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Show TRAIN WRECK COSTS LIVES OF II III Engineer Jame3 E. Barlow, 43-years of age, was instantly killed on the Utah Copper hill on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, and his fireman Owen A. Scrivens 24-years, was so badly scalded that he died at the Bingham Hospital about eight hours after admission. He was unconscious from the time of the accident. The cause of the deaths was a collision of two ore trains. Although many reports are in circulation as to the real cause of the accident, up to date no information has been given out by the company. It is known, however, that one of the worst snowstorms of the season was raging at the time and objects were not discrenable . many feet ahead. Barlow was thrown a distance distan-ce of 75 feet and his body was badly mangled and broken, and the engine which he piloted, No. 75 was reduced to scrap iron caused by the locomotive boiler exploding. Scrivens the fireman was badly scalded by the escaping steam and was also severely lacerated la-cerated about the head. He was a native of Superior, Nebraska, and was a member of the Switchmen of North America, who will take charge of the body. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Eva Scrivens of Bingham, his mother, Mrs. Fred Scrivens of Nampa, Ida-; ho, and two brothers. He has ' been a resident of Bingham for , the past two months and prior to his coming here was employed employ-ed on the Salt Lake and Pedro Railroad as brakeman. James Barlow; the 'dead en-"'"'" " gineer has been a resident of Bingham for the past 6 years and was a native of Richfield, some time ago he operated the Garadice rooming house in Carr Fork, after which he secured a divorce from his wife, who again remarried and is now living in Salt Lake City with her five children. The eldest child, a daughter is about 15 years of age. . His body was shipped to Salt Lake City an Thursday by the O'Donnell Undertaking Co. In-erment In-erment will be made in the Richfield cemetery. |