Show TO DEATH stephen gets under the wheels of a locomotive A lamentable accident occurred on the utah central near milford early saturday morning resulting in the death of a young man named stephen stephenson the farsi announcement of the sad affair in salt lake city was the following telegram received bv hon john sharp utah july 13 1889 steve one of the train hands south of juab was killed this morning he was anding on the back of the tender after putting the freight on a switch and must have been crossing the draw head when he fell off the tender part of the engine passed over his body one leg was cut off his bowels cut open and several bad cubb made about his head he died instantly his parents and family live at levan an inquest was held ft milford the result baing announced in the following dispatch the coroners verdict is that stevenson came to his death by falling from the tender of an engine the same passing over him while in the performance of his duty and that no blame can be attached to anyone the utah central sent a special down with a coffin and the body will be taken to lelaa for interment deseret news |