Morris tribune., 1919-02-21
LITTLE GIRL KILLED
WHEN STRUCK BY CAR
Wee Granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Farwell Meets Horrible
Death.

Mention was made in the Alberta
news of last week concerning the
death of little Hazel Weinand,
granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
FarweII of Scott township. The
Weinand family lived at Quincy, Ill.
and the following is from the Quin-
cy paper.
Little Hazel Weinand, 6-year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Weinand, was instantly killed about
5:15 o'clock Monday afternoon near
her home when she was run over by
a street car. An inquest is to be held
to try and fix the blame for her
death.
'The accident which caused the
little girls death occurred almost in
front of the home of her parents.
The mother who upon seeing the
people gather at the scene Of the
accident saw the lifeless and
mangled remains of her small child
lying in the street became hysterical
Her condition this morning remains
serious. The father, who is govern
ment inspector at the Wolf Manu-
featuring plant, was notified immedi
ately after the accident and the once
happy home is now one Of sadness.
"The little miss had been to the
home of neighbOrs playing and was
on her way home when the accident
happened. She stopped in the street
to let a north bound car pass anu
then started to run across the tracks
when the south bound car struck
her. She was dragged about twenty
feet and horribly mashed before the
wheels passed over the back part or
her head. On the fender Of the car
was her stocking cap and it is the
opinion of some that instead of fall
ing on the fender when the car
struck her, it knocked her away down
the tracks and the car wheels then
passed over her body. Motorman
William B. Becker, who was III
charge of the car says he did not see
the little girl until the car was upon
her and that he did everything in his
power to bring the car to stop. The
car ran at least one hundred feet
down the track, which is on an in
cline, before it came to standst1lI.
H. Grubb, conductor Of the car, says
he did not see the accident and knew
nothing of it until Becker made
frantic efforts to halt the car. When
the two men ran back they found that
the child had suffered death almost
instantly.
"A large crowd Of some $50 peo-
pie gathered around the scene OF the
accident and for a time feeling ran
high but the crowd was dispersed by
the police who notified Coroner Amen
of the accident.
'"The Jury in attempting to Tx the
blame for the accident will PROBE
deeply. The condition Of the street
which is concave at the place where
the accident happened will be investl-
gated as it is the opinion OF many
that had the street been level, the
fender on the front of the car would
have picked up the girl. The brick
pavement on both sides and between
the tracks is in poor condition anu
it is said that this fact had been
brought to the attention of the city
officials sometime ago.
"The Weinand family have been
residents of Quincy since May, 1918,
coming here from Grand Forks, Mich
when Mr.. Weinand took up his work
at the Wolf factory Little Hazel
was a lovable little girl, making
friends with all the neighbors and
their children. She was member OF
the First Presbyterian church and
each Sunday found her at Sunday
School. Since September she had
been attending the Jefferson school
''Surviving besides the father and
mother are two small brothers, Rod
ney and Walter, and one sister
Marjorie. Funeral services will be
held tomorrow"