Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 19, 1944
Former Resident Killed by Train Engine Yesterday
Cecil (Cubby) Cuthbertson of Rawlins, 34-year-old fireman employed by the Union Pacific railroad company, died at Wyoming General hospital Wednesday morning five hours after he had been struck by the second section of eastbound passenger train No. 88 at Bitter Creek, 45 miles east of here. He is a former resident of Rock Springs. He and his family moved to Rawlins a year ago.
Coroner J. Warden Opie, who investigated the accident, said that Cuthbertson was hit by the passenger train engine as he was climbing on the tender of the engine of his freight train.
According to the coroner's investigation, Cuthbertson, a fireman on a westbound freight train stopped at the Bitter Creek chutes at 5:21 a.m. Wednesday. As was the custom Cuthbertson went around the engine and crawled up on its tender to pull the spout hook down for water.
Pablo Tio, chute operator, noticed that the fireman dropped the spout hook and saw him disappear from the tender. Assuming that he was looking for the hook, he started to fill the engine with water.
Brady Benson, fireman on the approaching passenger train, No. 88, saw Cuthbertson pick up the hook and start to climb on the tender when he was hit. Benson stopped the passenger train and walked back to aid the injured man. Cuthbertson was placed on his freight train and brought to Rock Springs. He was conscious until shortly after his arrival here but was suffering greatly from internal injuries. He died at 10:50 o'clock yesterday morning.
Cecil Cuthbertson was born July 24, 1910 in Rock Springs, the son of the late John and Marian Cuthbertson, pioneer residents of this community. He was graduated from the local high school in 1928 and was prominent in athletics. He had been an employee of the railroad since his graduation.
Surviving Cuthbertson are his wife, the former Gertrude Rue, who was a grade school teacher in Rock Springs; two sons, John and Timothy, and two daughters, Patricia and Barbara, all of Rawlins; his mother, Mrs. Marian Cuthbertson and three sisters, Mrs. Ray McCarty, Mrs. Lawrence Sturholm and Edith Cuthbertson, all of Inglewood, Calif.; two brothers, David Cuthbertson and Robert Cuthbertson, both of Rock Springs.
Mrs. Cecil Cuthbertson and family arrived here yesterday from Rawlins and Mrs. Edith Cuthbertson and three daughters are en route to Rock Springs from Inglewood, Calif.
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Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 20, 1944
Funeral Services for Cecil Cuthbertson Will be Held Saturday
Funeral services for Cecil Cuthbertson, 34, of Rawlins, a former Rock Springs resident, will be held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the home of a brother, David Cuthbertson, at 925 Lincoln avenue. The Rev. E. E. Acheson, pastor of the Baptist church, will officiate and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery.
Cuthbertson died at 10:55 o'clock Wednesday morning at Wyoming General hospital from injuries incurred in a train accident which occurred five hours earlier at Bitter Creek.
Pallbearers will be Ole Knudsen, Osmo Malo, Rudy C. Moeller, three school friends who played with him on a championship basketball team in the Rock Springs high school; Doyle Medus, Carl Benson and Ed Ainsworth.
Former Resident Killed by Train Engine Yesterday
Cecil (Cubby) Cuthbertson of Rawlins, 34-year-old fireman employed by the Union Pacific railroad company, died at Wyoming General hospital Wednesday morning five hours after he had been struck by the second section of eastbound passenger train No. 88 at Bitter Creek, 45 miles east of here. He is a former resident of Rock Springs. He and his family moved to Rawlins a year ago.
Coroner J. Warden Opie, who investigated the accident, said that Cuthbertson was hit by the passenger train engine as he was climbing on the tender of the engine of his freight train.
According to the coroner's investigation, Cuthbertson, a fireman on a westbound freight train stopped at the Bitter Creek chutes at 5:21 a.m. Wednesday. As was the custom Cuthbertson went around the engine and crawled up on its tender to pull the spout hook down for water.
Pablo Tio, chute operator, noticed that the fireman dropped the spout hook and saw him disappear from the tender. Assuming that he was looking for the hook, he started to fill the engine with water.
