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M V. nn y ti v 44 S i-S iSPA PA crrY 1 1 G William Groesbeck and and Frank FrankM M Bradshaw l Killed by Rio Grande Train MACHINE CLEARS TRACK Owner Alma Eldredge Calmly Gives Engine More Gas and Reaches Safety T from an automobile o owned Lj G L and driven by Alma lma Eldredge ge real I c n m n IQ It tf n fh tnt n chino wu was s about to be run down b by Rio Grande passenger train No Xo 3 at j tho the Fourteenth South street crossing of oC tho Denver Den Rio Grando Grande railroad track William Groesbeck sixty five I years cars old old mining man of at lOOt 1004 Blame venue avenue R aliI and Frank Frunk M M. six six- y ty years cars ol old mining ruining expert of oC Los Angeles were Instantly killed at al 7 73 35 o'clock clock yesterday rhou Though h impending doom oom seemed to stare staTe him in the tho face Cace as fiB tile the pa passenger train rain approached at a speed of or more than fifty lU miles an nn hour the composure compos compos- ure of ot Sir Mx El Eldredge was wats not disturbed Calmly increasing tho the flow of or gas sus he ho coaxed the over tho the crossIng crossIng crossIng cross- cross Ing tho the locomotive crashing b by tho the rear wheels of at the machine less than six bis I feet awa away The ThIC nerve nervo of ot Mr Ki- Ki in sticking to tho the wheel In ill tho the fact face bf or If danger saved his own life an and those of ot W W. K g Goodrich treasurer of or orthe the tho Highland Improvement company and George X N Clark Salt Lake expert export who remained In the car Appearing to have havo faith In the tile ability abil It ity of at El to clear the tue railway i tracks ahead of ot tho the train Goodrich an and Clark clung to their seats seat Cro Crocs 8 beck and Bradshaw however o In an ef effort erfort of- of fort to save ti themselves leaped heaped from the automobile only to bo be caught by bythe bytho bythe the tho locomotive as their companions evaded the tho danger by but a n few feet reeL Groesbeck was killed Instantly while tho tIle cowcatcher of ot the locomotive carried car car- ried Bradshaw a distance of at feet Ills bo body y as not so ba badly ly mangled as HS s 8 and alid seemed scorned to have havo a a. spark pul of or life lite remaining and members of at the 1110 train crew carried him Into a baggage gage car Then the train was backed to to where the body of or la lay It was placed on Oil board th the train which sped to Salt Lake The train was met at West Pest and Second South streets b by tho police ambulance file Tho bodies were rushed to Lo the emergency hospital at police headquarters Dr H H. 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B Sprague ma made mado madea o on a n hasty halty Investigation an and found foun that both wore were dea dead 1 apparently having been killed hilled instantly Tile The automobile from which Groes- Groes Continued on Oil Page rase 7 Column 1 FROM AUTO AUTOr Tk r AND MEET WET DEATH William lilliam liam Groesbeck and Frank FrankI I I Mit MI I Bradshaw Killed b by Y YRio if r i ia Rio Grande Tram Train a MACHINE CLEARS TRACK I 3 Owner Alma Eld Eldredge redge Calmly G Gives Ives Engine More Gas an and andi d i Reaches Safety 1 11 1 Continued from Page PaCe One beck and BradsHaw leaped sped moro more ft than sixty yards ards beyond the crossing l I Eldredge Clark ClarIc and Goodrich saw the Strain train ir n dash on Groesbeck and Bradshaw Brad- Brad shaw were not In n sight and they ben bew be- be n i me w A alarmed olo mcki r f a ca cak Running back to the railway cross- cross k 4 ping they found round tho the body of ot Groesbeck q Hying close to tho the rail railway a tracks Im- Im north of at Fourteenth South street Tho The train had stopped and tho the three men saved became full fully aware of ot P tj the horror when hen the they observed mem- mem bars bors of at the train crow crew carrying the bod body of ot Bradshaw from In front atthe of at ofF F the locomotive I Conductor Conductor- Thomas FItz Fitzgerald erald was wall in charge charge of ot tho the train the third section H of ot No 3 which was speeding speeding- was Into Salta Salt Ivy Lake a on time Fred King was the enK en- en K gin elneor He is one of ot tho the oldest engie engl- engl p neer e running running- out of at Salt Lake A As- As fr Superintendent Ross Mahon also alo alsol l' l y j was on the train Engineer Tells Tell Story StoTT P In a. a statement yesterday esterday En Engineer neer r l t l Sing said that as his train approached Vs the Fourteenth South street crossing be he blew the whistle Then he says he ho observed a