Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1913 — BOY KILLED PLAYING HORSE [ARTICLE]

BOY KILLED PLAYING HORSE

Hitched to Wagon, He Breaks His Neck When Heavy Vehicle Whirls Down Hill. New York. —Three accidents to children in a few hours emphasized the perils of the streets as playgrounds. One child was killed and two were seriously injured. George Manning, five years old, of 2185 Amsterdaln avenue, managed with several playmates to take a delivery wagon from a lot. With another boy he was harnessed to the shafts with a rope, while strings served as reins for a lad on the seat. The street was an Incline and the wagon, easily moved, became unmanageable. Little George was forced to run at top speed. The wagon struck a lamppost and the child was hurled against the curb. His neck was broken. He died a half hour later. Ellis Silverstein left an auto truck at 102 d street and Lexington avenue. A boy fooled with the levers until he started it. The truck zigzagged through the street, ran over Benjamin Glaser, eight years old, and crashed into a tenement house. William Bard, five years old, was knocked down and seriously Injured in front of his home by a wagon?