Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-19
HORRIBLE ACCIDENTS.
Two Ladies Caught by Trains and
killed.-Oihsr NishapS.

| 4 sad accident happened yesteI
day afternoon, at American Fork
Utah County. Mrs. Singleton,
lady II years Old, was crossing tn
Rio Grande Western track 8s
freight train came along. Bein.
quite deaf she did not hear tn
train, and was therefore struck an,
instantly killed. The deceased wa
highly respected. She leav {:
large family OF children, all Of
whom are married.
Another terrible occurrence tool
place yesterday afternoon, just nortl
OF Ogden, on the Union Pacific, by
which Mr.. Clara Hewitt lost hei
life. The similarity Of the circum,
stances and the closeness Of the time
b-tween the killing Mrs. Singleton
and t..e fatal accident = Mrs
Hewitt. make the c-sgs remarkable.
Tue 40 y. m. Hot Springs train
pulled out Of the Union depot on
time and wss rushing along at a
good rate when just a the Ogden
river bridge was reached a middle.
eyed lady was seen - come out OF
the Suuii overs, on the edge Of the
track and hesitate before crossing.
She was not over fifteen f-.i from.
the pilot when first seen. The
engineer reversed his engine hut too
late, - the locomotive struck her
throwing her q one size OF the
track. The train was STOPPED
ani on returning h where She lay
the railroad men and passengers
were Mortified To fini her dead. One
leg was broken. her head badly
smashed aud several internal inju-
ries were sustained. The unfOriu-
nate woman was identified n Mrs.
Clarl Hewitt, whose home j. at
Marriott about three miles north Of
Ogden. She had been in town do
ing some shopping. aud had pur-
chased hill uf goods at the store Of
:. J. Burt x Brc-. and started -
walk home. She was very deafand
did not see very distinctly IL j.
supposed she wss intending TO Gro 8
the rail=uad track at that point, and
did not hear or see the train, aud
consequently she did not know Of
it, approach.
4 coroneI's jury was impaneled
last night by Judges Gross aud RE
shaw, as Coroner Larkin was absent
from the city, and viewed the body,
50 the relatives Of the deceased lady
could take her ren'ains home.
John Mcintyre, a Union Pacific
VS. a tire victim % \
severe accident l. siilland, Box
Elder County, . rday. The
work train, on viii q Mr.. Mcintyre
vs. empiuyei, WIS moving along
-lOEly. ami next 10 the clbJo-. wa
a car Of steel rails. In some way
one Of the s.1kes which held the
rails in place gave way, H..
,ilg one u them strike the
ground with the end nearest
the clbOOse, on which McIn-
tyre was setting the brakes. Upon
the earth the rail rebounded
and struck him just over the mouth,
taking his entire upper lip OIL and
cutting his nee in terrible mar
neT. tie was placed in the cabO0se,
the engine was attached and n quick
run was made hack 10 Ogden. The
injured man was taken To the Union
Pacific huspit i. where his wounds
were attended 10. He also had a
large wound In his head, which
may produce very grave results.
The wounds bled profusely ana the
-aboose presented a terrible appear
ancc. Blood covered almost every
hing, and the floor looked - IL a
sucketful had been thrown over il.
John Council, another Union
Pacific brakeman, Is in the hospital.
a. the result Of an accident which
occurred on SATURDAY afternoon.
Tie was on his way home, and
started to pass between two freight
,ars that were a few feet apart. He
had not noticed that n locomotive
vas attached 70 one OF them, and
ust As he was passing between, the
,ars suddenly came together. He
.red 10 jump, but his knee was
caught between a drawheai aad q
'deaiwOOd. - and frightfully
crushed. The attending surgeon i
an effort TO safe the limb.
John Breen, a young man en-
ploye,i as n laborer ON the Cheyenne
< Northern, iH Wyoming was killed
yesterday by being thrown from
l work train. Five OF the cars passed
over him. Breen lived for several |
hours after the accident, but being
'lXty miles from surgical help he |
He'd 10 death before it could he pro.
.ured. His parents live at Pacific,
Missouri.