Roy Station, UT Train Wreck, Jan 1902

Posted November 17th, 2007 by Audrey

WRECK ON THE RIO GRANDE.

Freight and Work Train in Collision Near Ogden.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 8.--Freight train No. 15, on the Rio Grande Western, road and a work train collided near Roy station, ten miles south of Ogden, in the thick fog this morning. Fireman FRANK COWELL of Salt Lake City, was instantly killed.

The injured: James Wollwine, brakeman, fatal; J. C. McNickel, engineer, severe; J. Frazier, Cuinton, Utah, slight.

The Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, NE 9 Jan 1902
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Transcribed by Audrey. Thank you, Audrey!


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