Show DEATH DATH fA TED IN A SPECIAL TRAINS TRAIN'S RUN UN O Of fORTY rOTY MilES AN HOUR Orn Two hundred nd thirty miles in six hours and thirty minutes was the he record record record rec rec- rec- rec ord made this morning by a special train over the or Oregon gon Short Line On the train was William Ashton chief engineer r of the Short Line company who was suffering with concussion of the brain due from his being thrown from a a. buggy near Driggs Ida It was a r race raco cc with death and the time shows th that t it was a furious run i The sp special cial bear bearing n the unconscious unconscious' man was pulled a cross across ross the country at atan atan an avera average c speed of o of nearly forty miles an hour Sometimes the speed was as I slow as twenty miles and at ht other the I train went thundering alon along at a mile milea a am minute k 1 The Latter-Day Latter Saints' Saints hospital was the destination and it was predicted by the doctors in attendance upon the suf sut I ferin feting fering man that there was but a a. limited lim space of time in which to travel o to othe the hospital where an operation wo would ld be n necessary S The accident nt to Mr Ash Ashton ton occurred at Dri Driggs gs He w was s thrown accidentally accidental accidental- ly from a a bu buggy y yand and fell squar squarely ly on his head He was given Yen medical care care at Driggs s but hut the operation was essary esary A dispatch was sent to Pocatello Poca Poca- tello askin asking for a special train trait for the theman theman theman man and an engine and a Pullman car were immediately run to St. St Anthony to which point Mr Ashton had bean carried h in a wa wagon on The train started for Salt Lake City at about 1115 o'clock at ni night ht It t was when the train reached the local oeal station where the ambulance was waiting for the suffering man plan As the train train- l Loft left ft O Ogden del for Salt Lake City Mr l Ashton re regained consciousness consciousness con con- for the first time and he remained re conscious until the city was was' reached He was hurried to the hospital hospital hos lios- pital pita and at 1 0 o'clock clock was reported to b be greatly improved Thosa Thos who pulled the train tram through h felt that their work had been well ell done |