Show oi Frightful Accident to Young Clyde Estes LOSf A LEG AND A FINGER i Boy Was Running Alongside of a I Moving Gravel Train Striking tho Air Brakes When He Fell His Left Leg Going Under the Train and Four Wheels Passing Over It I Limb Had to be Amputated and Ho Also Lost a Finger Son of Engi I j neer Estes of the Western I Clyde Estes the fourteenyearold son of Kenjarnln F Estes the well known Tlio Grande Western engineer met with a frightful accident yesterday afternoon at aboui > oclock AP a rc I I suit it was necessary to amputate the i I boys left leg just below the knee and the index finger of the right hand i Conilictine stories of Uio accident were told bul the boy himself who rc tainted consciousness until his removal in the hospital gave the following version ver-sion of It I At the hour named an Oregon Ore-gon Short Line gravel train consisting of about thirty cars drawn by engines I I ijll and Gil In charge of Conductor Snyder with Engineers Sealon and Blouit in tine cab was moving slowly north along Third West Btreel between Fourth and Fifth South streets Young I Esles and several companions as Is I their habit almost daily as tine gravel I trains pass by ran alongside the train I striking the airbrakes under the cars i SLID UNDER THE TRAIN Suddenly in some unaccountable manner young Estea lost his balance and fell his left foot going under the train four wheels passing ovar It In attempting to save himself the right hand was thrown under the wheels and tine index linger cut oil A severe cut on the forehead was also sustained by tine unfortunate lad The boy was picked up by E C i Evans and Robert Buttle eye witnesses I to thy accident who conveyed him lo I his home about half a block away I Neither the father nor mother of the boy was at home at the time but wore Immediately summoned Dr A C Ew big was telephoned fur and utter examining ex-amining the injuries senl for the am bulanco and had line boy removed to St Alaiks hospital the boyo parents accompanying ac-companying him LIMB AMPUTATED Shortly after reaching tine hospital the amputation was performed by i Drs Ewing Plnkerlon and Worthington At last accounts ho had not yet recovered recov-ered from the effects of the jinesthellc but wsu doing is well as could be expected ex-pected under the circumstances Young E tes Is the only child of Mr and Mrs li F Eslc9 and Is i a pupil In i the sixth grade al the Lincoln school Mrs Kslcs Is a very delicate woman and as soon as the boy was taken home ho pleaded i with those around not lo loll his another of the accident as he feared it might go very hard with her The mother however was informed al mosl immediately and bore up bravely under the trying ordeal A DANGEROUS HABIT Speaking of the accident last even Ing an ofllclal of the Short Line said that the habit of children between lineages line-ages of lu and M of Jumping on and off moving tntins Is very prevalent and should be stopped at once Girls as well as buys Indulge Jn the perilous pleasure and yesterday afternoon fully a dozen grls of between 30 and 11 years of age were Keen hanging onto or playing by the moving gravel trains lie said further that the mystery tu him was that accidents similar to the one which occurred yesterday were not more frequent than they are |