Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-08-28 | Page 6 | Rio Grande Switchman is Killed; David Oram Victim of Sunday Night Accident

RIO GRANDE SWITCHMAN IS KILLED; DAVID ORAM VICTIM OF SUNDAY NIGHT ACCIDENT i Dave Oram, 3S 7S0 Second street, son of Richard tnd l'hoeh Sanders Oram, was Instantly killed at 9 10 o'clock last night when ho fell beneath be-neath the wheels of a moving oil tank car, In the Denver A Rio Grande Western railroad ards. According to the Investigation mndo by Sergeant George G Wnrdlaw, Detectives De-tectives Grant Syphcrs and W, A. Jones of the polk department, (Irani who was engine foreman for the railway rail-way company, was on the platform around ihr tank and had stepped to the other side of the car to give the engineer a signal, lie took hold of the brnkestaff of the car. which was locs? and Oram, being a large man, was thrown to the crack under the wheels of the moving car. Switchman E i Roberts saw Oram fall and he wave an Immediate signal with his lantern and the lantern went' out He then shouted to another switchman to signal the engineer to 1 St op. The sw itching train was stopped n f-1 f-1 tor It had traveled C4 feet, during : which time the two trucks of the oil j car and the first truck of a coal car had passed over the body of Oram, severing It at the thighs, both legs . being mangled. Oram died In about1 'two minutes Oram was born In Ogden, February' 10. LS84 and Is survived by the widow and one son David. Jr.. aim the following brothers and sisters William R . who is in Ogden; J. G. Oram. Idaho. Joseph II Oram p-den p-den Parley p Oram, Ogden, and Al-ma Al-ma 'ram. Hon, . lie; Mrs Marv Ann Stevens and Mrs. Myrtle Mai an I igden The body was removed to Iirkln ael Son undertaking parlors, Announce mcnt of the funeral will be made later.