Show CROSSING CRASH HURTS 2 A Piute county livestock dealer and his son clung to life Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day in a Salt Lake City hospital after their truck was demolished in collision with a Union i Pacific streamliner train in Davis county The victims John M. M Barnson 49 9 and Lorin M M. Barnson 18 of Junction rere were only a few yards from rom Cudahy Packing company plant in North Salt Lake where they hey were to deliver a load of hogs logs when the southbound train struck truck the westbound truck and sent ent victims and wreckage flying down the tracks State highway patrolmen said the he accident occurred at p. p m. m Wednesday on Cudahy lane crossing crossing cross- cross ing ng approximately one mile north of Salt Lake City limits and a half mile west west of the Salt Lake- Lake Ogden highway high Train Crushes Crushes' Truck The elder Mr Barnson was hurled more than 60 feet as the train rain estimated to have been traveling raveling 60 miles an hour struck truck the right side of the truck just behind the front wheels His Hison Hisson Hisson son on was picked up 15 feet farther south Seven of the 20 hogs in the stake take compartment of the truck were killed outright and three others injured gravely were shot by y officers as acts of mercy The remainder of the load brought from rom fled into a field but jut were caught and penned later The elder Barnson suffered a mangled leg skull fracture Internal internal internal inter Inter- nal injuries multiple cuts and bruises while his son sustained severe cuts and bruises and possible possible pos- pos sible ible skull fracture Whistle n Blown wn Claim Dan H. H Beckstead and Russell H. H Cederlund of the state highway patrol reported after further Investigation Thursday that the elder Mr Barnson was driving the truck A. A R. R Stout 1009 Eleventh East street treet was listed as train engineer engineer engineer engi engi- neer and W. W P. P Hayes of Ogden as s conductor Trainmen told officers the streamliners streamliner's whistle was blown for or the crossing along with the train rain bell and that automatic crossing signals were in operation at at t time of the crash The train only damage sustained being scratches on the left side of the power jower car left Salt Lake City for forMS Los MS Angeles at p p. p m. m Aboard the tra tram train n at time tim of the accident were Senator Burton K Wheeler D. D Mont 1 who was wa delayed clayed slightly for a speaking engagement here and Henry Fona Fonda Fon- Fon da a stage and screen actor I Illustrated on Page lage 7 I I |