The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-01

the execution of brute force that pro-
lection was secured for the searchers
The crowd pushed through to see
but as soon as a body was unearthed
the horror of the sight so appalled, them
mat they rushed off, regardless of con-
sequences, to escape witnessing it.
Men shouted and fought to get away,
! women shrieked at the top of their
lungs or turned sick, and children ran
off sobbing with terror A man came
| pushing through to watch body be-
ing carried from the ruins, but as soon
| as he saw the distorted face and twist
| ed limbs OF the searchers burden. he
! gave shrek of horror and ran away
/ into the darkness numbering like a
child.
A woman on seeing one of her own
| sex covered with blood and torn be-
yond recognition by the cruel splin-
tiers, tainted dead away, falling appar-
emily
LIFELESS IN THE MEADOW MIRE.
A woman whose husband had been
killed in the accident was standing
dazed and wild-eyed in the light of one
of the big fires with her little child
clinging weepingly to her hand.
Mother, mother" sobbed the little
one, where's father?"
He's dead, dead, dead" answered
the woman, slowly. "Oh, God, he's
dead she gasped, and sank to the
ground in a swoon
Fer stretchers to carry the dead and
injured on, car doors were ripped off,
car seats arranged in twos and by
some means fastened together.
After relief trains were filled the pa
troll wagon was pressed into service,
and wagons were relieved of their
freight and used as ambulances.
The crowd at the scene of the acct
dent by this time had grown in size
from hundreds to thousands, and not
outstanding this there was good or
der. People seemed to realize the res
cuers needed room and once a man,
woman or child was seen being carried
TO the ambulance, in an instant right
of way was given and the annoyingly
curious individual for some reason
was absent. There were quite a num-
Der who fingered by the wreckage all
night rendering their services and anx-
ious to be of help. The only regretta-
BILE thing about it all was the fact that
the officers had to keep
CLOSE WATCH FOR THIEVES
who were attempting to rob the dead.
A horrible sight was presented when
the body of an unknown was brought to
the light. The face was a mass of red
flesh, the skin having been completely
torn off. There were worse cases than
this, beggaring pen description.
Charles Blue, resident of Bridgeton,
told of an almost miraculous escape he
and his wife had from death. He was
IN the third seat of the first car when
the crash came. They went down in
the fall. They were buried beneath
cushioned seats with hardly enough
room to move. They were extricated
from their perilous position, but at the
elbow Of the husband little child Law
dead. ''
W. P. Purdy, one of the survivors.
in describing the scene in his car when
the collision occurred, said he was on
the Reading train, and had Just awak-
ened from doze. He looked out of the
window to see that the crash was un-
avoidable. He was at a loss what to
DO, but in an instant it was all over.
The first thing he knew he was dodg-
ing persons tramping over his body
They dashed about like wild peopIe
tramping each other down in their
frantic endeavor for their own safety
He got out safely, but how, he could
never tell.