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Show CHILD INSTANTLY KILLED BY TRAIN Idaho Knlls, fob. 2. Iva Chllds, r.n eigut H'ui-olU school gill, of Shelley, as muaiitly killed shcttly alter 2 o clock yesterday atturnoon, being run over bv a fre'ght tiuin In flout ol tue depot nt Shelley. it seems that the young girl wns standing on tho main line wntchlug n freight train from the south pull onto the siding. So interested was the child In watching the train that she did not notice tho train from Idaho Kails, which was a through sheep ttaln and had tho right of way, coming down the mnln line. The southbound south-bound through freight which killed the girl, wns known ns "Kxtrn No. 1 01 II. As soon as Engineer Porrcst suw the gill on the tracks he blow the whistle and applied tho brake? but th3 glil did not look mound Slit wub so Intel csted in the tiuin taking the siding thnt bIic neither heard nor Bnw the other train until It was within with-in a few 'feet of her, and thin she did not have time to get out of the wny. Tho huge Iron monster wns upon up-on her in an Instnnt, and BcNcntcen cms passed oer the body before the train could be bruught to a stop. The body whs severed at a point just above the hips, the legs, still joined together, remained In the center cen-ter of the track, while the trunk was thrown n few feet to one side. It wns a most horrible sight, though tho victim must hno suffered but little, as denth must have been almost liistniituncoiiK. Coroner Peck of Rlnckfoot wns called call-ed nnd nrrhed on tho. 4 o'clock train, and an Inquest wns held, the result of which Is not known nt this writing. Llttlo Iva Chllds was the youngeat daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. II. T Chllds of Shelley. Mr. Shelley is connected with the Shelley Mercantile Hnrdwaro company nnd Is n most highly ie-spectcd ie-spectcd "ltlzcn and the grief of thu community go out to him and bis distracted dis-tracted wifo. |
