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Show Interurban Gar Kills Taylorsville Citizen The north bound Interurban passenger passen-ger car run Into Wm. A. Slndo on the road near Taylorsvlilo Sunday and killed him almost Instantly, He was SI years of ago and almost deaf. Mr. Sladc was walking from his now home, which he was building on tho eust side of the right of wuy, to the residence of a neighbor, D. J. Barker, on the west sldu, and a fourth of a mile north. He was walking on the east side of the track, Just out-side out-side of the cud of tho tleo, where a foot path hud been worn. Had he been walking on the tics, It Is bo-Moved bo-Moved that he would have felt tho Jar of the approaching train. Ills position posi-tion on tho sldo of the track gave him such chance of escape that the motorman deemed the blowing of tho whistle suincleut precaution. Wltl the approach of the train, however, tho man failed to step aslilo and the car struck him, fracturing his skull and killing him almost Instantly. Wm. Whipple, who with severnl other Lehl men were on the train, wns loft with the body while an undertaker un-dertaker came back on the next car to pf. tho body. An Investigation showed that no inquest was necessary. neces-sary. Mr. Slndo hnd lived nil his life In TaylorBvllle. Ho Is survived by n son, Elbert Slade, of Morgan, Utah, a daughter, Amelia, living at home; his mother, Mrs, Joseph Demi, SC years of age, living In Salt Lake, und by three sisters and two half-sisters. They are Mrs. Alfred Reunion of Roosevelt. Utah; Mrs. Win. Dixon of Morgan, Utah; Mrs. D. II Chrlstenscn and Mrs, Wm. II. Calderwood of Salt Lnke. Funeral serlilfill be held in tho Tay Ion Ills ward 'chapel Wednesday. - |