Brady Benson, fireman on the approaching passenger train, No. 88, saw Cuthbertson pick up the hook and start to climb on the tender when he was hit. Benson stopped the passenger train and walked back to aid the injured man. Cuthbertson was placed on his freight train and brought to Rock Springs. He was conscious until shortly after his arrival here but was suffering greatly from internal injuries. He died at 10:50 o'clock yesterday morning.
Cecil Cuthbertson was born July 24, 1910 in Rock Springs, the son of the late John and Marian Cuthbertson, pioneer residents of this community. He was graduated from the local high school in 1928 and was prominent in athletics. He had been an employee of the railroad since his graduation.
Surviving Cuthbertson are his wife, the former Gertrude Rue, who was a grade school teacher in Rock Springs; two sons, John and Timothy, and two daughters, Patricia and Barbara, all of Rawlins; his mother, Mrs. Marian Cuthbertson and three sisters, Mrs. Ray McCarty, Mrs. Lawrence Sturholm and Edith Cuthbertson, all of Inglewood, Calif.; two brothers, David Cuthbertson and Robert Cuthbertson, both of Rock Springs.
Mrs. Cecil Cuthbertson and family arrived here yesterday from Rawlins and Mrs. Edith Cuthbertson and three daughters are en route to Rock Springs from Inglewood, Calif.
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Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 20, 1944
Funeral Services for Cecil Cuthbertson Will be Held Saturday
Funeral services for Cecil Cuthbertson, 34, of Rawlins, a former Rock Springs resident, will be held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the home of a brother, David Cuthbertson, at 925 Lincoln avenue. The Rev. E. E. Acheson, pastor of the Baptist church, will officiate and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery.
Cuthbertson died at 10:55 o'clock Wednesday morning at Wyoming General hospital from injuries incurred in a train accident which occurred five hours earlier at Bitter Creek.
Pallbearers will be Ole Knudsen, Osmo Malo, Rudy C. Moeller, three school friends who played with him on a championship basketball team in the Rock Springs high school; Doyle Medus, Carl Benson and Ed Ainsworth.
Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 19, 1944
Former Resident Killed by Train Engine Yesterday
Cecil (Cubby) Cuthbertson of Rawlins, 34-year-old fireman employed by the Union Pacific railroad company, died at Wyoming General hospital Wednesday morning five hours after he had been struck by the second section of eastbound passenger train No. 88 at Bitter Creek, 45 miles east of here. He is a former resident of Rock Springs. He and his family moved to Rawlins a year ago.
Coroner J. Warden Opie, who investigated the accident, said that Cuthbertson was hit by the passenger train engine as he was climbing on the tender of the engine of his freight train.
According to the coroner's investigation, Cuthbertson, a fireman on a westbound freight train stopped at the Bitter Creek chutes at 5:21 a.m. Wednesday. As was the custom Cuthbertson went around the engine and crawled up on its tender to pull the spout hook down for water.
Pablo Tio, chute operator, noticed that the fireman dropped the spout hook and saw him disappear from the tender. Assuming that he was looking for the hook, he started to fill the engine with water.
Brady Benson, fireman on the approaching passenger train, No. 88, saw Cuthbertson pick up the hook and start to climb on the tender when he was hit. Benson stopped the passenger train and walked back to aid the injured man. Cuthbertson was placed on his freight train and brought to Rock Springs. He was conscious until shortly after his arrival here but was suffering greatly from internal injuries. He died at 10:50 o'clock yesterday morning.
Cecil Cuthbertson was born July 24, 1910 in Rock Springs, the son of the late John and Marian Cuthbertson, pioneer residents of this community. He was graduated from the local high school in 1928 and was prominent in athletics. He had been an employee of the railroad since his graduation.
Surviving Cuthbertson are his wife, the former Gertrude Rue, who was a grade school teacher in Rock Springs; two sons, John and Timothy, and two daughters, Patricia and Barbara, all of Rawlins; his mother, Mrs. Marian Cuthbertson and three sisters, Mrs. Ray McCarty, Mrs. Lawrence Sturholm and Edith Cuthbertson, all of Inglewood, Calif.; two brothers, David Cuthbertson and Robert Cuthbertson, both of Rock Springs.
