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Show ' Frightful Accident . 1 A very severe accident occurred at the depot, yesterday, which resulted seriously for the victim. William, a boy about twelve- yoars, of age, and t!qn pf riUiain Tarmet of the Fif: tecnth Ward, was picking up coal under un-der aeoal train, when the train com-, com-, menccd moving. . , The be jumped off the. track and in his haste to get out ol the waV- of the : cars - ran under a wagon standing close by. The driver, notseeing the boy, started his team just as the boy was' getting under the wagon, and before the team could be stopped one of the wagon wheels had pasted ovcoi 't!d boys wrut and another over his head. The second wheel caught the boy on the. upper part of the forehead and as it turned around took off the scalp, leaving the skull bare for eight inches. It was a most frightful wound and it will be some time before the youth recovers. The damage to the wrist was slight. Dr, J., M. Benedict. was called and dressed th6 wounds: 1 - |