Utah, Military Records, 1861-1970; 3,949,544 (Army Serial Number); Residence Bingham, Salt Lake, Utah
Induced at Salt Lake County, Utah; Born in Aspen, CO March 21, 1897; Served: 166 Dep Brig to Oct 11/19 MD Base Hosp.; 162 to Dec 11/18; Letterman General Hosp to discharge; Pvt Icl Jan 31/19; Corp June 6/19; Sgt Aug 15/19. Didn't serve overseas; Honorably discharged on demobilization Sept 19/19.
Medium Height/Build; Blue eyes/ Dark hair; Occupations: Dish washer at home in 1910; Inspector for Car. Railroad in 1920.
Salt Lake Telegram, Page 9
Salt Lake City, Utah
7 Jun 1921
Parents of Two Bingham Youths Lost in Flood Go After the Bodies
With the departure this afternoon of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Creedon of Bingham canyon for Denver, and later for Pueblo to seek their missing son, Charles, aged 22 years, and to bring back the body of their son, Dan, aged 24, who were victims of the Pueblo flood last Friday, the horrors of the great catastrophe of Pueblo are brought closer home.
Among the first list of dead received in Salt Lake from Pueblo was the name of Dan Creedon, given in the dispatches as "Creedy." Both Dan and Charles, whose home for the past ten years has been at Bingham, were on the ill fated Denver & Rio Grande train No.3, which stopped at the approach of the bridge over the Arkansas river at Pueblo Friday afternoon and which was lashed with all the fury of the flood, the passengers drowning like rats, according to stories told by surviving passengers of the same train. No word has been received of Charles.
The Creedon boys were returning to their home in Bingham after visiting relatives in Buena Vista, Colo., and an uncle, John Creedon, in Denver. A wire received by the Creedon family from the Colorado relatives state that the boys left for Salt Lake on Denver & Rio Grande Train No.3. This train figures prominently in the catastrophe, reports being that passengers of this train and a Missouri Pacific train which stood by the side of it in the yards were trapped by the waters, many being swept into the Arkansas river during their struggles.
Dan Creedon was a car inspector at Bingham and an ex-service man. Charles was employed in the station at Bingham. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Father O'Connor of Bingham accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Creedon and another son, John, to Salt Lake today.
Salt Lake Telegram, Page 9
Salt Lake City, Utah
14 Jun 1921
Body of Bingham Youth Recovered In Flood District
The body of Charles Creedon, 22, of Bingham, Utah, has been recovered from the Pueblo flood. Word to this effect was received yesterday by friends at Bingham from the father and stepmother of the victim.
Two weeks ago, Charles and his brother, Dan Creedon, 24, left for Littleton, Colo., to place a monument on their mother's grave. While returning to Utah they were overtaken by the flood. The body of Dan was discovered about a week ago and the father and stepmother then left in an endeavor to trace the other son.
It is understood that the bodies of both men will be placed in the grave of their mother.
Contributor of newspaper articles: V Jeanette Johnston
Induced at Salt Lake County, Utah; Born in Aspen, CO March 21, 1897; Served: 166 Dep Brig to Oct 11/19 MD Base Hosp.; 162 to Dec 11/18; Letterman General Hosp to discharge; Pvt Icl Jan 31/19; Corp June 6/19; Sgt Aug 15/19. Didn't serve overseas; Honorably discharged on demobilization Sept 19/19.
Medium Height/Build; Blue eyes/ Dark hair; Occupations: Dish washer at home in 1910; Inspector for Car. Railroad in 1920.
Salt Lake Telegram, Page 9
Salt Lake City, Utah
7 Jun 1921
Parents of Two Bingham Youths Lost in Flood Go After the Bodies
With the departure this afternoon of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Creedon of Bingham canyon for Denver, and later for Pueblo to seek their missing son, Charles, aged 22 years, and to bring back the body of their son, Dan, aged 24, who were victims of the Pueblo flood last Friday, the horrors of the great catastrophe of Pueblo are brought closer home.
