Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1908 — DYING MAN AT THROTTLE [ARTICLE]

DYING MAN AT THROTTLE

Engineer’s Life Ends a Moment After He Leaves His Cab. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. B.—A dying man’s hand controlled the throttle of the east bound Great Northern passen ger train as it sped on its way from Robblnsdale to Clear Water Junction. The engineer was George P. Irwin, who died a moment after he was taken from hts cab in Minneapolis. Irwin was found unconscious and leaning out of the cab window by bis fireman. George Ridgeway. Irwin is supposed to have struck his bead against a bridge railing.