Dalton, Massachusetts, USA
1905 - DALTON MAN HIT BY CAR. Nelson Goodrow Killed Near Government Mill - Once Before Had Narrow Escape.

Nelson Goodrow of Dalton, a stone-mason was run over by an east-bound electric car and instantly killed last evening about 7 o'clock, at a point a short distance east of the government mill at Dalton. The car was in charge of Conductor Frank B. Ruff and Motorman Frederick You, and was runing slowly when the accident occurred.

Goodrow, according to the story told by the motorman and Peck Davin, a farmer living in the vicinity, was walking along the road toward his home, and suddenly attempted to cross the tracks when the car was but a short distance behind him. Yon applied the air brake, reversed the controler, and did everything possible to avert the accident, but the car could not be stopped until the wheels of the forward truck passed over Goodrow's abdomen. The body was left in charge of Mr Davin and an employe of the street railway company, and the car proceeded to Dalton.

Medical Examiner Colt of Pittsfield was notified by telephone by Conductor Ruff, and viewed the body. Dr. Colt ordered the body removed to the Bartlett undertaking rooms at Dalton. Goodrow was about 55 years old, and lived for many years on South street in Dalton. Late one night in the fall of 1901 a car passed over Goodrow who was wedged in a street railway trestle in Dalton. It was necessary to remove the flooring of the car to free him. He escaped on that occasion with a few bruises. Goodrow was married, but had not lived with his wife for some time past. He leaves, besides his widow, one son, Nelson Goodrow, Jr., of Dalton and a daughter, Mrs. Crockwell of Pittsfield.

Springfield Daily Republican
Springfield, Massachusetts
October 31, 1905

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