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Show SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. Missed . His Hold and Dragged fTnder the Wheelsn-A Pay Car - Scatters Things. ' A distressing accident occurred near the coal mines at Alma, Monday, on the Union Pacific, which cau.sed Jacob Warpula to" lose both his feet. The un-' fortunate man made an attempt to board a passing train, and not succeeding, made a second attempt. He missed his hold and was dragged under the cars, the wheels of which passed over both ankles, crushing and mangling them in a fearful manner. He was taken to the hospital at Ogden. When he arrived his feet . were both hanging by the tendons, and the crushed and mangled flesh and bones presented a sickening sight. Dr. Mitchel, assisted by . the house surgeon, Mr. J. J.-Aherne, amputated the unfortunate unfor-tunate man's limbs about half . way between be-tween the knees and ankles. The patient is doing as well as could . be expected under the circumstances.';. , Heliaa JFla.- lander by birth, and is unable, to speak the English language. He cannot . describe de-scribe accurately the causes of the accident, acci-dent, or how he feels. - He is having ' the best of care however; and will probably recover in a reasonable length of time. Another accident occurred on the Union Pacific near the one thousand thou-sand mile tree Monday afternoon, at about 3:30 o'clock.. The pay car was coming down . the track, running at a pretty good speed, when they discovered a hand car on the track only about 100 feet ahead. The men on the handcar jumped off, and endeavored to get the car off the track, but did not succeed in getting get-ting it off far enough to clear, and the engine came up and struck the car, knocking the men in half a dozen different differ-ent directions. One of the men, J. B. Shine, of the civil engineer department, was struck on the head either .by the hand car or something that was on the car, and knocked senseless. The injured man was brought to Ogden on the. pay car and placed in the hospital. The wounds on his head are painful, but not serious. It is thought that he will be around in about a week. No .blame is attached to any one on account of either of the accidents. Ogden Herald. |