Show I 1 FIREMAN FIR MAt IS CRUSHED i i r Frank Fr J i Downing Loses Leg Be Beneath Beneath Beneath neath Engine at Garfield Frank J ft fireman employed ed by b the Rio Ulo Grande Crande railroad at larfield fell 11 beneath his hl engine r I tIny day morning losing his left leg below bElo the knee and the he th toes of his right foot toot He lie was waR brought to St SL Marks MarCs hospital on a train but ns ICS he was walS in a u weakened d condition con owing to the loss of ot Mood blood tile the operation on his leg Ie was de do delayed until today i Y morning morn In shortly after s Downing left let his hi engie eng te which was standing st in the main building Il of ot tic A S R B smelter and ana went Avent to the boiler room to get a drink of ot wa water water Water ter Engineer I Young did not notice that Downing had left the cab started out of or the building at slow low speed eed As AI Downing came amI out of the boiler holler room he ht saw the engine just jUIt leaving the build building leg ing In and ran to catch it He lie was run running running ning alongside alon of the big engine when he lie slipped on the cinders along the track Both feet teet fell felt across the track and before befort the tho engine could be brought to a stop were WHO crushed rushed beneath lien hen the wheels whIs wh The left foot was entirely cut off and the leg so badly crushed that it will be necessary sary ar to amputate it Just below the knee The t to toes x R of the right foot were cut off but hut otherwise the right leg was uninjured uninjured uninjured juredA A special train was waS quickly made up and hurried to the th city it over oer the San Pedro tracks The injured man was taken to St Marks hospital but was so weak from loss of at blood that it was deemed l ad advisable to postpone the operation on his Ills let leg until today toda Downing is about 30 years ears of bt age and not married |