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Show Train Kills v Engineer In S Automobile F. M. Pannetier. 50, of 278 East V- Twenty-first South Street, Sail :V Lake City engineer on the Den- ver and Hio Grande Western Railroad, was instantly killed, and his fireman, Robert Frakes, of t5S Fast Fourth South Street, was seriously injured about 9 o'clock Wednesday when J the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Rio Grande passenger train at Twen- ty-first South and Fifth West Sleets. Mr. Frakes was taken to the St. Mark's Hospital where ex-amination ex-amination disclosed that he was ' suffering' from fractures of both legs, possible internal injuries. Jj H" condition was pronounced : critical. u The two men had just left their train in the Roper Yards after coming in from their run and "-S were on their way home in Mr. r j Frakes automobile. They were ; driving east on Twenty-first C South Street when their car was struck by the engine of the second sec-ond section of Rio Grande pas-eenger pas-eenger train No. 1. Driving the passenger locomotive locomo-tive was engineer F. L. Cowan of Ogden. and Conductor, J. D. Lof-! Lof-! tis. 150 North Main Street, was in charge of the train. Investigation Investiga-tion disclosed that a switch en-i en-i gine had stopped on the south ."A side of Twenty-first South Street, I hiding the approaching passenger . '.i: tram from view. Mr. Frakes, driver of the automobile, is be .It lieved to have seen the warning , signal lights but thought that they were operated by the stand-ir stand-ir ing switch engine, and drove on. The right door of the automo bile was carried one-half mile by the train, while the back part of the car was found 243 feet from the point of impact. Mr. Panne-tier's Panne-tier's body was thrown 70 feet and Mr. Frakes was hurled 50 feet from where the crash occur-ed. occur-ed. - Mr. Pannetier was bom in Se-., Se-., attle, Wash., and was a son of - Francis and Ellen Pannetier. Sur- viving are his wife, Benita Pan- - netier; two daughters, Frances ! and Paulo Pannetier, and a son, " " I David Pannetier; a brother, ' Charles Pannetier, of San Fran- I cisco. Mr. Pannetier was a mem- J!j ter of the Masonic Fraternity. |