The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-19
FATAL ACCIDENT.
A Young Man Under the Wheels
 at HOlbrOOk.


 A special to the Albuquerque Citizen, dated at Holbrook, on the 9th inst, gives the following particulars of a fa- tai accident which happened there on the day before. The unfortunate vic. tim, MT. c. L. White. was in St. Johns recently, with projectoscope exhibl- tion. He will be remembered as the young man who manipulated the appa- Iatus:
 Yesterday evening at about 5:30 just as the eaSt-bound No. passenger train was pulling out from the depot platform, young man named c. L. White leaped aboard few moments later, when the train had reached point about three hundred yards from the depot he was seen leaning out from the platform of one of the coaches apparently with he intention of way ing goodby to some friends, when. as he after wards told his friend, c. NJ. Clark the trucks beneath him struck the frogs at the switch, '" giving sudden lurch to the car platform. from which he slipped, and losing his balance fell be meath the then rapi ly moving train, which passed over him, cutting off and ;erribly mang- ling his right leg at the knee and his left foot at the instep, After the accident the injured man was first seen by tramp who had tried to board the same train but failed. White begged him to help him to remove his shirt for the pur- pose of tying it tightly around his leg but the tramp seemed too frightened to render him any assistance, wherenpon White, with almost SUI. perhuman courage and presence of mind, re- moved his own shirt and tightly bandaged his right leg above the knee. In the meantime the tramp had returned to the station and informed Sheriff Wattr n Of the accident who, with Mir Clark, friend of the injured man, quickly re- paired to the scene, and directed that the man be borne on litter to the hotel. Mir Clark i'm mediately wired to pr. Dryden, the railroad sur. geOn, who was at WinslOw, and who arrived in all incredibly short space of time, on special engine. After nasty examination, the doctor pronounced the case as being very serious, say ing that confusion of the head, which up to this time had not been discovered, was the most dangerous and probably a fatal wound, fact that was communicated to the patient before he was put under the influence of ether for the op- eration of amputation of his limb. The poor fellow seeming to know that he would not sur vive the operation, called to his friend Clark, to whom he imparted last and loving messages to his father, mother and sister, and after sob bingly kissing him farewell for them, he ex- pressed his willingness and even wished for death to put an end ts his suffering. He was then given ether and the operation of amputat- ing the right leg and left foot was performed by pr. Dryden, but the patient never recovered consciousness and di about 10:30 the same evening
 Deceased and c. NJ. Clark had just returned from trip through Apache and Navajo cOun. ties with projectoscope show, ill which they were partners. AlOnzo Bailey, q well known and wealthy merchant at Globe. Arizona, is an uncle of the deceased. The father resides in San Francisco. and is now en route here to toke charge of the remains. No blame Is attached to the railroad men in charge of the train.