| Infant Smothers in Crib at Home Effort to Revive Manchester St. Boy Are Unavailing |
| LOWELL.—Efforts to save the life of a two-month-old Manchester
street baby proved unavailing yesterday morning after the child had smothered in a [sic] upstairs crib of
his home.
The baby victim, Thomas J. Ahearn, was pronounced dead on arrival at St. John's hospital shortly after 11 a.m. Medical Examiner Marshall L. Alling attributed death as accidental. Parents of the child are Mr. and Mrs. John Ahearn, 136 Manchester street. According to a report from Inspector William P. Nelson who investigated for police Barbara E. Ahearn, 22, mother of the child, stated she had placed the baby in a basket and had given him a bottle of milk at 8 a. m. On returning to the bedroom, she said, she found the baby lying on his face, apparently lifeless. She immediately called a doctor and was told to take the child to the hospital. Dominic Vernile, 62 Saunders street, No. Andover, visiting in the home at the time, rushed the child to the hospital. He then notified Capt. William F. Murphy at the police station. Besides his parents, he is survived by a sister, Barbara; a brother, John P. Ahearn; his paternal grandparents, George and Mary Ahearn; and his maternal grandparents, Thomas and Marietta Duff. Funeral took place today from the McDonough funeral home. Burial took place in St. Patrick's cemetery where the committal prayers were read by Rev. James W. Finigan, OMI. Arrangements were in charge of Funeral Directors M. H. McDonough Sons. |
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