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Show Ml FALLS BETWEEN US OF TRAIN A! IS KILLED Andrew RosBiland, a Norwegian, fell between two cars cf a moving Union Pacific train early Saturday morning near Devil's Slide and was virtually ground to pieces under the swiftly moving wheels. His identity was not established until yesterday and waB made public today by local Union Pacific Pa-cific officials, following an investigation investiga-tion of the accident According to the investigation, Ros-slland Ros-slland and two companions, Frauk Frey and Albert Miller, boarded Un-Idn" Un-Idn" Pacific freight train extra No 1934 at Evanston, intending to beat their way to Ogden. At Echo, they were located by the train crew nnd ordered off the cars. Frey and Miller, according to their story, got off on the south, side of the cars, (expecting RosBiland to ge off on the north side. As the train passed them pulling out, they could see nothing of the Norwegian Nor-wegian and took it for granted that Uie had again bonrded the train. The train stopped at Devil's Slide on account of the board light having been extinguished. It was relit by a brakeman and the train started out again. At this station, Erail Samec, a ; 21-year-old youth who was, also beating beat-ing his way to Ogden, mot, Rossiland walking at the side of the train. The two crawled Into a coal car, loaded with small Iron pipes. The west end of the car was down and the cold wind making the men uncomfortable, Semac suggested that they go to the west end so that the box car ahead would shield them from the wind. Samec reached a safe position, and began be-gan making a cigarette, at the same time cautioning Rossiland to be careful care-ful not to walk too far and fall between be-tween the cars As he finished the cigarette, he looked up, ju3t in time to see Rossiland topple over and fall beneath the care. oo |