George W. Stockwell

The Los Angeles Times reported: that "The unfortunate man endeavored to crank the machine, having forgotten to set the emergency brake, when it lurched forward and passed over his body.

He jumped from the [street]car into the automobile and before he could bring it to a stop it had crashed into a heavy truck, wrecking the light machine.

"[3] Doctors at Good Samaritan Hospital said that Stockwell was not expected to live,[3] but he survived, though the expense of his treatment rendered him "almost entirely impoverished."

[5] He remained an invalid until he died at the age of 86 on August 28, 1940, in his home at 4806 South Gramercy Place in today's Vermont Square district.

While on the council he was noted as a firm supporter of establishing a Los Angeles Harbor in San Pedro as opposed to an alternative proposal to build it at Santa Monica[7] He was appointed to the city Fire Commission by Mayor George Alexander in 1910 and served until 1913.