Dr. Taft's Great Loss

The following account of the terrible accident which resulted in the death of the wife of Dr. Taft, the dean of U. of M. dental department, is taken from the Cincinnati Enquirer of April 15 : " A sad accident took place at Riverside yesterday afternoon. Ad aged lady was killed by a locomotivo, in sight of her home. The lady was Mrs. J. Taft, wife of the wellknown dentist on Sedam avenue, Rivereide. Mrs. Taft, who was seventy-six years old, had been for the past week, visiting her son, Dr. Will Taft, of Sedamsville. Yesterday afternoon she left his home to return to her own home. She got off the street car at the mail foot crossing directly opposite Sedam avenue, which crosses the Big Four and O. and M. railroad tracks. She had just reached the crossing when a gravel train on the O. and M. road came up. "The engineer whistled, but the old lady was bewildered and did not heed the warning. Just as she plac9d her foot on the track the bumper on the cow-catcher of the engine struck her on the right side of the head, crushing the base of the skull and breaking herneck. She was knocked about gix feet and killed instantly. She was picked up and carried into her home, which is juat across the track and right in sight of the spot where Mrs. Taft was killed."