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Show A BSEAblTLEXI'ERIEK'E. A Trump 1-t Knocked Oil' the Track unci Nearly Freeze to l)Mith. A poor old tramp met with an unfortunate accident last week on the K. I Ry. track westof lirighnm. A few days before, he had received word that lie could secure work ns j soon as he reached San Francisco. So witli a light heart, but a heavy bundle on his back, he set out from Ogden on his 800 mile trump to the cont. The weather was bitter cold. I fe had jigged along bis lonely, cheerless road all night, over frozen ties and icy rails, reaching the fatal spot -three miles east of Covin ne long before break of day. Ilis senses were so benumbed by the cold that he failed to hear the night express thatcame thundering up from behind. The poor fellow was struck by the train and hurled headlong from the track. He fell bleeding and senseless in a deep snow drift thirty feet away. The cruel train sped on, innocent inno-cent of its brutal act. The unfortunate un-fortunate man lay half buried in the snow for several hours, stunned and helpless a3 a child. Day broke over the eastern hills and with it came a party of section men pumping their heavy lui nd car along the frost bitten rails, making them sing a sweet song of hope and rescue to the freezing man. T h o d y i n g t ra 1 n u w as picked up and con veyed Lo Corin ne. Dr. Roche was summoned. He found that the unfortunate bad a broken shoulder and two frozen feet. The shoulder was attended to. but at last reports it was feared one foot must be amputated. Even if he cheats death this time he will rise from his pallet a cripple for life. |