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Show FRIEND OF MARK 1W KIUED i ; John Gatllgan Inatarrtly Killed on the ' Copperbelt Track fly Puah Car i One of the eaddest accidents which I baa occurred In Bingham of recent dale waa the deoih of John Galllgan , Xlwraday afternoon at 2 o'clock. It ceems he was walking down the Copperbelt. Cop-perbelt. line when suddenly he was ' struck by a push car running at the rate of about 75 miles an hour. According Ac-cording to the story the brakes refused re-fused to work on tha puah car and those who were operating same had jumped from the car farther up the grade to savf their own lives, it dashed into Galligan and mangled his body almost beyond recognition. John Galligan was 74 years of age nnd had lived in Bingham the post 10 years and was employed by the Denver Den-ver & 'Rio Grande as watchman. He was an old friend of the late Mark Twain and Judge C. C. Goodwin, and la mentioned in Judge Goodwin's book "The Wedge of Gold". He lived at Virginia City, Nevada, when these noted characters were in their prime. |