Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-12-27 | Page 5 | Young Boy is the Victim of an Accident Section

YOUNG BOY IS THE VICTIM OF AN ACCIDENT LEFT LEG 1 CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO CARS AND necessitates amputation he claims that the accident was caused by th eTrain starting while he was attempting to cross it walter cooke alic tan acar old son of edward cooke 0 pacific avenue met with a my painful accident evening which amputation ot his left leg ju abbie the knee the operation wai performed at the ogdan hospital taic in alic and was in every way the patient well from the effects it ii thought that he will recover the toy s account of the accident is the only account that i had 0 the occurrence lie saya that lip was on lih way home from town when the accident occurred when he reached the crossing of twenty eighth street he mys that a train had stopped mocking the crof MU and he to arong owr it lie went between two of the cars and climbed on the bumpers in order to cros the track ewt as he reached the top of the bumpers the train suddenly started and his left leg dropped between the bum perr where it was caught and badly crushed crua hed his carieo for help brought the train wen to his a nl and he wa released from his painful position the abbu lan was auml the young victim wm taken to the hopital ho pital where as foon as possible po sible the liina was amputated clinin that the bov liaa ben in the liali it oilier bova ol 01 liis own air 0 traina ill llie and tha bome fome such accident haft been for anie time ilia father bics at pacific avenue