Weiser, ID Train Accident, Sept 1904
Boise, Ida., Sept. 22. - - B. F. Sutton, a young man working on a Short Line bridge crew, was killed at Weiser today. It is supposed he was walking up the track from the construction train where the men slept. A switch engine struck him, killing him instantly. One leg was entirely severed from the body.
The Durango Democrat, Durango, CO, 23 Sept 1904
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