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A shocking accident occurred Saturday night about 12 o'clock on the Northwestern railroad tracks in Le Huillier, near the Pannenberg brick yards, when Elmer Berg, a young man 20 years of age, and residing with his grandmother, Mrs. Brown, in South Bend, was badly injured. The young man had been working at firing the kilns of brick, and according to his own statement, after making the rounds of the different arches went up out of the hollow in which the yards are situated to the Northwestern tracks in order to get some fresh air. He sat down on the edge of the track and thinks that he must have fallen asleep. Northwestern freight train No. 481 in charge of Conductor Mike English, going toward New Ulm, struck the unfortunate young man in such a manner that his right arm was severed near the shoulder. The train was stoped, the injured man picked up and brought back to the union depot, where the ambulance was called and the injured man rushed to one of the local hospitals. The stub of the arm was then dressed and the arteries tied, and Mr. Berg showed decided nerve when taken to the depot and hospital. This morning the young man is reported as being in very serious condition owing to the great loss of blood. The other young men who work with Mr. Berg in the Pannenberg yards speak very highly of him, stating that he is a young man who understood his work, and was very industrious. |
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