begins on Geor-
gia avenue three or four blocks above
Garden street ard reaches TO Connally
street. a block below il. The father or
the little girl was injured by a street car
at Garden street three months ago.
she Is the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
@. A. Anderson, who live at So Garden
street. The father IS manager OF the hat
department at Daniel Brothers Clothing
company.
The little girl had both legs crushed
and died in an ambulance that was TAX
ing her TO the Atlanta hospital She
had lain for half an hour in the gro
Gerry store 10 which she was going, while
efforts were made to get the Grady hos
pital ambulance. but that institution
could not be reached by telephone at
the time.
Her father reached her before she was
moved She couldn't speak. but she re-
cogniEed him and as he bent over her
she looked I'D at him with a faint smile
WAS HURRYING TO STORE
Little Margareta was hurrying to the
grocery store so that she wouldn't BE
late to school A Georgia avenue car
going to Grant park had stopped at Gar
den street to let of passengers; a car
from Grant park and going to Inman
Park was coming down the long hill to
town The little girl didn't see the Inman
Park car. She ran around the car that
had stopped and ran directly in front OF
the incoming car. 1t struck her and
passed over her.
she was picked up and carried into
the grocery store, which Is owned By
r. d. Ramsey. =
The Grady hospital couldn't be reached
over the telephone and the emergency
ambulance Of Greenberg, Bond & Bloom
field was called
+ The father who had been notified met
the ambulance and came with IL. He saw
that the little girl was dying and asked
that she be taken home. but a physician
who had arrived thought that there might
be chance for her. She was put In the
ambulance. but died before the hospital
was reached
The car which killed the little girl was
Ne s.. IN charge of Motorman H c.
fitzpatrick and Conductor Camp.
NOT MOTORAIAN'S FAULT.
Mrs. J. w Sears. who lives at 525 Geor-
eia. avenue. in front of where the acct
dent happened. says that It was not the
fault Of the rnotoruan. According to her
the little girl ran directly in front Of the
incoming car and was so close to IL when
seen by the motorman that he had no
time to stop his car
he, with the conductor. lifted the little
GIRL and took her into the grocery store.
where she waited until the ambulance
came
NeiShbors can give the details Of only
one other case where a child was killed
on this part of Georgia avenue child
nv the name OF Weaver was several years
ago run over and fatally hurt at Connal-
IL street. which IS just below Garden
Mrs. Sears tells OF a little girl being
knocked from the car track by an IN
coufn9 car but without being hurt
other than somewhat bruised.
The accident to Mr.. Anderson, the faith
er of little Margareta, happened as ne
was getting of a car. He fell and was
rather badly hurt
Garden street during a part or the
dav. is a point where incoming and out
going cars meet. II is said that IN get
ting of one car or in passing one car
there is often danger from the other.
7. was the fact that she saw only one
~ the two cars that caused the death OF
she little girl Wednesday morning.
n was almost o'clock when she start
"a IN the store, and she said TO some
ona she passed that she must hurry OF
- late to school. Thinking OF this I'M
rortant matter of school. she ran around
TIE car standing still and into death
n Is the William f. Slaton school she
vent 10. She was member or the nrst
grade