Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-03
vplgarPUL CoAsrlNG ACCIDENT
rbrse P,r. ous Injured, Two Of Them
serlously.--Run Into u Center
Street Car.

Thsre WA n most shocking and palm
al o,asting Incident at the in'erscc'
lion OF Center Of and Peach streets
lst might at twenty minutes pAs'
nine O'Clock.
For several days past young men
md women and children have gH'hef'
%. somutimes " the number OF two "
,brse hundred, on the brow OF the hiii
ON Center street, opposite Apricot, Tor
the PURPOSE Of ccasiDg dVwn the steep
Grade leading towards the Warm
s,rlncs Being on the north side Of
t6. hilt. where the fayf OF the sun nave
but little effect on the snow h'Hui
smgoth anu CLASSY suriacu has leth
f1,mrJ. down which the morfy ridtrs
s8oot with a r, cklosinc that " hppAl'
Ing. ,......
ttga we're organized, one u them con
tniuinr nfenn persons. This Particular
gne was uuuef tue management OF Joe
Eichardsou, young married. mAu
gbp resided In the ncighu0thp0t. re
was frequently complimeniCd by hia
,,s,ciatcl for the skilful manner In
,gbieh he conducted the big schooner
,gith liz load Of human freight IL was
aid d, be so arranged that II could tc
tuiJrI hrroo there az VIII. Sale 40 10
was considered u was soon proven, abd
thai. too, most c0nciusyely, that thcre
were times when it might gct beyond
tbs control OF the most akiliui pNot
One Of the members o. tho party was
Nils Emma H0llwinkrl, daughter 90
ma. anu Ms. Fee ICfivE BCliwinhcl,
ab1 reside nd the Garner Uf Center ana
APRICOT strcU,s. 10 be- directly Ia frau.
of their homo thnt the coasters cem-
rouco their dangerous decent Tue
vouns LAZY had lust recovered from a
long aud severe spell Of sichuc1s Hud
nor mother was anxious Tor hertz come
into the house aud no Informed htr'
Uut hpr companions Insisted ON hCf
taxing Ouu more ride. THIS was cou'
fpptcd To AMI moment later she had
taken up position on the schooner,
next 10 Mr.. Richardson, the pilot, anu
they started nwny amid merry hurrahs
ana shouiA ~ laughter. Their cOufst
was parallel with the track Of the
Center street car lluu. a block from
the starting point the car was seer
com ~ up the. hll', tut all relied on
RIchaflf0uia ability 90 steer clear Ol
tre car and track and it looked A'
trough hr would bn ubln 20 DO %,
But nt the last hr i5st control OF iut
srh0oucr ami u dashed diagonaily
acf1ta tho street aud directly into The
eide VI the car between the mont ant
mind wheels.
Asartsult Richlrdson sustained Q
tcfnblu fracture Of the right leg both
a owe and below the Knee, the mem
Der huiuV crust cd 10 fragment. Misi
IS llwiukUps right leg was also broker
below tho Kuur near the ankle, Will,
the knee Itself Do iuRhuully crushed.
A Miss BcGr was also badly hurt, bu
haI no LUutH broken. She was at once
removed 90 utr homo, while the Othel
two uuf0Ttuuutab were Iut on board th'
car anu brought down town, whcr'
they were waited upon ~ DJctOu
alchards aud Wilcox, the company
physicians. Later both OF them wUr,
taken 10 their homes ana II was nearly
two O'Clock this morning before thuN
were Ia condition 10 10 LETT by thl
uuc.OfH.
thought that Misc Blllwiukcl'
limb may be- iavei, hough It vii
always be- slif. Asto Richarison u !
feared that nc will DO necessary &
gmpulaie the injured log In order &
prevent blood poisoning and death
Under the most favorable cltcum
stances the process OF healing will b.
very slow.
No blame Whatever can DO alt1che,
% the railway company or their en-
ll0yes Tor the acciicnt, aud it rs due q
their extraordinary care that there nav
not Oruu more accidents VI a slmila
character 90 record.