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Show STATE NEWS BOY FRIGHTFULLY MANGLED BY TRAIN SprinKvlllc. Feb. 9 William Hugh Curtis rlp;ht-yojir-old 6on of .Mr and Mrs. W. E. Curtis of this city, was run ovpt by a Denver & Rio Grande freight car this afternoon and his right leg so badl mangled that It will hae to be amputated at the hip joint The boy and several companions, compan-ions, including his brother, were pla. . ing near the tracks at . place near th Curtis bome, where the accident occurred All oi the box s were badly frightened by 'ho accident, but . Hani's brother, who Is about a year I his senior, said that something on the car seemed to catch tho unfortunate boy and draw him under the wheels He said that William was not frying to get on the train The fireman saw the bov disappear under the train and I was of the opinion that he was trying to get on The train was not going fast and was soon stopped and the boy carried car-ried to his home b the members of the train crew There he was at tended by Dr George Clark and Dr. Fred Dunn, while a special train was t arranged on which he was rushed to I the Proro hospital Dr. Clark said LJ that the boy was healthy and had not I lost much blood lie said that he had a good chance for recovery, although the leg would have to bo amputated W F Curtis, the boy'6 father, who Is a carpenter, ) working in Spring . L canyon, and was abBnt from home when the boy was Injured |