Transcription of newspaper article published on page 1 of the New York Tribune on Wednesday, 16 February 1916 follows:
SHORT-SIGHTED BOY FALLS; BREAKS NECK
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City College Lad Killed on First Anniversary of Mother's Death.
Just a year from the first anniversary of the death of his mother, Felix Phillips, the fifteen-year-old son of Michael C. Phillips, of 204 West 118th Street, stumbled and fell down a flight of marble steps leading to the pool of the City College gymnasium, breaking his neck.
The lad's sight was defective, and he was not wearing his glasses when he fell. His father believes this circumstance caused the accident.
After exercising in the gymnasium, Felix, with two other boys, undressed and started for the swimming pool. When the boy fell, his companions asked him if he was hurt. Receiving no reply, they went on to the pool. When, after a few minutes, Felix did not join them, they went to Walter Scott Hurd, instructor at the gymnasium, and told him of the accident. Hurd, as soon as he saw the still figure of the boy, summoned Dr. Thomas A. Storey, physician of the institution, and Dr. Edward C. Brenner, also attached to City College.
The dead lad was a lower freshman at City College, having entered on February 1. A brother, Arthur, is a senior.
SHORT-SIGHTED BOY FALLS; BREAKS NECK
_______________________
City College Lad Killed on First Anniversary of Mother's Death.
Just a year from the first anniversary of the death of his mother, Felix Phillips, the fifteen-year-old son of Michael C. Phillips, of 204 West 118th Street, stumbled and fell down a flight of marble steps leading to the pool of the City College gymnasium, breaking his neck.
The lad's sight was defective, and he was not wearing his glasses when he fell. His father believes this circumstance caused the accident.
After exercising in the gymnasium, Felix, with two other boys, undressed and started for the swimming pool. When the boy fell, his companions asked him if he was hurt. Receiving no reply, they went on to the pool. When, after a few minutes, Felix did not join them, they went to Walter Scott Hurd, instructor at the gymnasium, and told him of the accident. Hurd, as soon as he saw the still figure of the boy, summoned Dr. Thomas A. Storey, physician of the institution, and Dr. Edward C. Brenner, also attached to City College.
The dead lad was a lower freshman at City College, having entered on February 1. A brother, Arthur, is a senior.
Transcription of newspaper article published on page 1 of the New York Tribune on Wednesday, 16 February 1916 follows:
SHORT-SIGHTED BOY FALLS; BREAKS NECK
_______________________
City College Lad Killed on First Anniversary of Mother's Death.
Just a year from the first anniversary of the death of his mother, Felix Phillips, the fifteen-year-old son of Michael C. Phillips, of 204 West 118th Street, stumbled and fell down a flight of marble steps leading to the pool of the City College gymnasium, breaking his neck.
The lad's sight was defective, and he was not wearing his glasses when he fell. His father believes this circumstance caused the accident.
After exercising in the gymnasium, Felix, with two other boys, undressed and started for the swimming pool. When the boy fell, his companions asked him if he was hurt. Receiving no reply, they went on to the pool. When, after a few minutes, Felix did not join them, they went to Walter Scott Hurd, instructor at the gymnasium, and told him of the accident. Hurd, as soon as he saw the still figure of the boy, summoned Dr. Thomas A. Storey, physician of the institution, and Dr. Edward C. Brenner, also attached to City College.
The dead lad was a lower freshman at City College, having entered on February 1. A brother, Arthur, is a senior.
SHORT-SIGHTED BOY FALLS; BREAKS NECK
_______________________
City College Lad Killed on First Anniversary of Mother's Death.
Just a year from the first anniversary of the death of his mother, Felix Phillips, the fifteen-year-old son of Michael C. Phillips, of 204 West 118th Street, stumbled and fell down a flight of marble steps leading to the pool of the City College gymnasium, breaking his neck.
The lad's sight was defective, and he was not wearing his glasses when he fell. His father believes this circumstance caused the accident.
After exercising in the gymnasium, Felix, with two other boys, undressed and started for the swimming pool. When the boy fell, his companions asked him if he was hurt. Receiving no reply, they went on to the pool. When, after a few minutes, Felix did not join them, they went to Walter Scott Hurd, instructor at the gymnasium, and told him of the accident. Hurd, as soon as he saw the still figure of the boy, summoned Dr. Thomas A. Storey, physician of the institution, and Dr. Edward C. Brenner, also attached to City College.
The dead lad was a lower freshman at City College, having entered on February 1. A brother, Arthur, is a senior.
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