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Show UTAHN HURT WHEN TRAIN HITS AUTO. Atchison, Kan., Aug. 6 --A man giving giv-ing his name as George Wetezel, ing near Farmlngton, Utah, formerly of Concordia. Kan., was seriously Injured In-jured here yesterday while automobile riiling with his brother, Gustav Wetezel, Wete-zel, of Atchison. The auto crossed the Burlington tracks near a cut north of the cltv and the Wetezels did not see the approaching ap-proaching freight train until too late. The train, going about ten miles an hour up a steep grade, struck the i' t nd of the auto, swinging it around in such a way that the car side-swiped the train, which stopped almost Immediately, The side of the car was torn oft and George Wetezel was thrown against the train, fracturing his skull Ho fell between the train and the auto His right arm was tut off His brother was uninjured. Engineer Cunningham declares he whistled for the crossing, but the autoists denv this Wetezel will reeoer. He suys ho will sue the Burlington for $26,000. |