Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-26
WAS IN The WRECK.
A Salt Lake Lady's Experience 10 The
Great Disaster.
HER noe IN the BAGGAGE CAR.
Il disappeared hut Will he Sent on
TO salt Lake by tx
press.


Mrs. George w. Hat imam, who re-.
sides In the Seventeenth ward Of this
atty, arrived home from tbs East this
morning. Since her departure from
home she has had the experience Of
passing through one Of the mosl
frightful railway wrecks Of modern
umes-that on the Grand Trunk roai
at Battle Greek, Michigan, on Friday,
Oct 20.
Mrs. Hardman had with her when
she left mere small dog. She did not
bring It back, but the pet animal VI"
the means Of conveying to her nus
band the news that his wife was one OF
the passengers In the wreck. The lazy
had plfced tho dog In the baggage car
aud 20 be sure that II should known ut
tachsd to its collar leather tax on
which was Mr.. Hurdmau's usmu anu
address. when tue wreck occurred the
baggage man liberated thu dos, and
the next ews VI It came In The follow
Ing letter, which was received yestcf-
Jay by Nit. Hasdmau;
"BAI1LE CRFFK, Mich,
October -, 1913.
GO. W. Hartman; DEAF uf-- fhcrc
came 10 my house on the morning NJ
the wreck on The &. q u. y. X, small
dog with your Hudfoss. have
HIM yet. He IL welcome 20 a home
but II you viii advise tue l viii tcud
him, express or ~ you cay. Hoping
20 hear from you, anu Of your safety
1 remain your friend,
IS Beaoh ST., Battle CrooE, Miou."
The receipt Of this document nalu.
rally made Mr.. Hartman q little ~.
easy, though he knew that his wife
was sale; the evening before getting
the letter he had teen advised by telt-
gram from Cheyenne that shs would
be- home today. When sue arrived the
whole affair was explained.
The lady was called upon today, and
made a brief statement ~ her export
ence. Sho salt; 81 felt very uu.
easy from the moment / STEPPED
on 10 the Grand Trunk train. In TACT,
1 was ~ nervous that did not undrv-a
60 Tie down Ia the sleeper. | uid not
even remove my shoes. l was Ia the
second PullmAl, aud about 4 O'Clock
Friday morning was startled by an
unusual motion of the car. IL WAS not
very heavy, Tut something Hat what
Ia s1mttimos experienced when thH
ears Of train are being coupled. In
a mOHoni, however, all seemed ablf11
outside OF our car, and we knew that
wreck had occurred. Ia very short
lime tho fre department from Battle
Cieek wac on the ground.
"rhere had teun collision. a
Raymond and MhilcOmh train was
coming eastward. We had tue right
OF way, but the excursion train men
dis0ueye1 ordou. No one was Killed
on the Raymond train, but thifty.tlve
persons on our train lost their live,
ana many o,hen were badly hurt.
Every person In one car was killed.
Two coaches ana Que Pullman on our
train were buTHcd, but Ia the Pullman
no one was injured. The passengers
In IL were terribly frightened, anu IL
was win great difficulty that the
lHAANAH AHNlh AHNhN' AhNAh W ANNHa hhA
come out, though the car was on fire.
sin thesecOuu Pullman We were t0lI
that We would probably have 10 leave,
NJ It was likely that the car would
hurn. We nil GOT ready, aud crowded
In the end OF the car isrlhcst from ths
fire. The traiumou, however, manage
20 get one car Tree from the other, and
II was saved. We were delayed eight
hours.
"rne day coaches were ~ lightly
conttruoied that they were crushed
into al awful mass. The locomotives
were piled up on each other. lu the
two wrecked cars tho sceue was terri.
bile. did not 20 out because l could
not bear It, but remained la the car.
~ had put the deg IN the baggage
car, that bulug the rule. l uid not
think would ever SEQ hun
again, though was told ho hal
been liberated. Now that we know
where no ~ through this letter 10
my husband, We viii have him for.
wAriei by expires. did not cent
word home that WAS In the wreck,
because Gid not want To cause un.
easiness. Iclegraphrd 10 my irlenua
VINO were east, unu VINO knew 1 was
on the tTAir, that / was all right, Rnu
expected 10 break the newa 10 my hus.
band when 1 got home, hut the finding
OF the dog csustd tue tidings to get
hero fret. have hat all the expert
ence Oi = railroad wreck that 1 care
Tor, and In future will Try and select
t,Alns On more careful rOaus"