| Show CRUSHED TO DEATH at thursday a frightful accident occurred oo on north temple street at the union pacific railway crossing an AB a result mr W L burton burion I 1 ig a lying dead at the morgue and mrs B barton urton is i so BO severely injure ki that she be may die mr and mrs mie burton with their two children a boy and girl aged 9 and 8 years respectively respective Jy were returning to their home on fourth south between third and fourth fast baat tree tf lu in a buggy just juet as they reached the be union pacific railway crossing on north temple street switch engine no 1104 was wag making a witch switch of some rome box cars care the end car was wag loaded with coal and was waa out joee ioe from the train just as the helper at the crossing saw this the buggy he signalled signal led to tue lue engineer to stop and told the night foreman not to draw the pin both did as aa he instructed but we the coupling pit fell short abort of its mark the end only eat batching ea ching the link and slipping offs off and the loaded oar struck the vehicle with its if precious prec ioui b human u man burden it appears that the oar car was seen by mr burton barton lind and that he be attempted to stop atop the borse bone which was going at a good speed the animal however bowe vei turned up the track in which the oar car was going and the front end and of we the box oar caught the hind bind end of the buggy bearing it down with its ita giant weight and throwing the occupants under the grinding fneels by some miracle the two children ob ildren were landed out of reach of the car wheels wheel and received only some severe bruises and a shaking up A piercing scream rang i out on 00 the night air and soon a crowd d of people were gathered at the he fatal place the eight 1 t that met their ey 8 was an appal aluc 4 one mr and mrs burton were pinned under the wheels of the oar car with that enormous weight grinding and lai lacerating erting their ballee bo lies hydraulic jacks were soon procured sad and the oar car lifted from the bouler boo liec it was about twenty minutes before the unfortunate couple were extricated from the death clutch and then it was discovered aba hat mr burton had received many injuries any one of which would have proved fatal almost every bone in the he body appeared to be broken and were here was a ghastly wound upon toe skull which showed that one of the wheels w heels had bad literally ground the head of the unfortunate man mr burton was removed to 0 o the baggage room at the union pacific depot and expired within twenty minutes mrs burton was found to have sustained many serious bruises and her left foot was crushed making amputation necessary it to is questionable if she can survive she was removed to st mary marys s hospital where she be will be given every tender care dr wright made the unfortunate women woman as comfortable for table as possible before her removal from aba union pacific hotel an inquest over the remains of the late W jb ii burton who was run over and killed by a union box oar car at the north temple street crossing last thursday evening was called at 10 this thin mornin it by coronet coroner A number of witnesses were examined as to the conditions at the crossing the speed at which the oar car was running as am to whether or not the approach of the oar car could be seen by mr burton barton oto etc the examination was continued till noon DOOD when an AD ad fourn journ ment was taken till the jury wiloh made the investigation into the cause of the death of W li burton barton came to the conclusion late saturday evening eveni nir that due caution and care la is not exercised by the union onion pacific to make its ita croas ings ingo safe for the re axe of the public aud and returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased met hla his death by being crushed beneath the wheels of a box car on that railway funeral services vices over the remains remaina of the late W ti burton were held sunday afternoon at stpaul st pauls s episcopal church the ceremonies were attended by a very large number of frien friends dp as well as a long line of mem bers berm of the A 0 U W which was beaded by hold holds a band the inter ment was at mount olivet cemetery arr burton Burto ick is ia progressing very nicely after the operation and with proper care the unfortunate lady will recover her strength she to Is a very plucky woman and this furthers her chances for recovery |
