The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-29
IN THE WASHOUTS.
The Sparks" Severe Expert
ences on the D. & r. G.

Messrs. Ed0uin q Sangers Sparks
Company arrived in the city last
evening, having been since Sunday
morning on the roa; from Lesd-
vile. They were due here Monday
afternoon at 40, but owing % the
impassable condition Of the ID. 81 4.
G. R. R. their engagement in this
city, which shouli EaVe begun
Tuesday evening, was postponed
unit. last night.
AS the great crowd of poOale was
passing luto the Walker Opera
House last evening. reporter OF
THE HERALD met Mr.. Fred. Nc
CIoy, manager OF the company,
standing near The ticket office. In
response to question, the gentle
man said: eyes, sir, it was severe
trial. We reached a point On the
road called Mill Forks in safety,
when the train was brought to a
sudden ldstill purS uant to an
order {. the superintendent,
where Vsrem Led four hours while
a wasnUut some distance below
could be repaired. After 8 careful
survey of the aitustiOn was made il
was determined that The break
could not be fixed, and temporary
foot road was made, and passengers,
baggage and all, were trans
ferred ecross. where a special
train was in waiting. rms
conveyed us down about thirty
miles, when it was discovered GhaF
a bridge had been washed away. a
long wait there resulted, and we
were finally ordered TO take our
selves ont aud walk across he c 1un-
FRY and meet another special. which
would carry us through safely. This
was done, and we manak ed TO
make our way down the road to
within sixty five miles of this city,
when another bridge was found 10
have been washed away. we ar
rived there at s o'clock last night,
and from that time until 1 IN the
morning we were aBXiouSiy await
ing orders to move on. None came,
however. and as we mOmcntarliy
exrected to have to get out and
walk across to meet another special,
sleep was impossible, so we sat up
all NIGHT. We had had nothing TO
eat since II o'clock the morning ne
fore, and were, therefore, rather
hungry. The porter on the butht
car managed to ecra 30 togeShtr
few eggs, q little ham and LOAF OF
bread, which, with plentiful sup
nIv of coffee, was divided among Us.
Our hunger slightly appeased, We
waited nervously and sieepily until
about five O'Clock, or d little after
daybreak, when we NOV d down TO
Point Canyon, where the Drldge
was washed away, and as there Is
no settlemen Mt there at all, the place
being named simply because there
is a switch there, We were compelled
to wait without food until O'Clock.
A little cottage about two miles OF
was located, and grand rush was
made for it. The housewife there
took pity. made up three large pans
of biscuit, and laden with them and
huge pail Of milk, the men VINO
had gone out started back Tor the
train. A shout of joy went up from
the almc st famished lsdies, and IN
ten minutes not a remnant OF the
provisions RENAME d. About2 CLOCK
me bridge was sufficiently propped
TO enable the baggage and psssenN
gers to be transferred over,
and we finally started on
in com pst attvely high glee.
for this ciey. It is due the D. & R
Grande people to state that they
worked earnestly, and accomplished
d great deal to deliver their pas
sengers. II it had not been for the
exceptional skill of their wotkmen,
we should probably be up the road
now, or perhaps uiled up among
cars in some frigbtful ditch. [ can
tell you it wss terrible experience,
and heaven only knows how we
would have managed to keep up our
spirits if 1t lad not been for the
funny antics of the members OF the
Bunch of Keys company, notably
Jean Garfield, who kept the pass
Sengers in : reasonably happy frame
o.