| Show RAILROAD ACCIDENT james W butler killed on the utah A northern railroad collision between an all engine and baad car filled by a hying flying piece of th latter no ifo one to blame saturdays train brought a corpse into logan it was all that was mortal of james 11 V butler buller a se tion hand who is bo had been killed hilled the day previous by a piece of flying fl handcar on the utah northern railroad between downey and swan lakein calein idaho the body wa was s brought to logan in accord accordance e N nith ith orders ficia the railroad officials for the purpose ot of holding boldin a 86 coroners inquest over it and accordingly c coroner jos baker summoned A jury coni composed Doged of W W V N thomas david reese keese W H thain was lin im paneled and testimony as to the circumstances circumstanCe 3 connected with the death of deceased was taken from the engineer of the lococo fine that struck the ban handcar dear fireman section foreman and two section hands the latter three bring being with the car at the time lime of the accident the engineer J A testified that he be was dispatched to mccammon on an extra and on oa reaching the tha stretch between the point above given the road ivas was tall fall occur 0 auries curies es ile he M rapidly ac according corIng to sang more than ordinary care as he be WAS not used to that portion of the road his district or run lying berneen pocatello Poe atello and glenster glens ferry on the short line ue ile was just brundl rounding ng one of the curves and baj just taken his hia hand whistle valie vale when he saw not cot many roda ahead al ead and coming towards the en glue eine was a handcar with four me men or on 1 it t all of them jumped off anc were evidently safe but butler after jumping ra ran up behind the car for some inexplicable reason and the engine just then collided with the handcar sh shivering iverin 9 it into fragments one odthe of the lying flying pieces struck Batler in the side breaking bie aking three ribs and bruising alim him terribly the engineer 9 ineer hid bad only five minutes to make lIc McCa Cammon nimon in order to side for freight no as and he therefore continued to the station ile he returned at once however bo vever and saw the that injured man was attended to butler was still alive and was se sent nt to lo ogden to the railroad hospital but jagst after leaving cannon station lie he died orders were ere then to bring him to logan with also notification by 07 the railroad officials for the above named employee to be present at the inquest theother the other mit witnesses nesses testified to the same effect and there was absolutely sol nothing in the testimony to lay any blame for the accident oo on the engineer or fireman the jury brought in a verdict exonerating the employees from all blame and stating that the dece deceased aged came to his death accidentally the body was taken to ogden for interment i |
