Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-02-13 | Page 3 | Oldest Railway Engineer in West Meets Death |

Type	issue
Date	1904-02-13
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Oldest Railway Engineer in West Meets Death
Type	death
Date	1904-02-13
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	3
OCR Text	Show OLDEST RAILWAY ENGINEER IN WEST MEETS DEATH LEADVILLE, Colo., Feb. 12, William Miller, known all over tho West as "Dad" Miller, nnd probably the oldest engineer In lervlce In the United Statos-, waB crushed to death under his engine while making come repairs. He was employed by the Rio Grande road. The switching crew ran some cars against the engine and the wheels passed over Miller's body, killing him lnotantly. Miller began railroading fifty-two years ago on tho Reading. He brought the first nio Grande engine weet. He was 71 yearo of age.
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