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Show BOY, RUN OVER BY 3000-POUND CAR, WALKS HOME Youngster Displays Amazing l'luck at Hospital; Internal Injuries Venred. Salt Lako, July 9. Falling In front of an automobile, suffering the torture of having one wheen of the 3000-pound machine pass ovor his body, rushed to the emergency hospital hos-pital in a supposedly dying condition, and walking to his homo a halt a mile away three minutes later, was tho experience of Charles Ensign, 12 years old, 715 South Second West stroot yesterday. Young Ensign was riding a blcyclo on West Fourth South stroot yesterday yes-terday ovonlng. As ho approached tho Intersection at Third Wc3t stroot, an automobile, driven by J. W. Ito-zzollo, Ito-zzollo, an attorney, 7C7 Fourth East street, turned tho corner, Tho boy became confused and fell from his bicycle in 'front of tho machine Eyowltnessos and Mr. Ttozzelle, declare de-clare It to bo a miracle that tho boy escaped Immediate death. Bollovlng tho boy to bo In a dying condition, Mr, Rozzolle, despite tho lad's protestations of "fooling flno," rushed him to tho emergency hospital. hos-pital. Tho bravo llttlo lad became annoyed over "the fuss being 'made over a little slip." Upon bolng repeatedly re-peatedly questioned ns to injurlos and pains tho lad stoically remarked to Nurso 'Hazel Rock: "I'vo been trying try-ing to feel hurt to pleaso you but I can't oven get sick to my stomach." Tho boy Insisted ho was not hurt and was permitted to go to his home, but will be kept under constant watch In caso nny Internal Injuries may dovelop. Occupants of the car that passed over tho boy's body nnd tho eyewitnesses of the accident each declared, "It will bo a wcok befor-j I believe that boy really is not seriously seri-ously hurt." Tho boy was only Indignant at tho "Inconvonlcnco' of tho accident. Ho marched from tho hospital, remarking remark-ing to tho group of "tho fellers" that had gathered admiringly about him, "they almost did havo mo sick nnd hurt with tho fuss they mado about a llttlo thing." |