| Show CRUSHED TO the sad death of david goodman AN ENGINE AT P V FALLS ON HIM AND KILLS HIM A nearly fatal accident happens at green river A most painful and fatal accident oc-curred yesterday morning on the D R G at P V junction by which david A goodman a viell respected young man of provo was instantly killed and another man E C baker seriously injured the particulars are as follows at a quarter past 10 esterday morning word was sent to P V junction for an engine to go to castle gate to help no 7 westbound express over soldiers summitt baker the en-gineer and goodman the fireman boarded a ight engine no for the purpose and started out the track curves soon the yard and a spur on alie right boadt il with freight cars obstructed ane view ahead through so negligence general-ly attributed to mr keminer the yard the satt itch at the ebur was left open and as a result the engine went off and ran on the ties about fifty feet when it tipped over an embankment thirty feet high aiuto white biyer which rues close by the track baker was thrown out of the engine as it rolled over and out of its way but not so with young goodman the engine fell on him and crushed him to death A yard hand saw the danger and whistled an alarm which immediately summoned a throng of people to the scene of the accident baker was found to be seriously but not fatally hurt Good iuan was found in the water he gasped but once after being taken out the body was taken to P V and an inquest held the verdict of the coroners jury has net reached provo yet but it beema to us from the particulars that it cannot help but attach blame to some one whose duty it was to attend to the switch the body reached provo last night on no 7 the train he started fbrroouu P V to help over the hill accompanied by hi relatives at P V young goodman was one of the most temperate and esteemed men in the employ of the D R G where he has ban the last four year fie wae well respected by every-body and the comfort of his barents he was cut down in the bloom of boath at a time when life held out its joys and happiness having just passed his awen ty second birthday he was unmarried and a faithful member of the brother-hood of locomotive firemen the funeral services over the remains will be held at 10 ttoommoorrrrooww morning in the second ward assembly booms another accident occurred on the D R G the evening previous to this fatality in the green river yard brake-man H J moore was helping make up a freight train when he attempted to couple two cars whose draw bars were of different hights the cars closed in on him befaro the fact was rea-lized and as the one draw head slid over the other the cars came together catching moore between the deadwoods both things were crushed instantly and as his lantern signal of all right was not forthcoming his train mates inves-tigated and found him pinned in there A doctor from grand junction made moore as comfortable until he could be handed over to dr fowler who bad gone down on no 8 to thistle and who took him to the sisters hospital in salt lake one leg was amputated and at the time f writing it was not known whether the other could be saved while it he may die from the shock moore is 22 years old is mar-ried and has one child |
