• hilds wa.s driving hi' I it i i.* • 1**11ing * * :i 1 anti evidently did not h*a: or see tin* approach «»l tin* train In charge o! Kngineer Kd Johns* n. Childs was 17 v**ars ol age and survived by a wife who r»*sid«- at ?h*Alta Apartments. He had lived in Kichiiiond lot many years and w.i widely and la\orably known Mis Childs has been adr.•• in elubwork but recently has been in pout health Recently Childs purchased a half in terest in the Cnion Transfei lt;om-pany from Frank ScliOles.Last summer while mining in Plumas county, the Chijds lost $3hua in a lire.The curtains of Childs’ auto wer* all up because ol the rain, if is said The crossing is a dangerous one autos 1st say, consisting of six sets of rails and obstructed on both sides.Childs was the son of Mrs. Kmilb-Childs ol Illinois and a brother of Mrs. NettJ Vickery of Illinois.The remains are at the Curry 1111 dertaking parlors where arrangements for the funeral are awaited (tending an answer to a telegram sent to the mother.Mrs. Alfred Childs, the wile of th* unfortunate man. has been ill abed lor th*- past few days.