Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-10-29 | Page 1 | Dead Man at Throttle

DEAD MAN AT Engineer Killed in Western Wyo Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming ming While Short Line lone Train Was Rushing Bushing Along I 4 Special to The T he Pocatello Ida Oct 28 Train No 4 7 westbound und on the Oregon Short i 4 Line ran for a number of miles 4 4 4 through western Wyoming W yesterday 4 4 afternoon with a dead man at the 4 4 throttle 4 4 While leaning out of his cab win window window dow near Fogler station between t Montpelier and Granger at 50 p pm pm 4 m yesterday Engineer William Rob RobI Robarts 4 erts arts was Vas struck by a bridge or mail mall crane and the top of oC his head torn 4 oft off of f 4 I The accident was not noticed by the fireman who did not know what I 4 had happened until a brakeman look 4 lug ing ahead while the train was run 4 fling ning at a rate ate r of miles 4 I an hour saw the engineers mangled 4 head hanging out of the cab Death 4 4 was almost instantaneous Roberts 4 4 lived at Montpelier and was one of 4 the oldest locomotive engineers on 4 4 the Short Line MM