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Show WANDERER- ISl STRUCK BY , A TRAIN j '1 . i "While walking along the Union Pacific Pa-cific tracks, three miles ea3t of -this city, yesterday afternoon, Robert Plumm, a tramp, was struck by" the pilot beam of the westbound l.os Angeles An-geles limited train aud seriously Injured. In-jured. The injured man wns taken to tho Dee hospital. It Is believed thai ho will recover. At the time of the accident Plumm was walking on the track and apparently appar-ently did not hear the approach of tho train until It was within a few feet of him. When he attempted to leap from the track it, was too late and ho -was caught by the extending pilot beam. His left arm was broken and he was oadly bruised about the back and shoulders. When the injured man was received at the hospital he declined to give his name or his address. He merely stated stat-ed that ho was a wanderer and that he did not care to cause his relatives any worry by having them notified of his trouble. All efforts of the physicians physi-cians or hospital attendants failed to bring forth any definite Information about the victim and it Is considered likely that the name which he Is registered reg-istered under is a fictitious one |