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RUSHFORD, Daniel

Dated: Monday, April 1, 1935

 

Headline: Roadmaster Is Train Victim-Daniel Rushford Almost Decapitated In Rail Accident

 

   SALT LAKE CITY, Apr. 1---(AP)---The almost decapitated body of Daniel Rushford, 58-year-old roadmaster of the Oregon Short Line railroad, was found on the tracks of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake line in the south end of Salt Lake county early today.

Rushford came here in 1929, being transferred from Pocatello, where he served the Short Line eight years. While stationed here, he was in charge of the O.S.L. from Cache Junction, near Logan, south.

Officers who investigated the accident expressed the belief Rushford was struck by an object protruding from a freight car as railroad men reported only a freight train passed from the time the victim was seen alive until his body was found.

Rushford’s shoulder was broken and his head almost torn from his body.