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Show J CHILD IS THROWN W UiNDER A WAGON HI SON OF BISHOP ENSIGN KILLED BY ACCIDENT NEAR CLEAR- Mg FIELD WHILE FATHER IS DRIVING A TEAM ATTACHED TO Wm LOAD OF GRAVEL WHEELS CRUSH CHEST Mil 7 HO WhitneyB Ensign, aged 12, son ot H ' Bishop D. H. Ensign or tbe Fifth ward, H was run over by bis father's wagon H this morning, receding injuries from m which he died a few hours later at his H home, 349 Thirty-first sticcL The jH distressing accident occurred nenr Clearfield and was due to the boy be- M ing jolted from a load of gravel in I crossing the railroad tracks at that M I point. 91 I The bishop went for a load of gravel S J this morning and Whitney 'asked to BT ft. accompany him Permission was ttfrjc granted and the little fellow passed Bifid away the time playing about the wag- BU on during the loading process, and ml then mounted the wagon for the ride jj norae. B I ' Suddenly, as the wagon jolted jB i - across the railroad tracks, the father B beard the child scream, but before he nm could check the horses and ascertain B ' the trouble the boy had fallen to the B ground and one of the heavy wheels M ' had passed completely across his B ' chest, crushing" it B As quickly as possiblj the -fathei B extricated the boy from beneath the B wheel and hurried with all speed to B the nearest physician There was B! little hope, however, for his recoery B and he passed away at 1 16 The ac- B cident happened at 10 '30. Funeral ar- B rangements will be announced later Br oo |