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Show BRAKEMEN FRIGHTFULLY BURNED BY ELECTRICITY Rushed from Old Hickory Siding to Milford via Auto Thence Salt Lake Hospital via Special Train in Record Time Two Milford railroad men were the victims of a most dis- .tressing acoident Wednesday morning of this week. They are Brakemen R. Robinson and Fred G. Widman. They went out at 10:50 on No. 301, the Frisco and Newhouse train. The train was in charge of Conduc- tor Manning, Engineer Christ- ensen'and Fireman Smith, with , engine 3 657. The train went to the Old Hickory siding where the crew was doing some switching. Widmah was on the ground and waiting for Robin- son, who was on a high automobile box car, to give him the signal to repeat. This car was an O. W. R. & N. car No. 13759 and passed under the high voltage electric wires that run from the Beaver River Power Co.'s substation nearby. They carry a voltage of 44,000 amperes. After waiting some minutes for the signal and being unable to even seet Robinson, Robin-son, Widman climbed upon the car and there discovered Robinson apparently ap-parently lifeless very near the edge of the car." Mr. Widman called to Roadmaster P. J. Adams, who fortunately fortu-nately happened o be present. Wid-rfian Wid-rfian was trying to lift the body of Robinson away from the edge of the car. He then left his injured fellow workman and said he must run ahead and set some brakes before backing down to the main line. When he went near the electric wires he was seen to plunge violently violent-ly forward, apparently having struck one of the three wires with his brake-stick. Mr. Adams immediately caused the word to b telephoned to Milford for aid, and Dr. Allen of Salt Lake, who is temporarily attending to the practice of the railroad's local physician, responded ' promptly as possible, making a quick run to the Montreal mine and the scene of the accident. Dr. Allen found the two men still on top of the train and the railroad employes and miners working work-ing diligently to resuscitate them. There is no doubt that the prompt and persistent efforts ofthese faithful faith-ful fellow workmen is all that saved the two men from almost instant death. The physician climbed to the top of the cars and called for hoi. water which was quickly brought from the engine and the men were given some relief, by hypodermic needle from their agony of pain which they experienced as soon as consciousness returned. ' Dr. Allen advised that the men be rushed to Salt Lake as quickly as possible and Mr. Adams arranged by telephone for a special train. The men were with difficulty removed from the top of the car and taken in automobiles to the assay office of the Montreal where a temporary dressing dress-ing was given the badly burned parts and then the injured trainmen were re-loaded into machines and rushed to Milford. At the Doctor's office the burns were carefully dressed and by that time the special train, with Conductor H. C. Banning, Brakemen Horton and Whitely and Engineer Killum and Fireman Galnouer on engine 3603, was waiting. It was just twenty-four minutes, from the time the order was given for the special until it had started for the quick run .to Salt Lake City. The train left Milford at 2:15 and arrived ar-rived in the city at 9:15 the same evening, thus averaging about thirty miles per hour, including stops. Ambulances Am-bulances met the train and the men were -.taken to the Holy Cross Hospital. Hos-pital. Dr. Allen accompanied them from Milford and did 'all he could safely do to reUeve the intense pain and suffering of the injured men. Mr. Robinson has a wife and four children." Mrs. Robinson accompanied accompan-ied her husband to the city. On the way near Lynndyl he became more rational and recognized his wife and talked to her. Mr. Widman has a wife and one child, we are informed, and Mrs. Widman was in the city at the time of the accident. She was notified by wire and met the special at the Salt Lake depot. The latest bulletins received at Milford regarding the condition of the men states that they slept better Thursday night, but little hope Is held out for the recovery of either of the injured. Up to the time of leaving Milford Mr. Robinson seemed to be the stronger of the two, but at Salt Lake there seemed to be little difference in their condition, and at this time their condition is most critical, t |