Rail Chief Cries Over Bill for Train-Mangled Girl: Lewis Lapham
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Railroad magnate Collis P. Huntington was traveling in his private car along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe tracks when the train plowed into a young girl. When he saw that her right leg had been “cut off and mashed above the knee,” Huntington offered to pay for treatment.
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