Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1910 — RUN OVER BY CARS [ARTICLE]

RUN OVER BY CARS

And Helpless on Track For Ten Hours, But Snyder May Live. Terre Haute. Ind.. June 28. A. ( r. Snyder is said by surgeons at St. Anthony's Hospital to have shown the most remarkable vitality of any man coming within their observation. ' „ ? After half a dozen freight cars had rolled their wheels over his legs he lax- for ten hours through the night, never losing consciousness and repeatedly calling at the top of his voice for help. Then at 6 o'clock this morning, he was brought to the hospital, .where both legs were amputated above the knees, but he may live. He says he will, and -ays “it as a matter of course. He was a glassblower at Marion. Ind., and. out of work, started for Terre Haute to seek employment. He was beating his way on a Big Four freight train when he fell from a car near Carbon, 20 miles east of Terre Haute. a ' /