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Show sFV V V V V V " OGDEN WAR HERO ACCIDENT VICTIM I ACCIDENT ON I RAILWAY FATAL I TOiTEDAEE I Clyde W. Ryder, Who Brought Down 21 Planes Dies in Ogden VICTIM OF ACCIDENT ON SOUTHERN PACIFIC Arrangements Underway for Funeral With Service Men Participating Clyde Yy". Ryder, a former Eritih lace with a record of brlnKlng down 21 i airplanes in action with the Germans, died at the Dee hospital last evening I as the result of injuries sustained ln H I an accident while working as a fire- J j man on the Southern Pacific railroad H 'near Wells, New yesterday morning H OCCIDENT TO ENGINE. While the train was going al about H 35 miles an hour, the slderodfl on H 111, lelt iile of Ihe engine hcr:,mi ,Hvi. connected, throwing the entire mech- H anism out of order, according to ac- H counts received here. Ryder Jumped H from iho cab and alighted on a pile H of rocks, receiving severe -injuries. Qa H was immediately brought to Ogden H and died that evening. The accident H happen, at a point called Requop. H Returning from war service. Lieu- H tenant Ryder was married to Miss H Francis Geigus of Ogden at Farm- H ington on October IS, 1919. announce- H ment of the wedding, which was kept H secret lor a tnn- was made on the H follo.vini( November 26. BRINGS DOWN OJERMANS. While in service he had a record of flying 1426 hours in France, during which time he received credit for H shooting down 21 German planes, and H put ln 731 hours of flying as an ln- H structor at the Fort Worth. Texas, H field. H He was assigned to Fort Worth by H the British government to teach young H ! American aviators Lieutenant Ryder also acted as instructor at Beverly H 'and Aldershot flying fields in Eng- H The decedent was born in San H Francisco. June 5, 1391. Surviving H are his father, James J.. Ryder of San H Francisco, his wife, one brother and H i two H Arrangements are being made for H military services at which the service H men's organizations will be rupre- H laented. The body is at the Llndquist I mortuary Mr Ryder was a member H of the Odd Fellows and the B. of X-E. X-E. I The family homo Is at 2963 Jeffei -! son avenue. Mrs Ryder is a member of the Service Star Legion of this |