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Show CRUSHED UNDER THE WHEELS. A Ten Year Old Boy Probably Fatally Injured In-jured by a street Car. A 10 year old boy named John Pol lock was probably fatally injured on the City Street Railway company's line this morning. IIo fell from the front nam lutuuiiig. no ieu iroin me iront platform and had his head crushed in a frightful manner. His forehead was crushed in and the skull so badly fractured frac-tured that the physician was compelled to remove a piece of tho bone. Ho also sustained a very bad scalp wound on the back of the head. The littlo fellow is now in a very critical condition. The accident occurred on car No. 17, at the corner of Main and Seveutli South streets. Supt. Reed has been investigating in-vestigating the cause of the accident, hut has as yet been unable to arrive at any definite conclusion. Tho boy was conscious when picked up and he tells the following story: He was up town and had gotten on the ear and paid his fare. Tho conductor, he says, refused to stop at tho corner oi Main and Seveuth South streets, near which plaeo ho lives, on Seventh South, and ho rode ou to the euci of the run, about one-half blocl farther down. When the car starter back he got on to rido up, and in at tempting to get off fell and was caugli under the front platform. Tho conductor of car No. 17 however tells a different story. He claims tha ho knew nothing of the boy's bein: I on the ear on the down trip. Whittle Whi-ttle car started back he was on th front platform and saw the bov jum. on behind. When he started back tip boy got off and ran up and sat down oi the front platform, and he did not se him again until he heard the cry tha, ho was under the wheels. The motorman also says that he dV not see tho boy at all until ho heard th. shout of warning. |