The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-24
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Ogden, Nov. "a.
a sERIous ACCIDENT.

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Friday night about II o'clock, Han
nah Clark met with an accident which
resulted fatally a few minutes later.
From all that can be learned it seems
that Miss Clark, who was a domestic
servant in the family of Mayor Brough,
left home about 1880 Friday evening in
company with Charles Stone, to go to
a dance over in Wilson ward. They
went to the residence of Stones pa
rents, where they remained about an
hour and then left, but for some rea-
son decided not to so to the dance,
but to return to the city. On the way
back and while on the road which
leads into Twenty-fourth street from
the west, and just after crossing the
Weber river bridge, Stone claims that
a wagon or buggy ran into them and
upset the buggy in which they were
riding. Miss Clark fell under the buggy
but Stone escaped uninjured and at
once righted his own buggy. Then
Miss Clark sprang up and ran back
toward the bridge screaming very loud.
Stone ran after her and William Ed
son, who was attracted by her cries,
come UP just as Stone caught her.
Edison thought the woman was intoX-
1cated but Stone declared she was not
and the two assisted her to walk back
to Stones residence, a short distance
away, but before reaching the house
she was unable to walk and Edison car
ried her the remaining distance. It is
claimed that she exclaimed once or
twice Il am gone; 1 am gone" and
then became perfectly limp.
She was placed on a bed and Stone
asked that a doctor be called, but Ed
son declared that she was dead. The
two. however, came to town for doc
tor, but could not induce anyone to
go out such a stormy night They re-
turned and found that she was GER
tainly dead.
The remains were brought to this
city and placed in Lundquist's under
taking parlors and a coroner's inquest
held. The testimony was in accordance
with the facts as above stated. except
that DIR. Driver was called and he tes-
titled that an examination of the Body
showed that her neck had been dis
located He said that she might have
lived twenty or thirty minutes after the
accident, and that she would have
acted like a crazy person. He did not
think she would have been able to
speak after the accident.
The strange part of the whole busi-
ness is that Stone never saw the par
ties who caused the upset. He says
that as he approached the city the
electric lights were shining in his
eyes and he could not see any one ap-
preaching.
The following is the verdict of the
coroner's jury:
An inquisition held at Ogden, Weber
county, Utah territory. on the 23rd day
of November, A D., 1895, before Joseph
Hall, coroner Of said county, upon the
body of Hannah Clark there lying
dead, by the jurors whose names are
hereto subscribed. The said jurors, on
their oaths. do say that the said
Hannah Clark came to her death on
the night of the 22nd of November
1895, on Twenty-fourth street. Ogden
city. by being thrown from a buggy
through the careless driving of one
Charles Stone. In testimony whereof
the said jurors have hereunto set their
hands the day and year aforesaid.
SAMUEL PURDUE.
WILLIAM S. LEWIS,
HEBER PURDY
Albert Joseph Hall, Coroner Weber
county, Utah.