The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-20
CRUSHED UNDER A TRAIN.
A Salt Laker's peath near Elk
horn, Nebra.ka

The following special dispatch dated
EIkhorn. Neb.. appears in the Omaha
HeraR of June lllh:
A sad accide {. resulting in the death
of two men and the serious injury OF
another. occurred ABOUT two miles east
of this place at o'clock this morning.
The men were stealing ride IN freight
car at the time the accident happened.
two are known aud were Of respectable
families. Toe tram was NJ. As. in
charge of Rawerth. conductor. and
Burke. engineer. The m n killed are
Michael DJnonue, of Omaha. and
James Smith OF Salt Lake City. Utah.
Con Buckley, of Omana. wa o badly
injured that his life Is de>paired "f
: At the time u the accident the train
was running al a pretty far rate OF
speed and there was No lndica n of
danger. hut Suddenly one Oi The tr,Ick 8
OF a car near the centre Of the trsiI
oroKe anu let the car down "a on the
track. Ii WAS dragged along Ia his
way for a short distance -pd tiirI iei'
the track. go NJ o. er All Ell b ins me- ~ o
the right. Otnei cars folio { oing OF
bvth sides ot the track and pii.uS up L.
confused misses. Part were loaded
with lumber. part with sugar and the
rest with general merchandise. Seven
cars went OF altogether. but fortunate
ly none of the train ere were on that
part of the train. and il W Is thought ~
first that 40 one was injured, nuI grDans
were heard am man partly stunnei
was seen over the line fence. He gave
his name as Gus kItterIHgham. Of Salt
Lake, Utah. and said three Others were
unuer q car. A force soon got the men
out. Two men were found dead and
one badly wounded. kitteringham
soon recoyt red and looked for work TO-
day, but vas unsuccessful. Buckley
was taken To his home in Omaha. Cor
one- Drexel Leld an inquest on the dead
and exOnerat d the railroad comp my
from blame. The wrrcking train was
soon on hand, and had the tra,.k cleared
oy 10 O'clock Trains ran slowly over
the place all night. The scene of the
wreck was visited by numbers during
the dAy, and much interest was fel. o ,r
the accident. PASSENGERS were trans
ferr-d this morning. The property loss
will be considerable. as besides the cars,
which are badly damaged a lot Of sugar.
lemons and other freight was scattered
and destroyed. The total damage is !
about $40 0OO.
The verdict of the coroner's jury was !
10 the effect that the deceased came TO |
tDeir death while riding on a freight |
train. Of James Smith, the man who |
5 said to hail from this city, the same /
PAPER saws: James Smith, the other
atal victim OF the accident. was com
'aratively a young man. He was by no
means tramp; none OF the four was.
de was cornice moulder by trade.
Little is known of him more than he
caves a wife and three or four children
living at Salt Lake City. On his person
vas letter from his wife. Jessie smith,
,earing date of April 1. II shows that
he deceased was in San Francisco prior
o his coming east. In view of the an
imely death of the husband and
ather it is touching epistle. In the
ind terms of a wife and mother. Mrs.
'mith tells how hard she is working to
make living for the little girls, ana
lopes that the deceased may soon be
BILE to secure the needed work. It con-
ludes with the postscript. Il wish
lad something to send you, but have
lot