Show A childs foot cut cat off by r train near american fork A distressing ac accident ident occurred near american fork yesterday afternoon at 5 0 clock three little girls eirls were playing on tho the union pacific track as a the train hea hadd ded for salt lake camo came in view and the engi engineer mistook the cb children I 1 id ren lor for a calf lying between the rails ho he whistled to scar the supposed animal and was surprised to see two children scamper away leaving behind them what he supposed to be an article of clothing when within a few yards and too late to stop his train he was horrified to learn what had attracted his attention was a little girl and closing his eyes he prepa prepared for tho the worst as ho he pulled down the lover lever and stopped tho the train running back ho he found the little three year old daughter john 1 I chipman a farmer lying beside tho the rails and Ie between tween it and a board walk hor her mutilated foot it having been severed at the ankle by the cruel wheels of his engine it appears that tho the little tot had endeavored to scamper away with her playmates when her foot became m 0 caught in the crevice iu in such a manner as to render her helpless her condition is believed to be dangerous and the unhappy engineer engine erp although in in nowise to blame feels his position tion keenly salt lake laka tribune |