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Show Former Resident Killled By Train In Logan Yards T. J. "Theo" Fotheringham, 37, of Salt Lake City, formerly of Milford, Mil-ford, brakeman for the Union Pacific Pa-cific Railroad company, died Thursday Thurs-day about 11:20 a.m., about 20 minutes after his legs had been severed by a moving freight train in the Logan yards. I. G. Rickards of Salt Lake City,, conductor of the train, and E. E. Stewart of Ogden, assistant brakeman,- who were eyewitnesses, eyewitness-es, reported the train was backing when Mr. Fotheringham, standing on the ladder of the lead car, dropped drop-ped off the slowly moving car to the east "side of the track and at-empted at-empted to run to the west side in front of the train. The train was traveling about eight miles an hour at the time and the victim slipped and fell to the ground as he was crossing the track. The wheels of the tank car and two cars loaded with sugar Ibeets crossed over his legs before the train could be brought to a stop. Witnesses believed the victim vic-tim left the train to line up a switch, unaware of the fact that all the switches had been attended attend-ed to. The Logan-Cache fire department depart-ment ambulance was called to the scene at 11:08 a.m. First aid was administered and the victim was rushed to a hospital but he was dead on arrival.- - Theo had been employed by the railroad intermittently since 1927 and steadily since 1934. He was born August 12, 1909 in Beaver, a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Fotheringham, Foth-eringham, and had resided in Milford Mil-ford most of his life. Seven years ago he moved to Salt Lake City. iSurviving are his widow, Mrs. Nina Patterson Fotheringham; two sons, John and Gary Fotheringham; Fother-ingham; his parents, formerly of Milford but now residing in Salt Lake City; a brother, Burnett Fotheringham of Milford; and three sisters, Mrs. L. C. Nichols of Alhambra, California, and Mrs. G. C. Martin and Mrs. J. V. Ro-check, Ro-check, of Salt Lake City. |