The Monroe News-Star - Young Boy Struck by Street Car Dies Date: Dec. 1999 Submitted by: Lora Peppers ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Monroe News-Star Tuesday, December 27, 1910 Page 8, Column 1 The young negro boy who was struck by a street car at Eighth and Breard streets Saturday afternoon, died yesterday morning. He was injured internally besides having one leg and one arm broken. The boy, who was about eight years old, tried to cross the track in front of the car, but miscalculated and was struck. The motorman, in the short distance he had, did all that he could to prevent the accident. # # #