Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-04-26 | Page 1 | Jap Laborer Meets Death under Train

JAP LABORER MEETS DEATH DEA TU UNDER TRAIN Fatal Accident on r. r ger Line Near Point Paint of Mountain BODY GROUND UNDER WHEELS OF COACHES Was WalKing on TracK Trach and Didn't Hear Bell Bellor Bellor or Whistle i H. H Hika aged 50 years yeal a Japanese I section hand baud employed by tho Oregon Short Lino railway was ground to 1 death under the wheels of passenger I tr train in No 4 I on tho the Salt Lako Lake Ogden railroad near tho tile point of the mountain I at 10 o'clock a this morning Hika was as walking w on th the west side I 0 of or the track stepping tho the ties tl'S just outside out out- sido side tho the rail Ho paid no heed to the tho warning whistle of the engine n in and nil was thrown onto the hank bank to the tho right n t of tho the track from where hi his body hod i rolled oiled down clown under tinder the wheels heels of the tho hn baggage a C i icar car and was mutilated by hj each cacti car 1 in turn as the train sped on ou No 10 4 with Engineer T T. II I. Stewart I it nt t the e throttle and anil Conductor H li II Oakley in charge was due ill in in Salt Lake at 1003 1005 o 0 o'clock cInch this morning It was WIS directly on In n time as it rounded tho corner of the I mountain near Beck Keek's s 's hot springs As Asit Asit Asit it i cached the straight track beyond the thc ure was seen walking alkin JOO yards ar s With th the whistle valve 31 wide I open pen and the lJ bell JJ clanging u it it was s not tuot thought san to ply apply the air air air- brakes o s-o o that hunt tlC tie engine cn in struck strick the thc theIa Tap Ia at fu full speed The T rebound boun threw thre he the body under the thc wheels The Th police were notified of the ci ai-ci- lent and nd Sergeant Ser with s Dr r M. M r. r R n n. n Stewart went to the spot snot Medial Medi- Medi ei cal al attention was ts not however is th the bo body of oC the thur unfortunate man roan was 11 hewn for several rods along alon the thc track The remains were wr p. p sent ent nt to the ODonnel establishment nt an and burial I which WI will I tako place tomorrow mornin morn mom I in ng rig will h be he arranged by hy fellow worl- worl i men lien of Hika fika The latter is survived 11 h by a l wife iff and five ivo children in iii Tokio Toldo whence he lie amo came several years year ago HJO