Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-01-19 | Page 1 | J. W. Hunt, Brakeman on the Southern Pacific Killed

J. W. HUNT, BRAKEMliliP SOUTHERN PACIFIC KILLED Loses His Balance and Falls Under an Engine While Switching Switch-ing in the Yard at Elko Deceased Leaves a Wife and Six Children Body Will Arrive at 6:20 Tomorrow Morning. The following dispatch announcing; fhe death of J W Hunt of Ogden was received this morning: "Elko, Nv , Jan. 19 J W. Hunt, a hrakeman of Ogden, Utah, was ground to pieces under the wheels of a wild Southern Pacific yard engine here this morning. Main line traffic was tied up for several hours by the wreckage of the engine and tender which Jumped the track and ran wild for some distance. Hunt is survived by a wife and four children." The Southern Pacific states that the foregoing message Is misleading in that Mr Hunt was not killed by a wild engine, but, while switching he was rifling on thp tank of the engine of his train, backing off a siding at Elko and. losing his balance, fell aud was killed. Mr. Hunt was with Conductor L. R. Brown's crew and left here Saturday on the freight run to Carlin. Ho leaves a wife and six children residing resid-ing at 2922 Child avenue He was one of the best known and most respected re-spected trainmen of the Salt Lake division of the Southern Pacific, , The body was prepaid at Elko for burial and will be hi ought to Og den on No 6 arriving at C 20 tomorrow tomor-row morning.