The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-22

with crash. and the car shot toward
the bottom with the speed Of lightning;
the capStan was torn to pieces, the
drum jerked out and the long sweep
thrown distance of 80 feet. Just
before the car reached the trestle
work which crosses the river, the re-
leased end of the wire rope caught on
the rocks in the river bed, or in the
brush, and checked the speed; other
wise all on board would have been
dashed into the river. Had this &C.
CURED, all of the passengers would
have been killed or seriously injured.
AS it was the speed was sufficient TO
throw f. c. Schramm and Councilman
Jones of Ogden from the car. They
were on the rear part of the car and
had slight chance to hold on.
FELL INTO THE RIVER.
Schramm fell through the trestle to
the river bed below, distance of some
Is feet. Jones caught on the trestle
and saved himself from falling.
Schramm was picked up Instantly and
carried to tent, where DR.. Daily of
this city made hasty examination of
his injuries, when it was found that
he was not so seriously hurt as every
one supposed he must be who wit
messed the accident. He was placed
on a stretcher and sent to his home in
Ogden, where it was learned upon in
quiry last evening that after careful
examination the physician was of the
opinion that no bones were broken
and that he would soon recover. He
was frightfully bruised all over his
body, and that he escaped with his
life seems a miracle.
Mr.. Jones was considerably shaken
up and will be quite lame for some
time. General John @. Cannon, who
was on the car, kept his seat. but sus-
tanned a sprained back. Miss Edith
Ashmore was not injured in the least.
She may have been frightened, but
she did not indulge in her woman's
prerogatiye to scream. That the ac-
cident was not more serious in its re-
suits is due to the discretion of George
Hawkins, who husbanded the strength
of the weak brake until the very last
moment.
A BANQUET.
After the accident the company ad-
journed to the machine shops and
power house, where at the camp of
Rhodes Bros, the contractors, a splen-
did banquet had been prepared. All
that hungry mortals could wish for
had been provided in abundance. When
hunger had been satisfied, Councilman
O'Meara of Salt Lake assumed the du-
ties of POSTMASTER. Mayor Spencer of
Ogden had been selected to perform
this duty, but the gentleman from
Salt Lake got the floor first.
SPEECH MAKING.
Addresses were made by Hon P. l..
Williams, Councilman Ron1ney, Hon.
George Q. Cannon, Mayor Spencer,
Councilman OMeara, = Judge Judd,
Judge Dee, Chief Engineer Bannister,
Senator Allison, Hon. Joseph F.
Smith. E. a. Mcdaniel. Miss Edith
Ashmore, Selectman Geddes, Selectman
Wilson, ]. M. Goodwin, Seleetman
Wade, Dr. Daily, General John Q.
Cannon and the benediction was pro-.
nounced by Apostle Richards.
Mr.. Williams, in speaking of the
power dam, said that he was willing
to concede to Ogden all that her citi-
zens claimed for her. and he thought
that was a great concession for Salt
Lake man to make. President Cannon
said that the plan was to make this
power plant the forerunper of great
manufacturing industries that would
not only benefit Ogden and Weber
county, but all of Utah. 49,
AT THE MACHINE SHOPS.
After the banquet the guests paid a
visit to the machine shops, where the
work of making 1000 feet of steel pip
ing six feet in diameter is in progress.
Each section viii average 5000 pounds
in weight, and the machinery used is
the heaviest and most perfect of the
kind to be found in the west. The
works will be completed about Jan. l
next and power from the Ogden power
plant will be ready for delivery in Og-
den and this city at the same time.
The Salt Lake visitors arrived home
on the 7:15 Union Pacific train, well
pleased with their visit to the Junction
city.