Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-30
HURLED TO DEATH,
Wagon Load Of Women and Children
CIOTitd Over a DusYay
INFO A RAGING cASYoS STREAM
Three OF Them Are Drowned Terrible
Accident Above brigham city
Saturday Night.
Special to the News

Special to the News
BRIGHAM CRY. Sept. 80, 1895. Re.
ceived at li!s0 A.m.--rne people OF
this city were startled sunday morn.
Ing by tho rumyr that three people
had been drowned about two miles
east Of the town. Investigation OF tho
Fumor only proved {: too true. The
Box Elier creek which supplies this
city with rater rushes down ,hc can.
you nj fearful rate between MantuA
and Brigham. The former IL four miles
east OF here. Midway b.'ween the two
piaots the roai Ia very narrow snd this
raging torrent runs madly below.
On Saturday night. after visiting
this city after lead Of fruit, parry
consisting Of sbvon people. Mi w0mon
aud ohilifsn except tho iriveT, u boy
about fifteen years oil, started Tor their
home nj MAntun. All went well III
they met on tue fatal dnKUay an dlJ
man named Pattcf-0s, with team and
wagon, from Salt Lake CITY, Tho boy
turned 10 the rlglt - isr n p0sslb.
without going over the duswHy ana
Paterson ldr cd hla toam CLOSE d the
hill. Hut emily tho whutlI struck and
the heavy wagon win ila occupants
OF women aud ohiursn begin " 8 ido
slowly down lno sill towards tae
chutninK wategs.
At this juugtufe tha boy Jumped
from his seat ana catching: the brides
OF tho to- m bsloagi1g 10 toe old gentle
man tried to .urn the team further ~
the hill, bat he Wa TOO late. Tao
wagon hal stafiel down tna greeiplos
sn1 Ia a moment II pulled tue horac,
aftrr ". In shorter time than
II takes 10 tell II the
hOfsos were on their backs anu kicking
aud aplashing In the raging stream,
while tue poor women aud children
were caught and pinnel down In the
stream bensEth the wagon bed aud
goars OF !, 400 pounds wagon. The
water was frOm three to ave feet deep
aud very cold. AZ soon ~ tho wagon
overturned, frlghliul screams filled the
ait from the Imprisoned victims. Mrs
| Ipson AMI one Of the girls managed 10
extFicate Themselves. This boy, and
Mfs. Ipsen, whose child and
aged mother were dying, struggling
before her eyes, suddenly rushed into
this stream anu tried with all their
power TO raisc the wagon hut their
efforts were vain. Tho old gentlsman
Patterson was severely blamed al 1rst
Tor not tfylHg 10 assist, butt was after.
wards learned that he was.sxtremcly
feeble aud nearsighteJ. The dis
tracted mother, nearly crazed with
grief stood In the cold waters stfug.
glinR with .ho wagon and waiting
for help when Mr.. Hanson came up
the canyon. He Mt once rushed to the
assistance OF the women, but still the
wagon refused TO move. IL was near.
ly three.quarters Of an hour before tive
more men came up the road. This
time a brother Of one OF the impriso ned
victims, with almost superhumEn ef
forts, raised this wagon bod and found
but one Of the four alive. This was :
young girl about ten year, old, who wal
com pletely Lazsi after hur imprlaon
ment OF over ons hour. The olho
three occupants were dead, the ole
lazy aged %, Miss Christina JeppsoI
And ths fouE.yeaT-)id child OF Mff
| fpaon.
Tue fearful affair has cast gloon
over the entire community and IN
families OF the Dor. syBd have the deer
est sympathy oiIl
The dead arc Mfs. Inger Jeppssn
Miss Christina Joppsen and Mis-
lpsen.