Payette Independent
Thursday, July 08, 1915
KILLED BY ACCIDENT
OLIVER J. FOLSOM INSTAYNTLY KILLED WHEN THE FAST MAIL STRIKES BUGGY
(Fruitland Correspondence)
The following from Sunday's Statesman will be of interest to the Fruitland friends. Mr. Folsom was a brother to the late Mrs. A. A. Branthoover and has visited here.
Orvil J. Folsom, a well known Boise valley rancher, was instantly killed on Saturday afternoon when the rig in which he was driving to Boise was struck by an Oregon Short Line train at Maple Grove crossing. His horse was also killed and the buggy smashed. The body was taken to the undertaking parlors of Fry & Sommers where Coroner Summers will hold an inquest on Monday.
Mr. Folsom was on his way to Boise and reached Maple Grove crossing just as the fast mail connection, which leaves Boise at 12:15, approached. It is supposed that a clump of willows obstructed his view of the train and that he did not hear the warning whistle.
Apparently Mr. Folsom's buggy was right on the rails when the engine struck it. His body was carried under the engine until the train stopped and for a time it was supposed that he had been thrown into an irrigation ditch. The body was frightfully mangled.
The engine was driven by Evan Williams, one of the oldest and most careful engineers on the road.
Mr. Folsom was 47 years old and unmarried. He is survived by his mother, his brother, Louis Folsom, and two sisters.