Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-08-31
FATAL ACCIDENT
TAKES YOUNG LIFE
ION McAlister Dies From Injuries
Received When Bicycle Collides
With Motor Car-HarOld
Brownson Seriously
Injured

I0ren McAliSter, lV-yedT-olu son
!, Mr.. and Mrs. +. l.. McAlister, is
aaad and Harold Brownson, son of
M and Mrs. F. o. Brownson, and
the same age, is in serious condi-
Inn as the result of a collision be-
,weon the bicycles ridden by the
vonths and the O.-W. r. & N. motor
oar Wednesday afternoon. The boys
uere coming down Kamiaken street
At fast speed and were unable to
stop when they saw the motor car
coming from the east Both struck
the side of the motor with terrific
force. The bicycle ridden by the Nc
Alster boy caught in some manner
on the side of the motor and he was
hurled and dragged about 20 feet
onto the trestle, where his head
came in contact with girder and
he dropped to the rocks on the creek
peQ, hDOul lccI OSlON. L hc
Brownson boy struck the motor just
behind the baggage room door and
vas thrown directly backward,
The car was stopped almost with
in its length and the injured boys
we're carried by members of the
motor car crew and by I. j. Ellis
to the White drug store, where Drs
Kinney McAlister, and Gilleland
worked valiently in an effort to save
their lives. The McAllister boy suf-
fered basic fracture of the skull,
the entire back of the head being
terribly crushed, probably when he
struck the trestle. His face and body
were badly battered and from the
first it was known that his chances
for recovery were very rem ote. He
was taken to his home and expired at
$50 yesterday morning without re-
gaining consciousness.
The Brownson boys nose was
broken and torn loose and a deep
cash was cut in his face, just below
lhe eye. During the operation to set
Inc broken bones and close the
wounds he recovered consciousness
and an anesthetic was administered
he was taken to his home and in
all probability will recover. During
uns night soreness of the spine de-
seoped but this is thought to be
aue TO the terrific jar rather than to
internal complications. His left
nand was badly bruised, as was the
. BACK OF his head.
according to the story told by the
DfoWnson boy the two youths were
oon'lng down Kamiaken street at a
hisl rate of speed, both with their
neads down, and neither of them saw
'ne approaching motor car until they
we're close upon it. The Brownson
10Y applied his brakes with all his
strength and slowed his bicycle down
sOmewhat, thus reducing the force of
'ne collision. The McAlister boy
s'ueu unable to reduce the momen-
'u'i Oh his wheel and struck the
mo'or car with full force. The Nc
auister boy was on the right and
''''ie ahead of the Brownson boy and
N''oruing to bystanders he struck the
~ near the center and then was
taught by the rear end of the motor
and dragged.
me dead boy had only just recov-
10y ICY from injuries received when he
ago.
az. iatal accident has proved a
!. 'a''nct shock to the entire commun-
noth the dead boy and his seri-
10y injured companion were popu-
=. 'aVorites and had hundreds of
oS friends among the boys of their
WI age and older persons.
-, aneral services for Loren Nc
''er Will be held Saturday after
a. at zoo o'clock at the Methodist
caghlan. = "