Tooele County Chronicle | 1947-09-05 | Page 4 | Rail Accident Fatal to Western Pacific Worker

rail accident fatal to western pacific worker DELLE TOOELE COUNTY ap per antly falling from a moving freight train james 0 erickson 46 delle section gang employee of the western pacific railroad died to the tooele thoele hospital wl without phout regaining consciousness according to investigations of sheriff C A hymas mr erickson was found unconscious between the tracks of the western pacific in the wake of a westbound freight tram train near here last thursday night he reportedly boarded the train in salt lake city to ride to delle where he worked in a sec tion gang A native of oklahoma th thede u d ceased is survived by his parents parent 11 weldon and lillian mcfarland erickson san jose cal the body was shipped to san jose for burial saturday