Little Falls weekly transcript., 1897-05-07
LOST AN ARM.
A Boy Tramp Tries to Get on a
Moving Train Monday
With Painful Results.

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the name ot Andrew Fnulk met with
a serious and painful ucrident while
II attempting to get on the Little
Fall. 4 Dakota train az 1t was leav-
inx this city this morning.
| He stationed himself ON the West
sideui the river In the railroad yards.
LeA o,d where the train makes its
last stop before pulling out und ns
the train went by he attempted 10
yet on the front platform ot the
baggage car toHet a free ride at least
a portion Oi the way on his journey
to Morris. The train was running
ut u higher rate Uf speed than he suI'-
posed and he failed to get on the
steps. He fell. and his right arm
laid ncross the rail nua was run
over lust below the elbow by the
wheels ot the baggage car.
The unfortunate boy was picked
up aud carried tO the depot and
from there he was taken to st.
Gabricl's hospital. Drs. Trace and
Roberts were summoned to attel.d
his Injuries, and found that the bones
of hia arm was 50 badly crushed that
anputation was necessary.
The boy bore up well consider
ing his painful injuries, and while ut
the depot he gave HIS nnme and con-
siderable of his history. He said i'e
was on his way from Attkin to
Morris. He arrived here yesterday
afternoon and stopped with some
family IN the northeastern part OF
city. Hisnauleis Andrew Faulk and
he was with his father. who worked
In the woods near Aitk,n last winter.
He does not know where his father
is ut present. His mother IN dead,
and he says he has sister living IN
st. Paul.
The unfortunate hoy was without
means and it IL evident that lie has
been neglected. and with this I'M
fortunate accident he will be further
handicapped IN the struggle nee
essnry to earning his own IivlIhoOd.
The Little Falls Transcript refers
to the heavy damage to both the
da ms in the Mississippi river ut Min
nenpolis during the recent high wA-
ter, and says that the one ut Little
Falls was the only one ON the river
that suffered no damage. The Frnn-
scrjpt IL wrong. The Brainerl dam
stood the high water az well as the
one at Little Falls, and there has
been no log Jam or danger to boom.
age in this vicinity.-Brainerd
journal.
What the Transcript said was thnt
the Little Falls dam was the only
one that had escaped injury and also
supplied it's patrons with desired
10 wer regularly throughout the high
water. According t" all reports the
Bra,nerd electric light plant (the
only patron of the dam was unable
to operat te all OF it's lights during the
fresl,et, owing to the interference "1
high water ut the power house. NO
claim was made that the improve
ments at Brainerd were damaged.
The st. Cloud dam was not injured,
but some OF the patrons were de-
priv 81 Of powerfor Il few days. The
upper dam Mt Minneapolis furnished
pOwer to all patrons, but consider
able damage was done to the retain
ing wall on the east side. At Little
Falls no damage was done, and no
pt tron incunvenienccd.
Minneapolis Lumbcrmun: The 200
men that the Boom company has
had at work down the river are still
at it. They nave cleaned up the river
and the banks and bottoms as far
down as Pigs Eye. and ON Wednes-
day they began rafting at that point.
There are about 8, ,OOO, 900 feet Of logs
there. There was SO much head
wind during the early part OF the
week that the crew could not work
| W duVduCd "uCAC ChO AANSA
out over the bottoms, and they were
taken down the river to work below;
where they could do so to greater
advantage. MIR. Jordan, the super
intendent. is having u great time
getting all the logs off the flats. He
says they are found in all manner OF
places. He found one lot of fifty-five
logs in a barn and the door locked.
Others are found in front yards. and
one batch was found that had been
towed half mile up a slough away
from the river. One noon while the
crew was at dinner, he saw q couple
OF men in q boat tie onto log and
start off with it. He sent four men
in q batteau after them, and they
succeeded in recovering the property
Cloquet Pine Knot: The North
ern Company's ''old mill' began
sawing Tuesday, and is now down