OCR Text |
Show TWO KILLED IN WRECK , JM I Ml I Fatal Accident Occurs on , tiKH'oH H Ogdcn-Lucin Cut-Off. Mm MEN ARE CRUSHED TO DEATH fj I J. Curtis Trout, Well-Known Younrj .ijj? . "a HJ Han of OrcIch, and C. W. rerlilns, U jijofi K '1 n Trnvcllur; Man from St. Louis, S jl i jjfl k reiUli Both Were on End of Co.- li ('r BJ boojo When It Wns Hacked Into & ! M n I'lat Car With Such Torco as to S' ifl M Crush It Into Splinters, Catching; & WU B Them In Wrcckngo. 'iWi'lSlSlM B1 mm (ifi.niIlB Bl Ogden, Sept 1 A wreck that caused fc'tjsiisJBlflj Bj the Ions ot two Uvea was the Labor !wUjfl(fl Bl clay record on tho Ogden-Lucln cut-oft (,Imjjl4H 1 loday, , !&fJ1JiHj BjB One of Ihe deid men Is J. Curtis ' ISiBRvHJ BJ Prout, n well known joung man ot , jvlf KlBJ Bj Ogden, nnd the other Is O W l'crklns, M lYM Bl a traveling nun nt Rt Louis. Thn 'liujSl'tn Bl boillcs vvern brought to Ogden. , 'lfigii''ifj Bjg AMir.mi accidhnt occimrtnD. i'ljsfli Jni H The wieck occurred nbout 9 o'clock PjJB Jh this niotnlng nfur the crossing ot tho "t MI IH HB Weber river Tho two victims hnd VMM i.JK gone out nn n sight seeing tour to v'ew fcjjj ;l IBB thn work on the rut-nrf M 9H They were riding on the rear of thn . ViV JfM caboose of the supply train, In rhnrgn IliS ' I iUT HB of Conduclnr IM Tulv nnd llrakeman I"U i f M Jensin Prout and Perkins were sit- s J LI Bfl ting on tho steps one nn each side nt i j J H the rear end of the car. In tho car , f M were Iteese Howell and his son, Mu- i if JJ nlclpnl Judge Unwell, who were slttlni; 'J' H HI In Ihe cupola. '. fl' The train whlto going nut to tho i if I J IM HH bridge wns pushing nhend of the en- l t) M glne two heavily loaded lumber earn ji VI m nn.l n light lint car These were left ., "fj)H Bl standing nt the switch while tho train i jl barked down to do some switching nnd I W ,JB thin run nhend and backed down to - 1 ),B couple onto the three cars. I, t'ofl Bl There Is n difference of opinion ns to JpMilB Bi the speeil the Iriiln wns running when h J ISlTlF It rnn Inlo the three rnrn hut sulllrn ' il , IH Bi In soy that the form of the shock wna ? , !j J JR H great enough to lift the light car, J, ,'.!? Bl vvhlrh was then between the enhoosn f, J jlfll and lb" lumber cars, nlY the trnrk nnd L I irjl Bl drive It like a wielgn Into the rnbncise, Tl, ' t HI crushing Ihe rtnr end nf Ihe litter car i . Jl i 'SI to spllnlets IS"' it Bl lloth Prout nnd Perkins were caught I i it nnd crushed In death Perkins wna Hi, 3J killed Instantly, his body being liter- I otj V A ally ground to pieces Prout, who snt ! jB! J jl H on the npposlln ptrpn was so badly $JM If "f iilnrluil that Ihe breast bones were 5 J ,.i i Bl liioken nnd ho died before reaching -ii' m'i Bl ocleii nhr,"! As snnn ns Prout was taken from Ufj It! Bl the vvtrck mid It wan seen that ho was Tui ',! i Bl alive, Ilrikeni'in Jensen secured n. t (S 'lU f Bl horse and rode rapidly to the sugar IK, 'V, Bl fnctorj, vvhern he lilephoned to Super- 'ffi.el'f- Bl Intenclent N'oble, nnd n speelnl was , "Bjldl Bl sent out und brought tho bodies In. ).- F ut4 AIIOIIT Till! DHAI) MIJN. i f iliil John Curtis I'rimt wnn bom on tho 'ft ,,'Ji, BJ 29th day nf Augunt 11,07, nt Oeneseo, . iStn"'' Bl New nrk, and enme to Ogden with I 'cJiliil Bi bis pirents In 1ST7. When but 15 jears dpIi. Bi of ngn he entered tho employ of Oeo. lJJfi.it'' Bi A I .owe ,v Oi, and has grndunlly I '.SSf-JjN Bi worked himself up until nt Ihe tlmo I f(J j'! J ' Bi of his clenlli ho occupied tho position iflgii Bi of yard foreman. Manager Abbott Is J iff tl V ' loud In his praises ot Piout'n ability. I ' M jl ' energy and Inlegrlty. and was deeply f !' '. j nrfeeted nt his untimely end Mr Ab- 1 fp Jj I i bott pronounces him one of the very i i!l l- Mm best mid most reliable men the com- i At I ! pany ever had He was universally ("-.it ' , Bi liked, being must exemplary In his hnb- 1 itf 1 ,, Its and wiih a member ot the hoard a i1 u of vestrjinen of the Ilplscopal church. i .'lt. I Bi Ho leaves a mother nnd several broth- if lllv'l Bi era and slstern to mourn hla demise I '1 . ij -. Bi C W Perkins Is n Htrnnger In Og- ill-) it"'1 Bi den but evidently Is a traveling man. IJlIWlt'iM Bi On bin person wns n letter nddrejsed I'liH Willi to c w Perkins, which revealed hla I (Ffi'lji, Bi mme This letter waa written from j JvM'ili' Bi Kt Louis and asks him to return there, j 'fl Ij 'I H lloth bodies were brought to Ilich- '. (ill i'i I Bi ey'a whero they wire prepared for j, ( l i-i1 |