Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-07-27 | Page 1 | Death Sentences for Drivers of Wrecked Trains

De Death a t h Sentences for Drivers of Wrecked Trains July 28 26 2 A C W punishment byth bytho Is being meted mete out by the tho Soviet authorities to engIneers and drivers who are ar held responsIble responsible Bible sIble tor for train accidents accident In the tho distrIct an engineer en named flamed and two drivers and an were sentenced to death b by a special appointed by the tho Georgian council of at commissars to Inquire Into the th numerous railway fatalities which have hav recently oc- oc occurred oc currod In that district Assistant Stationmaster S S ky ky who was wae wa held jointly responsible responsible albl sible with aith the th engineer and driver ers has been condemned to eight years r Imprisonment and nd were charted charged with I running their trains train at a danger danger- dangerously high wed speed In spite pite ot of t their I that the th roadbed and rails were wr In a bad condition It Is I alleged alle d that through their negligence nc six elx lx derailments derailment occur occur- occurred occurred occurred red con lox lose ot of life liCe