Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-12-09 | Page 7 | Brakeman is Killed on a Bridge

I BRAKEMAN IS I KILLED ON A i. BRIDGE In finding bis hat near the Oregon Short Line bridge, close to Cache ' Junction, Utah, the crow of the train and railroad officials uelleve thai J J " H. Grant, a Short Ijine brakeman, was f , knocked Into tho river at that joint and killed. Grant was the brakeinan(on an ex- I tra eastbound freight trahmkat pass-; pass-; , ed through Ogden about midnight last 1 night. Ho was Hat seen on top of a .; car near the bridge at 2 o'clock this , ; morning and ho was iniasod when the - 1 train drew into Cache Junction. , A ', Bearch along the track last night was i i futile, no traces of his body being found. When daylight came, the r search was continued and led to the : finding of a hat near the Short Line I bridge across tho Bear river. Mem- I bers of the freight crow identified the I haL as that of the one worn by Grant a and it is believed that the brakeraan I was knocked from the car while cIosk- 'I iug the bridge and fell the long dis- I tanco Into tho river below Although 'I parties arc looking for his body in the If rivor, up until late this afternoon they rf had not been able to locate it. pi Grant was not very well known ft among tho railroad men, having work ed but a short tlmo. Although he II has been living in Salt Lake, it is tl said that he camo from Canada. ? , no