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Show TMniMrro Diu&irn isnoro LeeNelscn Victim of a Wreck at Tacoma, Nevada, Last Night Work Train Engine Is Derailed and Turns Over Fireman Morehart Is Also Injured. Pinioned under an overturned engine en-gine which was derailed near Tacoma, a bmall sration Oil the Southern Pacific 115 mile's ve3t of thin city lastevon-Ing, lastevon-Ing, Engineer Lee Nelson of Ogden was sodded to death and Fireman Andreu- Morehart, also of this city, sustained Injuries about the head and body, but will recover. Tho wreck occurrod at 7:23 and Engineer En-gineer N'elson was rescued from beneath be-neath his engine, but ho died at the scemc of the accident a half hour Infer Inf-er tho body was brought to this city, arriving hero on No, G at G:20 this morning. The remains wore accompanied by his wife and child, who were residing temporarily at Montollo. The train consisted af only engine No. 173G and caboose, it being a work train, and was In chJitse of Conductor "William J. Mullck. While backing east fioin MonteUo to Tacoma. a distance dis-tance of ten ndes, the waycar was derailed and 'the engine "followed, turning over on Its side Neither of . the englnemen had an opportunity to Jump and Engineer Nelson wus pinioned pin-ioned under the wreckago of the cab. His body was horribly scalded by escaping es-caping steam and hot water Conductor Conduc-tor Mullck and tho other trainmen in the caboose escaped injury. To conduct an official Investigation Into the causes of the wreck at Mon-tello, Mon-tello, in which Engineer Leo Nelson lost his life, T. F Rowland, division superintendent, T. Fitzgerald and F. C. Smith, n6sistant superintendents, superin-tendents, left Ogdon this morning I The local ofuoials of the road statod this morning that no definite knowledge knowl-edge of what caused tho derailment of the work train had yet been gained, and such Information could probably not be given out until after the ofilcial inquiry. Mr. Nelson was one of the best known railroad men of this city, having hav-ing lived In Ogden his entire llfo. Tho parents and other relatives reside re-side in this city He was a member of the Ogden lodge of B P. O. Elks. |