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Show COASTER HAS HIS LEG FRACTURED Albert Johns Unable to Control Loaded Schooner on 27th Street Hill Albert Johns. IS years old. 70'.' i nrenty-sevnth street, suffered a compound fracture of the right Lag at Hio'J o"clock Inst night whilo coasting on Twenty-seventh street hill. Johns Is said to have lost control of the schooner upon wnlch ho and a party of younSjStori were riding, and th( heavy aiad crashed Into the gutter in front of 565 Twenv -seonth strr't. John 8 right eg was broken at the ankle :md t - thigh. According to witnesses of the accident. acci-dent. Johns had taken the schooner without iht consent of its owner, Al-well Al-well Parr'. I'arry and the crowd that accompanied accom-panied htm had just finished u trip down ihe hill and two of the Parry party had lakon the schooner to the top of the hill. Johns Is Said to have gotten aboard the schborier. n- chose to guide. Law-runce Law-runce Holms. 14 years old. Frank Frost, 11 years old, Edna YVIddle. H years old, Ida Rice, 14 .' ears old. and Melba L'nander, 15 years old, ware pa-ssengera on the schooner. At a point midway on the hill Johns experienced difficulty In managing the sled. Due to a fteering apparatus thul worked contrary to the usual arrangement arrange-ment on such comeyances, ho coulo not keep the sled under control, and the crash resulted. He was removed to the Dee hospital In 'ho Klrkendall ambulance Ida Rice suffered a sliKht injury to her rlngt ankle when the schooner tipped over following the crash. 'tiler 'til-er occupants of the schoncr were unhurt. un-hurt. Dr. E. R. Dunike attended Johns. |