Mrs. Cecil Cuthbertson and family arrived here yesterday from Rawlins and Mrs. Edith Cuthbertson and three daughters are en route to Rock Springs from Inglewood, Calif.
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Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 20, 1944
Funeral Services for Cecil Cuthbertson Will be Held Saturday
Funeral services for Cecil Cuthbertson, 34, of Rawlins, a former Rock Springs resident, will be held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the home of a brother, David Cuthbertson, at 925 Lincoln avenue. The Rev. E. E. Acheson, pastor of the Baptist church, will officiate and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery.
Cuthbertson died at 10:55 o'clock Wednesday morning at Wyoming General hospital from injuries incurred in a train accident which occurred five hours earlier at Bitter Creek.
Pallbearers will be Ole Knudsen, Osmo Malo, Rudy C. Moeller, three school friends who played with him on a championship basketball team in the Rock Springs high school; Doyle Medus, Carl Benson and Ed Ainsworth.
Former Resident Killed by Train Engine Yesterday
Cecil (Cubby) Cuthbertson of Rawlins, 34-year-old fireman employed by the Union Pacific railroad company, died at Wyoming General hospital Wednesday morning five hours after he had been struck by the second section of eastbound passenger train No. 88 at Bitter Creek, 45 miles east of here. He is a former resident of Rock Springs. He and his family moved to Rawlins a year ago.
Coroner J. Warden Opie, who investigated the accident, said that Cuthbertson was hit by the passenger train engine as he was climbing on the tender of the engine of his freight train.
According to the coroner's investigation, Cuthbertson, a fireman on a westbound freight train stopped at the Bitter Creek chutes at 5:21 a.m. Wednesday. As was the custom Cuthbertson went around the engine and crawled up on its tender to pull the spout hook down for water.
Pablo Tio, chute operator, noticed that the fireman dropped the spout hook and saw him disappear from the tender. Assuming that he was looking for the hook, he started to fill the engine with water.
Brady Benson, fireman on the approaching passenger train, No. 88, saw Cuthbertson pick up the hook and start to climb on the tender when he was hit. Benson stopped the passenger train and walked back to aid the injured man. Cuthbertson was placed on his freight train and brought to Rock Springs. He was conscious until shortly after his arrival here but was suffering greatly from internal injuries. He died at 10:50 o'clock yesterday morning.
Cecil Cuthbertson was born July 24, 1910 in Rock Springs, the son of the late John and Marian Cuthbertson, pioneer residents of this community. He was graduated from the local high school in 1928 and was prominent in athletics. He had been an employee of the railroad since his graduation.
Surviving Cuthbertson are his wife, the former Gertrude Rue, who was a grade school teacher in Rock Springs; two sons, John and Timothy, and two daughters, Patricia and Barbara, all of Rawlins; his mother, Mrs. Marian Cuthbertson and three sisters, Mrs. Ray McCarty, Mrs. Lawrence Sturholm and Edith Cuthbertson, all of Inglewood, Calif.; two brothers, David Cuthbertson and Robert Cuthbertson, both of Rock Springs.
Mrs. Cecil Cuthbertson and family arrived here yesterday from Rawlins and Mrs. Edith Cuthbertson and three daughters are en route to Rock Springs from Inglewood, Calif.
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Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 20, 1944
Funeral Services for Cecil Cuthbertson Will be Held Saturday
Funeral services for Cecil Cuthbertson, 34, of Rawlins, a former Rock Springs resident, will be held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the home of a brother, David Cuthbertson, at 925 Lincoln avenue. The Rev. E. E. Acheson, pastor of the Baptist church, will officiate and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery.
Cuthbertson died at 10:55 o'clock Wednesday morning at Wyoming General hospital from injuries incurred in a train accident which occurred five hours earlier at Bitter Creek.
Pallbearers will be Ole Knudsen, Osmo Malo, Rudy C. Moeller, three school friends who played with him on a championship basketball team in the Rock Springs high school; Doyle Medus, Carl Benson and Ed Ainsworth.
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