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Show , Shocking Accident Fires. The Cigden Disp.itrf, of Monday evening s;iye: A most Bhocking accident occurred on the Central Pacific, -twiteix or eeven mile west of Conooe, Inst Pigbl at 10 30. A man who was beating biH way over the tQAd ooardtd traio No. 8, and was running aloug oo the box cars toward the head biahemao, with whom he wished to speak, wbeo he fell between be-tween two car. His body landed outside the rails, hut nis left arm was caught beneath tbe wheels and friKhfuily mangled. The head brakeman, who saw the man fall, nagRed the entineer aod stopped the ; tram, when ihose two employe- and 1 the conductor returned to 6od the uniortunate fellow. They met him j walking up the track, his arm dang ling by his side. He was taken aboard the traio and carried to Promontory, Pro-montory, wnere he was oared (or as well as posaible uutil No. 5, the emi-yrani emi-yrani train, came along, on which be was placed and brought here, arriving arriv-ing at 7.2;. The paiient received medical treatment and iB doing well. He gives his name as Daniel W. Shell. The same authority BtateB that on Uooday morniBg the Catholic church was discovered to be in flames, ana but for the promptitude of those who eitioguidhed tbe fire would have become be-come a mass of ruioa Tbe origin of the fire is unknown, but circumstances circum-stances point to tramps. The loss was not great. An incipient fire at the Union dapot bote! was squelched at the same time as the above, before any damage was done. A cigar dropped through a crack in the west nlatform j started the blaze. |
