Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-01-07 | Page 2 | Injured Man Dies at St. Mark's Hospital

UEDIiOliM ! SL mn HOSPITALj 1 E. P. Hansom, Wbo Recently Lost Roth Legs, Finally Succumbs. i l. l Itiinsnin. Hie locfuutitlve fnenian whoeo legs were rot off between lb" knees mid ankles. Wednesday morning. December "0. when be was run over lv a Salt Inko Route freight, car, near Second Sec-ond South and Third Wept s-t roots, died ar fi o'elock Wednesday night ut Pt. Marie's hoxpltnl. uhcrc he wns taken for t roHlment. HiiriMoiu was found enilv lit Ihe morn-Int: morn-Int: by Policeman Rhodes lying beside the railroad track:), suffering great, pain and rapidly bleeding to defiili. The injured man wns taken to the omergency hospital hos-pital in the pollen patrol, and there Dr. siteelo stopped U10 Mow of blood and ordered or-dered bis removal to St. Mark's hospital as quickly as possible. At first tho doctors attending tho man wore much encouraged over bis condition, ns the operation was surcessful, but a few days after the areident tho patient began to lose utronst'i. Vov the past several days he has been lying between life and death. The body was removed to the Kvans undertaking rooms. As yet nothing Is known of tb man's relatives. The exnef manner In which th accident, acci-dent, occurred Is not known, but- It is ; supposed Ransom attempted to board a j moving freight train, and, losing his footing, foot-ing, slipped under the wheels. Several days before tho accident ho was employed as a fireman on tho Denver & Rio Grande railroad, but bad given up bis position, n lie refused to work at Oartielil as the company desired him to do.