Show 0 H G CH H KILLS ENGINE TWO accident victim formerly worked as fireman on this line the mail to richfield was delayed five hours monday arriving h here ere shortly before I 1 p in instead of a a in due to a crash in which the D R G passenger train no 12 southbound for maryvale marydale Mary vale plowed into the side of a freight thain at the junction of the main line with the roper yard switch at the south end of the yards in salt lake an engineer james J landers of midvale who was riding as a passenger in the cab of train no 12 was killed and two other trainmen were injured several passengers on tile the train were shaken up slightly but none was injured property damage will probably not exceed the passenger locomotive struck the freight train broadside knocked two or three empty freight frei glit cars off the track and then reared over on oil its side at the edge of the track and directly in U S highway 40 according to reports in iii state papers the freight train recording cc to railroad officials should have stopped before entering the main line and identified the passenger train as it passed by for some reason yet to be determined the freight pulled 0 out ut on the main line and was either moving ver very y scowl slowly y or had come to a complete stop when the passenger locomotive rammed into its side investigations are now being conducted by the railroad company and the utah public utilities commission mrs byron bron hawley has returned from salt lake where she underwent a tonsil operation |