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Show Tizs id ugu;;d V : Presence of 11;; Ef- ': fcrt Uasccccssfcl. . . . Although suffering unspeakable ago-iy ago-iy while pinned beneath the wreckage of an engine with his body mangled, A. E.-Rowland, a fireman on a Rio Grande engine,' deliberately unlaced a sho-string sho-string from his shoe and tied it around his torn leg In an endeavor to stop the flow' of blood. The effort , wag unsuccessful unsuc-cessful and he died, says the Denver Post...-- .; - - .; ., ',-; .: ' His friends tell the story of hts presence pres-ence of mind. While pinned beneath the wreckage of his engine, and with his leg - and arm mangled, he tore a string from one of his shots and tied It tightly - above the wounds in an .attempt .at-tempt to ttoo the flow of blood. He only partially succeeded, and died of shock and hemorrhage. . While pinned beneath the engine, he cried out, "For God's se.ke, take me out of here."- His companions, however, were powerless at that time,. - His body was taken to Denver by bis brother, William S. Rowland, and Interred In-terred at Fairmount. -According to V. A. Lortmer, mall clerk, the Injured man was quite game, talking all the way to Sallda and boasting that he would outlive out-live "the entire bunch." 1 I , The) Rio' Grande has paid the dead man's mother $1600 in cash. Rowland carried $1600 - Insurance In the Pacific Mutual, which has been paid to the beneficiary, the brother, William S. Rowland. Rowland was to, have been married on June 20 to Miss May Geek of Lumberton, N. M. v . - - -, , |