The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-18
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man living al 1908 Pear street. She
was the last member OF his family.
His wife and son Harvey, the latter
aged Z, were taken from the river last
night The little girls body was found
lodged against the bank of the river.
Her little hands were filled with splin-
tiers from the wrecked car and her
baby face was badly bruised. When
Hoffman realized what had happened
to him he became bereft of reason.
Rushing to the river, he plunged in
and tried to drown himself, but was
rescued by friends, who took him away
and tried to comfort him.
The final Identification of the body
of Curt Lephne by his stepfather, Pro-
fessor c. E. Clements, today. disclosed
a romance Lephne's mother was an
English girl. Several years ago she
went to Berlin to study music and
there met ard married "a German
army officer named Lephne. Four chill
dren were born to her when her hus-
band died Last sumner she met
Professor Charles F. Clements and
the two became engaged. Professor
Clements was a teacher in a musical
school in Berlin, but he obtained an
offer of a position in this city. He
came to Cleveland and Mrs. Lephne
followed him here. arriving only last
month with her children. They were
married soon afterwards. Curt, who
was IA years of age, was her eldest
son.
A Chastity Scene.
The diver at work on the wreck to-
day brought up handful of hair
from the head of a woman, whose
body was wedged under the motor
trucks. The body is believed to be
that of Miss Martha Sauerheimer. of
No 154 Merchant avenue, who was
enormously reported among the list of
identified bodies last night. Miss
Sauerheimer went to market last even
ing with her sister-in-iaw, Mrs. John
Sauerheimer, and the two were re-
turning home together on the car that
went into the river. Mrs. Sauerhei-
mer's body has been recovered. The
friends and relatives of Miss Sauer-
heimer have walked up and down the
dock under the bridge all day, wiring
ing their hands and crying. The
father became so desperate that it
was found necessary to take him away
to prevent his jumping into the
river
Augusta Sarinslki, although employed
as a domestic, was a young woman
of refinement and education. She
was the daughter of a German mill
tary officer and had been in this coun-
try about a year. She came to Amer
lea to see the country and determined
to pay her own way. She sought en-
ployment as a domestic and won the
love and esteem of her employers Mr.
and Mrs A. Schwab, of POT Central
avenue. When she met death Miss
Sarinski was on her way to the South
Side to visit an uncle who is ILL.,
An Investigation.
The coroner will begin an investiga-
ton Of the accident tomorrow
The people on the South Side where
most of the victims lived, suffered the
greatest shocks. This morning the
regular services at Pilgrim Congrega-
tional church, the largest in this sec
ton, were abandoned and the sermon
and remarks of the pastor were lie
voted to the calamity. In the after
noon a largely attended meeting of
citizens was held at the same church,
at which resolutions were adopted ex-
pressing sympathy with the families
-of the victims and calling upon the
city council to take immediate steps
to guard against accidents. on all the
city bridges.