The Arvada enterprise., 1916-07-27
Boulder Interurban
Claims Two Victims

ban claimed two more victims
Tuesday morning about 10;40
O'Clock when the west bound
train struck a Ford car at the
Wadsworth Avenue crossing at
Barzoi near j. j. Dreier's place,
which is occupied by John Dye.
The occupants Of the car who,
according to letters and |. O. O.
F. receipts found in the mans
pocket were Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.
Waugh. The lodge receipts are
from the Odd Fellows Lodge at
Bend, Oregon and the letter
in which they were enclosed
bore the post mark of Lamar,
Colo. Other papers indicated
that they had lived at Coldwater,
Kansas.
The train was west bound and
the car was going north. The
railway tracks at this point are
in a cut with banks on each side
about six feet high. To a
stranger looking straight down
the road the crossing would not
be noticed until within twenty
five yards, except that a sign
post with the name of the sta
ton stood on one side.
John Dye, whose house stands
on the east side of the road and
just north of the railroad tracks,
was the first man to reach the
scene, his wife having heard the
crash and called him from the
barn.
When he reached the side of
the man he was still alive, but
was bleeding profusely from a
gaping wound in his head. He
was lying on his back about
twenty-five feet north of the
tracks and ten feet west Of the
crossing. He turned him on his
side as he gasped his last, with
out uttering a word.
The woman's body was thrown
against The station post with
such force as to break it off even
with the ground and her body
was found lying across the post
with a deep cash across the
right temple about three inches
in length.
Conductor Roy Hillborn was in
charge of the train with VIM.
Delaney, motorman and Birk-
r." Kirkman, hagman. The
u,a.. was running at high
speed when it struck the auto
nop'le just back of the front
whirling the car complete
$ cut facing the track to the
stout. the front wheels han ging
over he bank, and the rear seat
a.u i lot Of bedding, a trunk
and various wearing apparel,
were scattered fror' his point
to the cattle guaro' lorty feet
lwav. When Mr.. Dye arrived
.ln rugine of the car was still
chug-ing away.
The train stoppe' "hout 200
ards west of the ing and
backed w The motorman and
g ~wnn were badly frightened.
Nu.u hey found the victims
We. dead they proceeded to
Boulder and stopped later
t-ip to give their nam . the
.o'1rcr.
Lr. Wood, the coroner, was
- and arrived on the scene
one O'Clock with C. w.
in a Ford truck. He
-, sea he names of Mr.. King.
C.u Ioveland, and Henry Hill
= 'n NJ Nederland who as pass
sep gitnessed the accident.
'.luired two hours work to
80, ner up the scattered belong
!ngs viii. consist I'd Of a camp
ing oull hich had been piled
in the bpca part of the car, a
shot gLa, ashing tackle, etc.
Nine dollars in money was
found in the mans pockets.
The indications are that the
cour vas on their way from
Col lwlter, kans.. where they
live. nile, to North Yakima,
W. % Eton, to visit a daughter.
in lce.rdance with "A letter which
was addressed in endearing
term to mother and spoke Of
the anticipation Of their visit,
A kit of carpenters tools indi.
Gated that Mr.. Waugh was a car.
penter. He was nearly six feet
tall and slender build, and ap.
parently about 80 years old,
while the woman was medium
, ,eighth, her hair streaked with
yray and probably i5 years old.