Among the first list of dead received in Salt Lake from Pueblo was the name of Dan Creedon, given in the dispatches as "Creedy." Both Dan and Charles, whose home for the past ten years has been at Bingham, were on the ill fated Denver & Rio Grande train No.3, which stopped at the approach of the bridge over the Arkansas river at Pueblo Friday afternoon and which was lashed with all the fury of the flood, the passengers drowning like rats, according to stories told by surviving passengers of the same train. No word has been received of Charles.
The Creedon boys were returning to their home in Bingham after visiting relatives in Buena Vista, Colo., and an uncle, John Creedon, in Denver. A wire received by the Creedon family from the Colorado relatives state that the boys left for Salt Lake on Denver & Rio Grande Train No.3. This train figures prominently in the catastrophe, reports being that passengers of this train and a Missouri Pacific train which stood by the side of it in the yards were trapped by the waters, many being swept into the Arkansas river during their struggles.
Dan Creedon was a car inspector at Bingham and an ex-service man. Charles was employed in the station at Bingham. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Father O'Connor of Bingham accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Creedon and another son, John, to Salt Lake today.
Salt Lake Telegram, Page 9
Salt Lake City, Utah
14 Jun 1921
Body of Bingham Youth Recovered In Flood District
The body of Charles Creedon, 22, of Bingham, Utah, has been recovered from the Pueblo flood. Word to this effect was received yesterday by friends at Bingham from the father and stepmother of the victim.
Two weeks ago, Charles and his brother, Dan Creedon, 24, left for Littleton, Colo., to place a monument on their mother's grave. While returning to Utah they were overtaken by the flood. The body of Dan was discovered about a week ago and the father and stepmother then left in an endeavor to trace the other son.
It is understood that the bodies of both men will be placed in the grave of their mother.
Contributor of newspaper articles: V Jeanette Johnston
Utah, Military Records, 1861-1970; 3,949,544 (Army Serial Number); Residence Bingham, Salt Lake, Utah
Induced at Salt Lake County, Utah; Born in Aspen, CO March 21, 1897; Served: 166 Dep Brig to Oct 11/19 MD Base Hosp.; 162 to Dec 11/18; Letterman General Hosp to discharge; Pvt Icl Jan 31/19; Corp June 6/19; Sgt Aug 15/19. Didn't serve overseas; Honorably discharged on demobilization Sept 19/19.
Medium Height/Build; Blue eyes/ Dark hair; Occupations: Dish washer at home in 1910; Inspector for Car. Railroad in 1920.
Salt Lake Telegram, Page 9
Salt Lake City, Utah
7 Jun 1921
Parents of Two Bingham Youths Lost in Flood Go After the Bodies
With the departure this afternoon of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Creedon of Bingham canyon for Denver, and later for Pueblo to seek their missing son, Charles, aged 22 years, and to bring back the body of their son, Dan, aged 24, who were victims of the Pueblo flood last Friday, the horrors of the great catastrophe of Pueblo are brought closer home.
Among the first list of dead received in Salt Lake from Pueblo was the name of Dan Creedon, given in the dispatches as "Creedy." Both Dan and Charles, whose home for the past ten years has been at Bingham, were on the ill fated Denver & Rio Grande train No.3, which stopped at the approach of the bridge over the Arkansas river at Pueblo Friday afternoon and which was lashed with all the fury of the flood, the passengers drowning like rats, according to stories told by surviving passengers of the same train. No word has been received of Charles.
The Creedon boys were returning to their home in Bingham after visiting relatives in Buena Vista, Colo., and an uncle, John Creedon, in Denver. A wire received by the Creedon family from the Colorado relatives state that the boys left for Salt Lake on Denver & Rio Grande Train No.3. This train figures prominently in the catastrophe, reports being that passengers of this train and a Missouri Pacific train which stood by the side of it in the yards were trapped by the waters, many being swept into the Arkansas river during their struggles.
