Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-19
Unknown Man Killed on 0, S, |,
in Bear River Canyon.
JOHN BRADY ALSO INJURED.
Both Wen said 10 Have Been Under
the Influence Of Liquor when
Accidents Happened.

An unknown man sleeping of the
effects Of a protracted interview with
John Barleycorn met death on the Ore
gon Short Line tracks in Bear River
narrows yesterday afternoon, near Coll
linston, his head being severed from
his body by the wheels Of freight
train Another man named John Bra
dy was injured al the same spot short
ly afterwards by another train, and
sustained scalp wounds that necessitat.
ed his removal 10 St, Marks hospital.
From those who witnessed the ac-
cidents It IS learned that the train
crews were in no way TO blame for
what occurred. According to thu
official railroad reports, the unknown
man was seen lettering in the yicini-
ty OF the track on the spot where he
subsequently met his death. When
seen throughout the day he was ap-
parently In a drunken condition. in
fact, when No. 2 came along, the train
was stopped In order TO remove the
man from the center Of the track where
he was peacefully sleeping of the ef-
fects Of his pOtauons. An extra
northbound was due at C0llinston at
i40, and carried a time order to meet
No. 10 at Cache Junction. In the middle
Of the canyon the extra came upon a
small landslide. which had damaged one
Of the bridges This obstacle caused
the freight 20 back down TO Collinston,
which was done by Tagging The con-
ductor and a brakeman were on the
rear platform, and the train was pros
ceeding at the rate of about four miles
an hour when three miles north OF COL
linston the crew saw a man stretched
across the track out IN the binding
snow. Conductor Dalton yelled al the
man. jerked the air and then jumping
from the slowly moving train. and ran
ahead and tried 90 pull the slumberer
from under the approaching wheels,
but before he could accomplish his pur-
pose, the cabOOse and a car had passed
over the neck OF the drunken man. COM
pletely seVering the head from the body.
be was speedily Identified as being the
same man who had SO badly scared the
other train crews during the day. He
Is unknown. but Is thought TO be con,
nected with one OF the construction
camps In the vicinity Of the accident.
The remains were taken to Colliuston.
where an inquest will be held
INJURED ON THE TRACK.
John Brady was injured by belns
struck by No. 10 coming south. The
injured man f. said 10 have been a com,
rade Of the one who was killed. Both
OF them received their pay on Saturday
night and had occupied Sunday in
spending the proceeds In whisky. The
engineer Of the train saw him stagger.
Ing along the track ahead. and prompt
ly whistled. The man stumbled for
ward and before he could fairly regain
his feet he was hit by the engine, which
had been promptly reversed. The train
was brought 20 a standstlll and the in
jured man taken on board and brought
into ogden, where Dr. Joyce, the COM
pany's surgeon. pronounced him 10 have
sustained a bad scalp wound but one
that was not necessarily fatal. Brady
was removed 90 Salt Lake and taken TO
St. Marks hospital where his injuries
were found TO be Of not such a serious
nature as at first thought.