Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-20
Details Painfully Narrated by One
Who Narrowly Escaped Death,
WAS A TERRIFIC COLLISION
Harlow Ferguson. nisbop sheets
willard snow aud President A.
"a. Cannon Also speak.

The funeral services 81 Thomas
J. Parker were held az tho Fouftc0uih
Ward meeting house. at 1880 o'clock
nie morning. quite o. number OF the
friends and relatives were present at
thc ceremonies.
a YOUNG man. Air Powell. N Upton,
summit county. Utah. was The nrt
speaker. lie narrated che trip fum
Wnaatch 10 tho point ~ the wreck
which was the cause ~ tho death ~
MIR Parker. q distance ~ about twenty
miioa west q Cheyenne. tie told how
mifaculoualy ho himself cacapod from
a similar death TO that 81 the Deceased.
how. while in the oaboosc asleep along
win the deceased and q man BY tho
ualne Of Mr.. Purple. whD also was
Killed, Ait Sales and a small boy. be- WuH
awakened BY terrific collision. and
was thrown up between the crashing
timbcfu ~ the cahuoHo and ESCAPED with
two ecratchoa ON hiH face and
spraincd arm. Ito stated that before
they went 60 sleep they wern AN cling.
ing Nearer my God To Thee"
The speaker had boou an cuployo
of Mr.. Parker Tor come months. and
epoke hirhly Of his character az an cn-
pluyor.
Air. Powell WIS followed BY Barlow
Ferguson, who alsn spoke highly 81 tho
character ana Integrity ~ tho do.
cehacd. ana told 81 thr circumstance
that led UP To the death ~ the de-
ceased as he had heard them related hy
the witnesses 90 tho Inquest ln Chey-
vnng. II appeared that Mr Parker wac
In the cahooaa u tho fright train
about 1885 on Monday morning Ahead
~ this freight train was another freight
train. which had chopped near Granite
canyon. which compelled the conductor
~ The freight train Go atop also.
While The cahuuee IN which NJ. Park.
ct was asleep was standing ON the
main liuc attached to some freight cars
loaded with sheep. Just around sharp
curve. the brakeman went back 90 nag
the cypress train which wan expected nt
any minute. Just o. thia brakeman
started back. the express train dashed
round the curve, and before tho en-
ginccr could gton ID, ran wildly Into
the cahoose. hurting Air Parker and
Mr, Purple into eternity.
No warning had been given 20 tho
conductor 81 the express train. Tho
freight traina were ordered o. run an
naHtenEor time between sherman ana
thrNerne. The conductor stated that
70 Nas impossible for them 20 do 30.
and they were away hehind time. They
NHhuI nave placed fuses On the track
which would have burned ten or twenty
minutes and thus have warned tho
engineer uf the eHpreaf train. but failed
20 do 90 The curve was "a particularly
dangerous piece % track. Tho cuniuc-
tor stated that Just before the express
train dashed ruund the CORNER. he got
little boy out OF the cahouae ana tried
70 wake up tho othcfe, but they were
IN half dared condition when he
Jumped N the cahodae with tho little
boy Just na the engine struck a.
bishop Sheets spoke ~ the sterling
qualities ~ the Deceased, both az ID
man and ua u Toy willard Snow. "a
broihcr-in-iaw 81 Mr.. Parker also tcs-
tined 10 HE hlgh moral character.
President Augua NJ Cannon. the last
speaker, spoke highly 81 tho Deceased
ana q he family and onfrud rcmlrkn
81 condolence ana chccr 10 hie VIE and
thrive children who wcrc overwhelmed
with grief
Singing was rendered By the Four.
tfcnth Ward choir. ana bonrdlctiOn was
pronounced by John VI Cannon.