The Lowell Sun, 1 July 1910
| CHILD WAS KILLED Another Child Badly Injured on the South Common |
| One child was killed and two were badly injured near the pond on the
South common shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon. A limb fell from a tree and struck them. It was an accident
hard to understand, as no reason could be advanced for the sudden falling of the limb. The little girl's skull was
fractured and she received a multiplicity of wounds. A man passing in an automobile tendered his services and
the little girl was taken to St. John's hospital. The child's life was ebbing fast away and she died in the automobile.
Her name, for the present, is unknown. She was about ten years old.
The boy, Samuel Moses, is 6 years old. His home is at 72 Suffolk street. He sustained a compound fracture of the left arm and severe scalp wounds. He was treated by Dr. Randall, who removed him from the scene of the accident to his office in Middlesex street in his automobile. The doctor did not observe any speed laws on his way from the common to his office. It was Dr. Randall who ordered the little girl taken to the hospital. "I do not think she will live to get there," said the doctor as the little girl was placed in the automobile. Lieut. Connors carried the boy in his arms and rode in Dr. Randall's machine to the doctor's office. The other victim was Olivine Gosselin of 695 Middlesex street. It is feared she is injured internally. The police and the hospital authorities are endeavoring in every way to ascertain the name and address of the little girl. |
The Lowell Sun, 2 July 1910
| None Can Explain South Common Accident |
| The sad accident of yesterday seems to have been forgotten on the
South common where all is hustle and bustle today. What caused that huge and apparently well preserved
limb to break away without hardly a moment's notice? That is the question uppermost in the minds of
everybody who heard or read of the accident that caused the death of little Kathleen Ahern and injured
six others, one seriously. The superintendent of the park department says that the trees on the common
had been examined, even the big elm whose branch dealt the death blow yesterday afternoon, and were
found to be all right. Speaking of the accident Supt. Whittet said: "It was a very sad thing, something which
we are all at a loss to explain. Some three week ago I went over the commons and looked over the trees
there. I found but one on the South common which looked at all shaky and that was taken down on Thursday.
The elm tree in question seemed a perfectly healthy growth, as good as any there. I examined very carefully
the butt of the limb and with several of the police officers present found the wood tough as rattan. Supt.
Welch personally looked it over and was at a loss to say what had happened. We have not been working on
the tree if he had been then we might have suspected that the limb had been broken. Elm is a very tough wood
and in nearly all cases where a limb decays it will fall down and hang by the trunk of the tree."
The injured ones are resting comfortably today. Eight-year-old Samuel Moses was the most seriously injured and he will recover. The extent of his injuries was told in The Sun last evening. Others injured included Olivine Gosselin, four and a half years old, daughter of Fred and Blanche Gosselin, 695 Middlesex street; injuries to back and stomach. Lillian Gosselin, eight months old; sister of Olivine, injuries to right leg. Mrs. Blanche Gosselin, mother of the two children, injuries to left shoulder and arm. Mrs. Rosie Hussan, 78 Suffolk street, bruises to head and shoulders. Kathleen C. Ahern, the little girl who was killed, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ahern of 552 Lawrence street and the sad accident plunged their home into mourning. She had gone to the common with her brothers and sisters and had strayed away. They were looking for her when the accident occurred. The sympathy of the entire city goes out to the parents of the Ahern girl, but that will not restore her to life. |
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The Lowell Sun, 18 July 1910
| AHERN — John N. Ahern, the father of the girl who was fatally hurt a short time ago by the falling of the limb of a tree on the South common, died last night at St. John's hospital. His body was removed to his late home, 552 Lawrence street by J. J. O'Connell & Co., undertakers. Deceased leaves a wife and several children. |
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