Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-11-20
TinbeIS Forced IN, Hitting
Owen Doris, 8 Years Old
Over Heart and Causing I'M.
slant Death,
ENGINE WHEEL RAN INTO
A PUDDLE. SAYS DRIVER
Chauffeur Declares Machine
Was Not Going Fast and.
That He Put ON Brakes Be-
fore Accident

THE Highlands Gro companys mo-
Ton engine PLUNGED Through tho len'c
ln front oi the home ot Thomas NJ.
DOrriH. grocer Ht tl1 South hdlih
street. ~ O'Clock last nght killint
/ owen Doris years Ola, aud slight
Z "a IuWrIne ms A-year-uid sister
Mrs r. S. owens grandmother ol
4 owen. fho hoy aud thr Enl were
standing lt fhe fcncc To- watch the
1 engine run past pu the way 90 trc
lat gl5 south Edth street Part Of
4 me fence. which WIs of wire netting
with timber uil at tho top was
forced M. Dr W, "a Hope VINO "ilh
/ Dr W. H LoNclacc was called. he-
+ licves that part Of the fence struck
/ thc hoy A Blow over The heart XIII
"d bim practically Instantly
Says II lit Water.
w. Rocd. chauffeur of the High
+ lands station, was driving the engine.
, one OF th" front wheels. the one on
the inside. struck puddle of mud
ana water under standpipe used for
filling sprinkler wagons. about sev-
enty-five feet from the Doris fence
hc said Reed is powerful man,
but according to hts statement the
steering wheel. which ho was holding
firmly with both hands. was turned
over when the wheel struck the pud-
die He said the ear WIS not nun
ming last ana he thought he would pc
able 90 right ID. but the machine,
which weighs five tons turned IN to-
ward the curb, rolled over it and
struck the fence.
When the machine climbed on the
sidewalk Reed said he shut off the
engine and showed on the brake. 1t
was said that the front wheels We're
turned outward toward the street.
when II was iammed in the fence, in-
dicatmg that the driver tried to turn
/ the motor away.
Expected 60 Right Engine.
Reed said be saw the children at
the fence, but fully expected To be
able 10 keen the motor ou It's course.
According to him, the engine was not
nnning more than ten miles am hour
when hc struck The mud The speed
omctcr showed that the maximum
speed attained ON the trip was nine
teen miles an hour Reed said, how
ever that it WAS going slower when
ne reached the standpipe
Reed said the engine was not work
ing we'll that IL was "hack firing
ana that Il was IN low al the time.
None of the firemen was thrown
from the machine This was taken
to indicate that the great weight OF
I the engine moro than It's speed broke
1 the fence Walter RYAN an extra
7 pipeman. who was working I'm the
/ place of "a member of the company
who Is ILL., jumped from the ear, pick
4 od mp the boy aud carried him into
/ the house Tie said the boy was
I stIll alive when he picked him mp, hut
/ the symptoms which he misiook for
lite probably were refleXes physi-
/ clans said death had been practically
/ instantaneous.
Machine Damaged
Tho girl received slight confusion
ON the LETT temple. Mrs. owens cs-
capped without injury
Tho body ul the boy was taken te
Thomas Blakemure's Funeral ar.
Iange had not hccn nude last
night Am inquest probably viii h'
held today Justice George R. Crait
Was notified shortly after the acci.
dent
The motor was damagcd Il was
pulled from the position in which II
was lodged by the central station
motor and brought to the central sta
ton for repairs II was said tina
Il probably would be in service by
this morning The engine was no
crIppicd and the damaged parts caI
ho repaired here The front aNlo
was sprung. one Of the liphts broken
81 beam which supports the body %
the car was twisted and ono OF th'
springs broken Several bolts Wcr
, cutt of as sheer ass if by chsel
: The fire was at 9l6 South Edit
street u WAS In "a chckencoop. Tn
alarm received by the highlands com
, pauN came over the telephone AN
, other alarm presumably by anothc
Z person was sent in from a fire alarm
box The latter cal sent the centra
I company to the fire at G.03 o'cluci
q feW minutes after the first alarr
b. came m
{ Onh the hiehlauds company ne
4 spuuded to thc telephone alarm Th
e. box pulled howcNer-No 63-Wa
5 one that calls ont both companies
The central company went dow
s. Broadway and did not pass the Dor
i riH pl1rr owing to the fact that ON
Go alarm came over the telephone wir
and the other over the department
ftANNht WIZ lli'f Ni'lN NNu NO va
ot knowing whether there was on
u Tire or two and was huying hack {
n the south Edith street station whc
% he saw The cnginc stalled in ia
E fence
10 The fire Wus nearly out when Oh
% t.remen arrived, neiehhorhoo
a bucket brigade having worked offe'
Is lively az eNtineuishiug the flames.
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Good music, good floor, good GROVE
H. and good dancing at the Colombo &,
y night You can't afford to miss
Visitors Ia the teachers conventie
viii hC given special attention.
Aon want "a good tiulc the plucc