Telegram-herald., 1889-08-17
BOTH LOSE A LEG
Two Msn Lose a Leg a. the Same
Time. But AZ Different Places.
A Theological stadsas Attempts - Jump
froa q a. a - Passenger frs,a-
Aasthsr Ma TFiss - Crs~t 80
asr . Freight Train

About ~ 90 last nght some men no
we're paIklnz or WsterIoo-st. below
tne gas works heard q man calling out
a. & n distress. and on repairing o. the
spot found Lew Nandemeer lying be-
.da the G. s. " 81 railroad track
Nith one leg cut completely % and
hls foot on tne other leg crushed INTO
.hapeless mass 0i flesh and bones.
They notified Palrolman Hendersh0tt.
who called the patrol wagon from box
l33. aud The man WIS taken % his
home At Martha-st DIS. Graves
and Cornelius. A. johnson were
called GO attend him, and they
found that bis left le. had been com
p.eteiy cur on a. the knee and that
hls rght loot was crushed so a. 20
ueCe-sltate amputauon close 10 the
heel Nandemeer IS fine young man
trenfg-cight year old aud OF scholar
Isl artaiuments. He has been for some
time past A student 20 the spring street
theological seminar. lAls was ms VA
cation time and -o aII been down %
Holland and was returning on the CHI
c4g0 express train. Ila tram slowed
up lu-t below the g-s works and think
iu- he SOuld easily jump OH and save
himself a hall mile walk by proceed
iuZ o. u,s home through Oakland ave.
he swung OF The tram. How II
happened he could not tell. butin some
way be was swung under the wheels
With the above result. ~ 1880
be- was very weak from the loss OF
blood and the shock OF the injury, and
when the reporter left DR.. Johnson
was closely watching hlm and admins
terlng stImulants, while Or. Graves
had gone for his amputating instru-
ments. The patient complained of
severe pam IN MS leg and foot, and
kept urging the doctor 10 proceed with
the operation and have 70 over with as
soon as possible. HIS injuries are not
necessarily fatal, and there was no evi-
dence OF other injuries, except i few
bruises His parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
JOhn Nandemeer, seemed 70 be heart
broken by the dreadful calamity.
A short time after III o'clock the
police received another report that a
man mad been run over, TINS time by a
g.. K. 4 /. freight tram at the Fulton
q. crossing. and had MS legs cut Oft.
The wagon was at the time out attend
ing 10 the accident on the c. * W.
NJ railroad and could not respond,
but officers We're sent out 10
see what could be done. \ G. K. & /. .
stretcher was obtained and the man
was removed 70 the 81 Marks Home,
where Drs. GriswOld, Boise, Catlin,
Wiley and Wright soon assembled to
10 what could be done for the wounded
man. Ills left leg WAS crushed into per-
feet jelly from the knee 20 the top of
ms shoe and the right leg was broken
IN several places. As soon as the
doctors could get their instruments
the left leg was amputated, Drs. Boise
and GriswOld performing the opera
ton. Two young men, one named
Eurt GczOu, living on Grandvllie-ave.,
and George sheldon, of Wealthv-ave.,
gave the alarm. They were returning
home from one of the opera houses.
cad were walking along the g.. K. < l.
track near FultOn-st., when they saw a
man start tO pass under train which
was standing over the crossing. Just
as be did - the train
started. They saw two wheels
pass over HIM before they could drag
him ont. he gave his name as Robert
Gamble, and his residence Isl West
fultOn-st. At one time he SAID that
le had 2 wife and two children. and at
another time be said that he was alone
in the world. Re Is a paper hanger bv
trade, and is about 50 years Old.