Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-15 | Page 1 | Engineer and Fireman Lose Lives in Iowa

G1NEER AND FIREMAN LOSE ii.mil loi ' lxKornotive Crew on Northwestern Railroad ' Meets Death When Engine En-gine Boiler Blows Up THREE-ALARM FlrtE AT LOS ANGELES . ssaaaaiasawsiaaaw Flames Starting in Machine Ma-chine Shop Threaten 4 Blocks of Business and Residential District BELLTLAIN'C Iowa, July 14 Both tho anginaer and fireman war killed whan a locotnotlre pulling an extra freight on tha North western railroad blew up here today. TWO Dlt WHEN SNOINS OVERTURNS. COLORADO SPRINOS, Colo. July 14. O. D. "tepheneon of Denver Den-ver engineer, and H. F. Boaella, 4. of Llinon. Colo., fireman, ware Instantly In-stantly killed today when a Rock laland angina overturned on a curve between katnah and Mlmla. eight mllea east. Both man were crushed beyond recognition. Tha aoeldent waa one off tha moat baffling to solve In many yeara of railroading. Tha t wo englnemen had assisted weatbound' paaaanger train from IJmon to Tiptop, eaet of Callahan. They wera on thalr way and they were backing up. - Tha trainman aay that In all probability tha angina attained to great a , speed down the hill and got out f control. ' -' Though ' tha accident la believed id bar occurred shortly afternoon. It waa not discovered until aa hour later, when paaalng motorlata aaw tha overturned locomotive and notified noti-fied the railway agent at Blmla. Tha heavy locomotive, according to word from 81mla turned ever on Ita top when It lipped off one of tho ratle and emaahed tha cab to bite, breaking tba steam pipe connection con-nection a. - . LOR ANOELER, July 14 -TBr V. P. Fire thla afternoon threatened four block of tha bualneaa and rseldentlal dlstrlet surrounding let Angeles and Pico streets. Tha flame started In tha machine ma-chine abop of tha Henry K. I Jay company, manufacturers of automobile auto-mobile fabrics, and apraad rapidly to tha two-atory brick building &f tba Troy Laundry company. A three-alarm call brought all available apparatua In tha ally t tha scene In an attempt I cheek the conflagration.