Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-01-16 | Page 1 | Special Train Wins Race Against Death Hovering Over Boy

Special Train Wins Race Against Death Hovering Over Boy Youth With Both Legs Cut Off Conscious and Suffering No Pain I N a race with nith death a special I IN I tr train made up at Garfield to tor carry r Arthur tl r Nielsen Is n S 8 years OI old I sun un uIt ui VI t l ii M 1 i A a t I to the operating table t. of ot a Sail Salt L. l Lake c hospital proved winner vI rumor However Niel Nielsen cn who was run runo over or o r by b n a bacling switch engine en lne in the yards of the D D. n 17 T. C G. G at Garfield both legs and a hand beIn boIng be bo- off oU ct be claimed b by In lug Ing cut cul mt may yet death The accident occur ed at al C. C o'clock last lust night Tho Tiu wheels of ot the tender cut off ocr his right light i leg at atthe atthe the thc hip Joint th the If hAft ft log o at al the knee JUlee and crushed tho right hand Immediately the boys boy's mother informed and a Garfield surgeon surgeon sur sur- ur- ur geon eon gave Sae him temporary atten- atten while the special specht train was ma made e up All tho the I time line he wan In danger dang of oC bleeding to death Mr Mrm Nielsen boarded the tho train which rushed in to Salt Lake In record time At tho the railway station an automobile ambulance was as wait ait- ait ing InS The boy aud and hl his hi mother molher were re removed removed re- re moved mo to o the tho ambulance which sped to St St. Marks larl hospital also alBo in l' l record cord time iliac Surgeons and nur nurses e were read readi at tho the operating operating- table h In a t. t fo few ow minutes blood bloo coming comin from large art arteries had boon stopped Attending surgeons ad admitted admitted ad- ad because o of his wen weakened condition on that chances for tor recovery er were though he h might have died In a few fc hours had il it not been for or the thi Sl speed td of the train Iraln R. R M. M Nielsen n. n father of ot the bo boy boh was a as in Salt It Lake lie no learned of the injury to his son about 1 J o'clock last lost and ami rushed to the hospital J lie it found tho ho b bo boy t conscious and suffering no J JI Frequently v when hell limbs are n I 11 In an accident pain I develop clop for or hours i e Po At