Dan Creedon was a car inspector at Bingham and an ex-service man. Charles was employed in the station at Bingham. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Father O'Connor of Bingham accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Creedon and another son, John, to Salt Lake today.
Salt Lake Telegram, Page 9
Salt Lake City, Utah
14 Jun 1921
Body of Bingham Youth Recovered In Flood District
The body of Charles Creedon, 22, of Bingham, Utah, has been recovered from the Pueblo flood. Word to this effect was received yesterday by friends at Bingham from the father and stepmother of the victim.
Two weeks ago, Charles and his brother, Dan Creedon, 24, left for Littleton, Colo., to place a monument on their mother's grave. While returning to Utah they were overtaken by the flood. The body of Dan was discovered about a week ago and the father and stepmother then left in an endeavor to trace the other son.
It is understood that the bodies of both men will be placed in the grave of their mother.
Contributor of newspaper articles: V Jeanette Johnston
Induced at Salt Lake County, Utah; Born in Aspen, CO March 21, 1897; Served: 166 Dep Brig to Oct 11/19 MD Base Hosp.; 162 to Dec 11/18; Letterman General Hosp to discharge; Pvt Icl Jan 31/19; Corp June 6/19; Sgt Aug 15/19. Didn't serve overseas; Honorably discharged on demobilization Sept 19/19.
Medium Height/Build; Blue eyes/ Dark hair; Occupations: Dish washer at home in 1910; Inspector for Car. Railroad in 1920.
Salt Lake Telegram, Page 9
Salt Lake City, Utah
7 Jun 1921
Parents of Two Bingham Youths Lost in Flood Go After the Bodies
With the departure this afternoon of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Creedon of Bingham canyon for Denver, and later for Pueblo to seek their missing son, Charles, aged 22 years, and to bring back the body of their son, Dan, aged 24, who were victims of the Pueblo flood last Friday, the horrors of the great catastrophe of Pueblo are brought closer home.
Among the first list of dead received in Salt Lake from Pueblo was the name of Dan Creedon, given in the dispatches as "Creedy." Both Dan and Charles, whose home for the past ten years has been at Bingham, were on the ill fated Denver & Rio Grande train No.3, which stopped at the approach of the bridge over the Arkansas river at Pueblo Friday afternoon and which was lashed with all the fury of the flood, the passengers drowning like rats, according to stories told by surviving passengers of the same train. No word has been received of Charles.
The Creedon boys were returning to their home in Bingham after visiting relatives in Buena Vista, Colo., and an uncle, John Creedon, in Denver. A wire received by the Creedon family from the Colorado relatives state that the boys left for Salt Lake on Denver & Rio Grande Train No.3. This train figures prominently in the catastrophe, reports being that passengers of this train and a Missouri Pacific train which stood by the side of it in the yards were trapped by the waters, many being swept into the Arkansas river during their struggles.
Dan Creedon was a car inspector at Bingham and an ex-service man. Charles was employed in the station at Bingham. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Father O'Connor of Bingham accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Creedon and another son, John, to Salt Lake today.
Salt Lake Telegram, Page 9
Salt Lake City, Utah
14 Jun 1921
Body of Bingham Youth Recovered In Flood District
The body of Charles Creedon, 22, of Bingham, Utah, has been recovered from the Pueblo flood. Word to this effect was received yesterday by friends at Bingham from the father and stepmother of the victim.
Two weeks ago, Charles and his brother, Dan Creedon, 24, left for Littleton, Colo., to place a monument on their mother's grave. While returning to Utah they were overtaken by the flood. The body of Dan was discovered about a week ago and the father and stepmother then left in an endeavor to trace the other son.
It is understood that the bodies of both men will be placed in the grave of their mother.
Contributor of newspaper articles: V Jeanette Johnston
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