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Show Clifford Childs Is Seriously Injured j Clifford II. Childs, the well kniwn Gunnison citizen, is confined to his homt? slowly recovering from serious seri-ous injuries he received last Monday evening when the team he was driving driv-ing ran away, throwing Mr. Childs under the horses' feet and afterwards after-wards dragging him along a barbed wire fence. That the injured man c s-caped s-caped with his life isi only a miracle. As it was, he sustained five ugly cuts on the leg, two breaks in a bone in the right arm, had two ribs to n from the back-bone and in addition bad cuts and lacerations on the face and body. Soon after the accident Mr. Childs was hurried to. the office of Dr. Aldous where his wounds were dressed, and later the injured man was taken to his home. Mr. Childs had been at his farm west of town and was homewu.-d bound and was bringing a load of hay with hm. When near the home of Joseph Christensen, two sons of J. L. Jensen were drving a hull, and the horses attached to the load of hay became frightened and suddenly turned before Mr. Childs could get them under control. The frightened animals plunged into the bar pit and against a barbed wire fence. In some manner Mr. Childs was thrown over the front of the load of hay and at the feet of the horses. One of the animals trampled him severely, injuring in-juring his back and bruising his body and face. Mr. Childs was dragged along the wire fence and four ugly wounds were inflicted on the right leg. While all the wounds are. painful, the back injury is considered the most serious and to determine the extent of the injured ribs Mr. Childs will be taken to Salina where an X-ray X-ray examination will be made. This morning Mr. Childs was resting as well as could be expected and his hosts of friends will hope for a speedy recovery. |