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Show uu CHILD MEETS DEATH UNDER CAR WHEELS SALT LAKE, May 31. A glimpse of a tiny girlish form darting upon I the track, a faint cry of "Papa," a j grinding of steel against steel as tho i emergency brake was applied, a jerk, j then stillness, and the maimed body i of Bernice McCullan, 5 years and G I months of age. lay in a pool of blood behind the rear wheels of a westbound i Sixth avenue car, between H and I streets, last night at 7 o'clock. j All the wheels of ono side of the can passed over the little body, which was cut in two, the right arm being severed from the shoulder. The victim was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. McCullan, 567 Sixth avenue. The1 father has charge of the confectionery department at Auerbach's department store. The accident happened like a flash ' II. B. Stevenson, the motorman. saidi he did not see the child until she was' Immediately in front of the car, which' was coasting down the Sixth avenue incllno at a moderate pace. He fm mediately let down the fonder and applied ap-plied tho emergency brake. Tho fender fen-der missed and tho child fell under tho wheels, crying "Papa'.'" |