Show ACCIDENT VICTIM D I 1 E IT A V loss of both legs Is fatal to william short U I 1 C brakeman william short tage age 37 brakeman bra kanan tor for the utah idaho central Tall railroad road company who suffered the loss joss of both legs lees in an accident atthe at the yards of the c company in this city sunday morning at about 1030 died sunday evening at the cooley hospital in this lity where he wa was token staken following the terrible accident there are several versions as to how the atel accident dent happened hap ened but as near as 11 wo 0 can call learn sir mr short who was a breakman on an extra ettra northbound freight fre bight train due in this city at 1029 lock was riding into the yards when in some manner ho he slipped beneath the wheels of the moving train ills his left leg was severed near the knee and the right leg close up to his hip ile he was immediately placed on a aaret cher and taken in an automobile t the hO hospital where he was attended by dr A D cooley sheriff john IL zundel notified his mother sirs mrs harry short of montpelier idaho of the accident and she in company with her sister mrs william horsley arrived in this city at clock 0 sunday night while hero here they have been stopping at the home of mr and mrs airs win will TL II Il olmes the parties being old acquaintances the body of sir mr short was removed removed to the undertaking parlors of jesse W hoopes and prepared for burial mr aud and mrs james short of pocatello idaho and mr and mrs leslie short of salt lake city come to ito brigham city yesterday the gentlemen being brothers to william short the body was shipped to on the tha early train this morning accompanied by the mother and other relatives where funeral services will be held and interment will take place mr short was born april 30 1889 at alma lyoa son of mr air and mrs harry short natives of england the family removed td ta montpelier idaho when william was about a year old where te he to manhood his father who followed raff railroading for many years died last april william short had also followed railroading since attaining manhood and had been employed by the 0 S L and south ern era pacific companies he calme to ogden from nevada evlada about two week ago and was ithen employed by the itha U I 1 C mr short also sahr service in france with the U S army during the world 1 v var ar while in ithe thickest of the fray he had his low jaw shot off and was wearing an artificial jawbone at the time of his death ills his arms and body were also scarred from wounds from shrapnel while in service |