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Don Norman Carlson

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Don Norman Carlson

Birth
Eureka, Juab County, Utah, USA
Death
5 Oct 1926 (aged 4 months)
Santaquin, Utah County, Utah, USA
Burial
Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Plot
A / NR / 156 / 2
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Son of Francis Z. and Bessie (Norman) CARLSON.MOTHER, BABY DIE IN CRASH

Husband and Four Children Injured as Train Hits Auto at Santaquin

Car and Occupants Are Hurled Fifty Feet by D. & R. G. Passenger

PAYSON, October 03 -- Two are dead and five lie injured in the Curtiss hospital here, the result of a railroad crossing accident between Santaquin and Goshen. The dead are Mrs. Francis G. CARLSON, 35, and her infant son, Don, 5 months old. The injured are Francis G. CARLSON, 50; broken leg, and his children, Dora, 5, both legs broken, fractured skull; Betty 10, broken leg and broken arm; Eskel, 7, fractured collar bone and should; Albert, 11, both legs broken. All are from Eureka, where Mr. CARLSON is engaged in mining.

The accident occurred at Harold, a railroad crossing on the county highway, when the automobile driven by Mr. CARLSONS was struck by a Denver & Rio Grande passenger train on its way to Silver City from Salt Lake. Just how the accident occurred has not been determined by the officers.

The automobile and its occupants were hurled fifty fee from the tracks. The injured were taken to the Payson hospital. While their injuries are serious, none are expected to die.

Mrs. CARLSON was born in Mount Pleasant and was formerly Miss Bessie NORMAN.

(Published in The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT), Monday, October 04, 1926.)
Son of Francis Z. and Bessie (Norman) CARLSON.MOTHER, BABY DIE IN CRASH

Husband and Four Children Injured as Train Hits Auto at Santaquin

Car and Occupants Are Hurled Fifty Feet by D. & R. G. Passenger

PAYSON, October 03 -- Two are dead and five lie injured in the Curtiss hospital here, the result of a railroad crossing accident between Santaquin and Goshen. The dead are Mrs. Francis G. CARLSON, 35, and her infant son, Don, 5 months old. The injured are Francis G. CARLSON, 50; broken leg, and his children, Dora, 5, both legs broken, fractured skull; Betty 10, broken leg and broken arm; Eskel, 7, fractured collar bone and should; Albert, 11, both legs broken. All are from Eureka, where Mr. CARLSON is engaged in mining.

The accident occurred at Harold, a railroad crossing on the county highway, when the automobile driven by Mr. CARLSONS was struck by a Denver & Rio Grande passenger train on its way to Silver City from Salt Lake. Just how the accident occurred has not been determined by the officers.

The automobile and its occupants were hurled fifty fee from the tracks. The injured were taken to the Payson hospital. While their injuries are serious, none are expected to die.

Mrs. CARLSON was born in Mount Pleasant and was formerly Miss Bessie NORMAN.

(Published in The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT), Monday, October 04, 1926.)


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