The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-14
A BAD ACCIDENT.
BEN STEWART, OF KANAB, sERI-
0UsLY INJURED IN A TIP OVER.
Was Teaming When the Wagon
Tipped Oyer-FeII Underneath and
Had 81 Leg and an Arm Broken
Laid Twenty-Five Hours without
Assistance.

Ben L. Stewart of Kanab was brought
to Salt Lake yesterday from Wyoming
suffering with a broken leg and arm,
which he received in an accident while
teanling. He was driving along a bad
piece Of side hill road when his team
refused to obey the rein and the wagon
tipped over crushing him beneath it.
His right arm was broken above the
elbow and his left leg just above the
ankle.
Mr.. Stewart had been with a party
to drive a herd of cattle from Somers
ranch, Wyoming, to Green River, q dis
lance of about forty miles, and was re-
turning, driving the supply team when
the accident occurred. AS stated, he
was travelling a very bad piece of road
when the team failed to respond to the
rein as quickly as they should. and as
a result the wagon tipped, going over 50
suddenly that the driver had no time
to save himself. He fell beneath the
wagon, which went over him a second
time, still carrying him with it. When
it stepped he found himself under the
wagon box, but the brake rod held the
box up enough to enable him to with
difficulty crawl out
Once clear from the wagon, he laid
still for long time hoping assistance
would come to him, but it began to
grow dark and no one passed. He was
getting very cold ard knew something
had to be done, for tie road was an
unfrequented one and he knew there
was a good probability of his having
to remain out all night. He crawled
on the uninjured arm ard leg a distance
of 800 yards TO a, spring to get water
There he bathed the leg, from which
the bone was protruding, and bandaged
it up as we'll as he could with one
hand, by tearing UP his, overallS with
his teeth and the one hand. Re hid
one match, and scraping together some
tWigs, he struck the match. To his
great joy it burned and he succeeded in
lighting a fire. Then, dragging him
self abou- he got together some
branches and had q fire that kept him
warn, for some time, but it finally went
out and he was too weak to gather
more fuel and had to lie helpless and
benumbed with the cold.
1t was twenty-five hours before a
horseman who had started with him
from Green River became alarmed at
his absence and came to find him. He
was taken to Somer's ranch and a. ply
sician called who, it was supposed, get
the broken limbs, but though the
accident happened the End of this
month, he grew constantly worse until
dag before yesterday, when his brother
| tn-laW, l.. Z. Mar1ger OF this city, who
CHANGED to be in the vicinity when the
accident happened and who had gone
! to the ranch TO care for Mr.. Stewart,
decided to bring the injured man to
! Salt Lake.
Arrived here he had Dr. Dalby called.
who, together with DR.. Harrison, ex-
/ anined the limbs and found they had
/ not been set and that gangrene had
set in in she leg. They set the limbs
and made the patient as comfortable
as possible, but say his long exposure
and lack of proper care is very much
/ against his recovery, although he may
/ pull through Mr.. Stewart is being
nursed by his brotnar-in-lew and sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Mariger at the Walker
( hotel
Later-Mr. Stewart died at the
/ Walker house between and 2 o'clock
this morning, as result of his in
/ juries.