Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007

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Gomes Raymond  390808 p1
Child Killed by Derrick; Mishap Fatal to Twenty-Months Old C. L. Boy; Crows Landing, Aug 16--  Raymond, the twenty
months old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gomes, was instantly killed at the ranch home east of here on Saturday, when a hay
derrick fell across the wagon on which he was sitting. The heavy piece of wood struck the child on the back of the head,
fracturing the skull.  The accident occurred shortly before one o'clock in the afternoon, just as the father was sending up
the last forkful of hay to the stack. The wagon bad been unloaded and he was picking up the small quantity that had
slipped to the ground. Mrs. Gomes was handling the fork team.  Raymond, and his four year old brother, Eugene. had
been placed on the wagon.  In some way the big fork caught, then exerted a sudden sharp pull, a guy wire broke, and the
derrick fell.  In that split second of time, Eugene jumped from the wagon to safety. It all happened so suddenly that the
parents had no chance to reach the children.  As Mrs. Gomes rushed to the wagon, she was, in some manner knocked
down by it, indicating that the fork tines may have caught on the wagon.  The father picked up the child and hastened to
the M. C. Cardoza ranch just across the road to call a physician, who found the child to have expired. Mr. and Mrs.
Gomes reside on the former Theresa Davis ranch, coming there from Merced about a year ago.  Mrs. Gomes is the former
Lena Sousa, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sousa of Crows Landing. The funeral services were held on Tuesday
morning at 10 o clock in the Crows Landing Catholic Church, Rev. Joseph, Porto of Patterson reading the mass.
Interment was made in the Hills Ferry Catholic Cemetery. Four boys, Joseph and John Dutro, George Nunes and Manuel
Bettencourt were the pall bearers.