a. farmer In a a. wagon forty a feet teet from the crossing The Tho next in- in r. r r tant he declares an automobile was driven past jast the farmers farmer's wagon and andt t t approached aed tho the crossing causing causing- him to torain cain again rain send lend a n. blast of or warning through t the he locomotive whistle He says that when the automobile still proceeded to toward toward to- to ward yard the crossing he applied the emor- emor rency geney brakes The occupants of at the automobile were r. r on cn their way to make examinations of ot the Third Term mine In county In the Interest of ot eastern capitalists 1 They left at o'clock yesterday esterday Eldredge drove the auto auto- auto auto- automobile morning Mr mobile down State street as far as Iy l Fourteenth South street and then proceeded proceeded pro- pro west railway tracks a aK the t As AB we o neared IC HC-IC- t team am in front of at us turned out and B K stopped said Mr Eldredge e. I I swerved the machine and was WM proceeding PoK pro pro- the train K to the tho tracks when hen J l 4 approached at high speed k r In Decision II Can I stop atop before reaching th the IT tracks I said to myself our myself our machine I was then traveling about twenty miles fi nn an nn hour Instantly I concluded It v would be impossible to stop Tho The only If salvation seemed to rest In beating the tho train over the tho crossing I J Mr r. r g Groesbeck oes t h c tv was in s sitting wheel at of the my tF s right machine hl aldo ubel being g g at arth see the left g rt W We a all i s si saw i the train about the same time and Mr Ir t Groesbeck and Mr Bradshaw Jumped as we wo were about to dash over the crossing The uTIle automobile went ent over sael safely r The locomotive miss missed cd us b by a close margin Knowing KnowIng- that Groesbeck and Bradshaw had leaped I stopped the machine m as as soon as possible Looking Lookingback Lookingback back we observed Groesbeck lying west westy y or of the track about forty feet from where he was was' struck Going back to tonis his nis bod body we we e found that Bradshaw had hadt t been carried on tho the cowcatcher of ot tho the locomotive to the point where tho the train stopp stopped d. d In almost almot every oven detail fir Mr rr Clark and Mr 11 Ir Goodrich corroborate the meats menta of Mr Ir Eldredge It Is la declared shy iby by them that when they called at the Royal Roal il cafe for Mr Bradshaw ho he had Trot finished his breakfast causing a ad aP adelay P d delay lay of or about fifteen minutes Had HadIt Hadit It It not been for this delay tho the automobile automo automo- pile bile lle probably would have crossed the thet t t railway tracks long before the tho arrival r 7 of ot the train p Biography of Dead William Groesbeck who was well Wen 3 as a n. real estate and mining man inan lived at 1004 Blaine Blaino avenue At I the time of ot his death he was an active worker In the tho Mormon church He was II born in Springfield January 1 17 1 Accompanied by his parents ho he emigrated migrated to Utah in 1856 1866 After ho had bad gained his majority he became tn- tn n- n wrested In mining mining- and was one ono of ot the tho th first mining promoters In Utah One of at the first mines in fn which ho centered interest was wall the tho Flagstaff in Alta L He sold tho to property an English Eng Eng- lish syndicate and later was interested Lin In the Bannock Silver mine In Idaho and Und In properties at Missoula Mont vine Surviving Mr r. r Groesbeck aro are his J Widow Mrs Elenor P P. Groesbeck two daughters Mrs Elizabeth G G. Clawson wife v of ot Bishop Thomas Thomas' A. A Clawson Clowson of or the Eighteenth ward and Mrs Elenor r wife of ot Horace Home G G. G Eldredge K q Ir of ef Canada and two two sons William Williami i Groesbeck jr and Edward Groesbeck SS also the f following brothers brothers- H. H X N I Groesbeck of Hy Hyrum rum Groesbeck Groes Gross beck Samuel Groesbeck and Joseph Josoph S S. S I Groesbeck v all 11 an of ot Salt SnIt Lake Lako and two i 1 sisters lIsters Mrs Mra Helen M M. M Morgan and Mrs C C. C Smith of ot of at Salt Lake Frank M. M Bradshaw made Salt Lake his headquarters about two years cars ago t lIe He had mado his homo home In n. n to Jod lodging t hou house e over the Royal Roal ca cafe His Interests had b been en centered In n the exA ex- ex A of at oU oil In ln Utah and f Wyoming Prior to coming to Salt Lako Mr Bradshaw lived to in Lo Los e ge a and Ane An- An hall had the reputation ot of being ta I a mining and oil expert of at unusual capability thaw haw As a geologist Mr Brad Erad- had few peers f r 1 |