Show RICHFIELD asman IS KILLED I 1 N OF THAIN S blinding blizzard Bliz zaid and confused sig k nals causo cause serious accident A wire received here thursday morning by members of the barlow family announced the death of james E barlow a tor er richfield Richtie ld resident son ot of mrs irs lunas barlow who now resides in delta and brother of 0 hyrum barlow mrs joseph R jensen and mrs chas A hansen all of richfield mr barlow was engineer on the bingham garfield railroad and was killed in a collision between two ore trains on the so called 1 I level at the utah copper co hill wednesday james ja mes barlow was instantly killed his fireman owen A vas hurt so badly that lie he died the same evening while another fireman howard davis escaped with slight bruises an eye witness reports that a blinding blizzard and a confusion in signals given by a japanese signal operator were responsible tor for the fatal accident about which tile the salt lake tribune writes james E barlow engineer with owen A fireman both of whom were 1 drilled billed in the wreck were nere piloting a train of seven cars loaded with ore they were headed downgrade idith magna and the garfield smelter as their destination in order for them to descend to the main line it was necessary to pass over what is known as a switchback this part of the track lay on oil an uphill grade and tile the crew made an attempt to gain that ground the first attempt tailed failed and the train yas vas backed to a sufficient distance to enable the engine to gain the switchback A second attempt was made and again the load proved too much the train was reversed again meanwhile bingham and the surrounding country was nas su subject abject to one of 0 the most severe blizzards in years the snow was falling stena lly ily and whipped into a fury by the winds I 1 made an almost impenetrable sheet of whiteness t then a train of empties with 1 F thompson as engineer and howard D davia avis as fireman started to ascend the grade it reached tile the switchback a short time after tile the train of loaded cars had failed in its second attempt the loaded train cliart cli arged ed ahead at full speed determined to gain the switchback on the third attempt A headon head on oil collision resulted engine no 75 piloted by J E barlow was broken and twisted twiste twist sd d barlow was thrown feet by the impact his head was crushed both legs broken in two places and both arms broken he died instantly was c caught aught in the escaping steam an and d badly burned he was r removed to dr Stra ups hospital here and died at 8 5 A dahlstrom brakeman with barlow and jumped into a snowbank before the collision aia escaped the engine train of full c cars ars is a complete wreck this trin train suffered mole from the chock than did tho the other J E barlow was wag separated aiom his bis wife about ten years ago and tile the divorced wife remarried richfield relatives of the deceased engineer etore intended to bring tile the body tile the for interment but richfield ta fo the remains claimed forn former ler mrs barlow and the burial took place in salt lake city monday |