Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-18
7ELEGRAPHIC.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
|, SI,tlrIc Motor Car Goes Through
Bridge al Cleveland.
,Owy TO INEVITABLE DEATH
c., and II, Passengers swallowed
Up by the River
Below.

silhis city tioou "ff =.
49, r,.llred the full horror Of the tor
" 0'i. accident which occurred last
w.. ,..0,pr on the big central viadueL II
w. ,bs wont accident that ever hap
I'd in this city, and the story ofhoW
~ motor car, loaded with men, wo'
''s md children, plunged through
,s.d,,w.bridge, straight down a hum
~, ",.s ,,et into the river, was told over
"a over again. Thousands OF people
.'.,,,p,t BY the river band all last
.,.S, and thousands more were there
h mi, morning. Great crowds are
s IN standing on the bridge above the
WI l.ssd eaf AMI about tue place where
nl'S .,sot IA buried in the river, eager.
- sI,su,sIng every detail Of the acct
dent ., Ga. d,..,,.,h.
- certified in every particular, with
,.t'ssno..ible exception OF tho number
Wv i.,,ns. which IN somewhat smaller
y 49,, fryt supposed. Tho work VI
,s,suIpg the bodies OF the victims has
~ on steadily since O'Clock last
s,snlnR and IL Ia now believed nothing
80 rsn be done until the last bit Of
.,sstare Of the cor has been removed
from the river;
.h,le lhs work OF rescue was being
,,,.,euled were pathetic In the cx'
,,,ms. The thou1abds OF people who
49, assembled waited with bated
s,s,ib for tue discovery OF bodies. IL
va sad crowd and out OF respect
,,s The unfortunate dead but very little
rsl,e was mA1e. Occasionally the wild
,S,,sm Of some frantic woman, who
t,lsyed some one dear to her was
,monr the unfortunate ones, would
,rho over the flats, only 20 DO taken
nm Al 4 distance by some other woman
vb,,s heart was breaking over her
lcsL
body. when recovered, was taken TO
sne Of the dead wagons. -Four bodies
gefe found almost at thS sans time.
Thsy were placed on stretches aud the
,,lenn march to the ambulance start
a. As the bodies were passed from
lhs IRE boats 10 the willing hands on
,hofs. an Isle was made ana the bodies
rased slong. Every few feet some
vomsn would stop out from tho crowd
teef into the face OF the body Ms II
passed, aud with at IL not him, thank
God,D she would retire, and 90 the
lld procession moved on.
A, the body OF n young boy was
hken from the fro boat, an old lady
nearly fell into the river In her ankle
" 10 see the face Of the dead boy. She
would not be put back. She threw
hsneli onto the body, looked into the
face. Falling upon her knees, she
raised her voice 10 heaven and prayed
~ only q mother could under this elf
eumsisnoes. Pressing close around
hef were anywhere from 1000 10 5000
teopls. Those who saw her raised
ihslr hats and not few Joined In her
payer.
Al another spot two men were trying
10 hold an almost distracted woman.
SIZE believed her husband was on tho
Inflated car and was almost Insane
Hllh grief.
All the time the search was going
% cars kept running over this viaduc..
Both rails from the west TO the east
IpIflaoh Of the bridge were bloekaded
with people. In tho center VI the
bridge men, women and children went
lhls and that way, screaming, jostling
zach other, women tearing their hair
and calling on God 10 saws their dear
tpss. Women tainted and were
liAmpled on by the mad, rushing and
ln'Ane crowd. IL was impossible to
ksep up any kind OF order and the
tnoh was finally aba ndoneu.
THE ACCIDENT.
CLEVELAND, o., Nov. le.-A heavy
electric motor car containing between
Wenly and thirty passengers went
through the draw OF tho Central via.
eue1 ~ 7.ib this evening, anu dropped
wv ieet 10 tho river below. IL is n
horror, the like OF which never &C.
CURED here before.
fliti reports from the scene OF the
ulias'ef seem TO place the blanc on
.he conductor. They were 10 the ei-
lsel That tho ill-iAtsi motor car, con.
nlnlng between twenty anu thirty
leapls, approached the draw lust as a
vessel was nearing II, and the bridge
sWsnuAnls had closed the big irSn
Wsand were preparing TO swing tho
uIlW' AZ 10 tho rule, the car stopped
anu The conductor went for.
nha 10 release the awitch
IN case tho way was clear. He
mus. have been blinded by the cleo.
nc hghls, Tor an eye witness docleres
,lA1 although the gates were closed
N.Y. Snu 'no Draw was Ia motion, tho con.
sueIor raised the switch handle. The
uo'oiman applied the current and the
W ~ shol forward ana struck tho gates
WIN a crash. There wns only n mo.
MehPs pause and then the heavy car
n.unu lis way through ths wreukage
Nv plunged over the brink Into tho
nv, sea aoyss amid the screams and
AnNu huuggles OF the passengers who,
~ me htst lntimaiion OF danger rushed
~. Tue rear door. The car sIru ok the
ih,' WIN a great splash, anu then
mere was silence,
ia' soon men began to rush about shout.
s willy, aud tho police patrol
i,.xuus anu ambulanoes were flying 10
in 'pot IN response to telephone calls.
iba incredibly short space Of time
~ W9tk Of rescue had begun.
ihs sne occupants Of the car, with
ms exception OF tho few who had
wss, seu 10 imp M It toppled over,
si 80 uown 10 certain death. The car
,,ndtp .aieul fTom eight AZ soon as II
'i uk The water.
len, ,hhhve minutes aiter the aooi.
ps,h, ne sur ace Of the river revealed
had nv VI lho terrible tragedy that
elo,sS on uesn enacted. Tho waters had
s,v,eu over the car and its passenyars
1a 'he work Of rescutng ths bed;ss
a, ' e uncertain light was slow Indeed.
~ o'clock hnlf a duzen bodies thai
sn5 i evldenlly iIsied out Of Inc car
i,, a risen . The surface were taken
'sun Tue river and earried Ia III. y,,i