The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-09-15
FRED SCOTT KILLED
A IL Year Old Barre Boy
Run Over BY An Electric
Car Saturday
M ET INSTANT Deaf H

School Boys Body Horribly MaDglcd
BY Pomderous wheels-Was Learn
ing TO Ride Bicycle When Accident
Occurred-was te Enter School To-
day.
When young Fred Scott, the 12-year
old son of MIR. and Mrs. Fred T. Scott,
of No. 10 Perrin street, Barre, kissed
his mother goodbye as he started out
with a few little playmates about $3.50
O'Clock Saturday afternoon to learn
to ride a bicycle, it never occurred to
either mother or child that before an
hour elapsed his bleeding body with
life crushed out would be picked up
in the street, and yet it was only lit
tie after o'clock that he reached the
corner of Brook street and North
Main streets and was riding along at
an easy gait, when the sudden APP
proach of car and an automobile so
confused the lad that he lost control
of his wheel, ran directly in front of
the car and in an instant his body
was ground beneath its wheels and
he died without murmur The exact
cause of the tragedy is not known,
various reasons being assigned.
The accident occurred shortly after
o'clock when young Scott with
some friends came down Brook street
toward Main. He could ride the
wheel fairly well in the middle of the
road and when there was no other
vehicle near but as he peared the
corner of North Main street ne SEEM
ed to have lost control and was un-
able to steer either up or down the
street. Car No. 4S from Montpelier
was coming up, as was an automobile,
which bewildered the lad to such an
extent that, instead Of driving to one
side or jumping, he rode straight
wheels crossed the rails The car
was in charge of Motorman George
Ennis, one of the Oldest and most eff
ficient men on the road, and Conduct
or Galaise and although the motor
man did all in his power to save the
boy. the fender did not catch him and
he went under the wheels to death
The front wheels went completely
over the body, managing it terribly
while he was carried along for some
distance on the rear wheel before the
car came to full stop. Death wai
instantaneous.
Dr. NJ d. Lamb, the local health of.
fcer, was instantly called and arriv.
ed on the scene with Officer George
X Garlic and Chief Samuel Sinclair
Motorman Ennis was called before
the health officer to give his version
OF the accident, as were several of the
passengers, after which a permit was
granted for removing the body to the
A. w. Badger and Company's under.
taking rooms at ECO North Mair
street.
Mrs. Scott, who mas been i'll re-
Gently, was first informed of the
death of her son by her daughter ant
and later by the officers, and was
Frustrated for three hours last even.
ing as result. Mr.. Scott was walk
ing along the street at the time, wher
an acquaintance told him of an acct
dent to boy, but did not know the
boys name They both went to the
scene of the accident where the faith
er pushed through the crowd to fine
that it was his son. A large crowt
collected and the car service wa:
knocked out for the evening. Man!
different views We're given regarding
the cause or probable cause of tn,
accident. The officials of the Mont
pelier and Barre Traction Compan!
stated last evening that the car stop
ped within a length after the boy fell
Fred Scott was born in Washington
Vile, n. Y, October %. 1897, comm.
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