Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-03
yRIGarFuL cOAsrISG ACCIDENT



There was most shocking aud palm
mi coasting accident at the in'erscc'
lion OF Center Of and Peach streets
l,.t night at twcniy minutes pact
nine O'Clock.
For several days past young men
and women and children have gather
ID, sometimes to the number Of two or
,bree hundred, on the brow Of the hlll
on Center street, opposite Apricot ior
the purpose Of coustipg down the steep
grade leading towards the Warm
gprinrs Being on the north side OF
t6e bill, where the rays OF the tun nave
nut little ELECT on the snow sollui
smooth anu CLASSY surface mas Teen
formed, down which the merry iutIs
sBoot with q Z, cklUssng.s that Is ulpsl'
ling. .,.-...-...
tra were organized, one OF them CON
ininine fifteen persons. The particular
one was unuer the management OF Joo
Richardson, q young married niAh
VINO resided In tho nUighuorhDJi. lie
WAS frequently complimuuioi by his
ifsociaici for tue skiltul manner Ia
wblrh hr conducted tue big schooner
with lie load OF human freight. IL was
aid 10 be 30 arranged that u could 10
suidrI here or there at viii, Sale 10 "
was considered II was soon proven, aud
thnt. too, mcsl c0nclus.yely, that mere
were times when it might gci beyond
iba control OF the most skiliul pIIo'.
one Of the members o. the party wau
Nils Emma Hollwinkcl, daughter oi
M. aud Ms. FfcIcrivE Brllwiuhcl,
Who reside at the corner of Center ana
Aprlc1t stfccis. 10 is directly Ia ifaut
of thelr homo that the coallcfs com-
rouco their dangerous decent tue
vouns lazy had Just recovered from "a
long aud severe spell OF sickness aud
nor mother was anxious Tor her TO come
into the house aud 30 informed her.
nnt her companions insisted on her
taking one moro ride. IhiB was con.
rpnted 10 ana moment later shu hah
taken up a position on tho schooner,
next 10 Mr.. richardson, the pilot, anu
they started away amid merry hufrahs
ANA shouts % laughter. THOR coursy
was parallel with the track Of the
Center street ear linu. a block from
the starting point the ear was seen
coming up the. hil', tut uli relied on
RIclafuton'a ability 90 steer clear OF
tho car and track and 10 looked rs
Trough be- would bu able 10 DO %.
But ut the last he i5st control OF the
schooner ami II dashud dihgona,ly
acrsfs the street aud directly into the
riIo OF the car between the Mont and
hind wheels.
Asartsult RiChprison sustained q
terrible fracture Of thr right leg both
aUovu aud below the knee, the mcm'
Der hriug cruel OF 70 ifagmgutf Misi
IS llwiukrl's right leg was also broken
below the Euur near the ankle while
tLc knee Itself b. iughuu'ly crushed.
A Mics Bugr was also badly hurit bul
had uu bones broken. She was at once
removed 90 utr homo, while tho Othci
two uuf0flutat.s were Iuto board th'
cat anu brought down town, whcEt
they were waited upon ny Doctor.
Richards aud Wilcox, tue COmusuy'i
physicians. Later both Of thtm were
taken 10 their homra Hnd II was nearly
two O'Clock this morning before they
were Ia q condition 10 DO loit by "a,
uuciOfr.
thought that Miss B5llwlukcl'
limb may be- tavci, h1ggh u will
always ut stiff. Asto kionardson u d
feared that is will DO necessary 4
nmpulate tue injured leg In order Il
prevent blood poisoning and death
Under the most favorable clfcum
stances the process OF healing will b,
very slow.
NJ blame whatever can DO altache,
b the railway company Or their en-
llOyea Tor the accident, anu n is due {,
their extraordinary care that there hAv
not been more accidents VI a aimila
char gtUr 90 recon-.