Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-13
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Death Of a Child From PlayinS With
q Match.
Orange shipmcnls-Burned 10 Dtaih-
A Fatal ShOt-Passenger TIA UPS
Narraw Escape.

A miner namsi Chas. hubosll was
found dead Friday on the trail be-
tween Delta, CAL, and the cabin 81 III"
deceased. He was native OF Msse'-
phusetts, aged Al years. No foul play
10 suspected.
Oscar Borrylaud, n laborer, returned
10 his home In Tacoma, WASH, al |
O'Clock Saturday morning, lighted
lamp ana dropped 1t. He picked II np |
AMI attempted to wrap II In the hel |
clothes, but instead Get the bed on nro. |
He was burned from his waist TO hls
neck so that the flesh ar pped Of.
His Injuries were fatal.
The orange shipmsnt from southern
California will cease ia about ten
days. Thus far 400 carlOada OF
oranges have gone 20 market, and IL IL
believed there are about $50 more cat
loads OF navel oranges unu 500 cars OF
other vRrieties. The crop was yarious.
jy estimated last December from 1000
10 y, 900 carloRde, SO It Will be seen that
The estimates were from 500 . LOCO
carloads too high.
A man named Patrick Herlihy, one
OF the section hands on the railtoau nj
Yuba CITY, Cal, was run over anu
killed by the up train Saturday even.
ing at $3.50 O'Clock. Asthe train was
passing through town the eugineer
saw the man standing on the track
sOme distance ahead, and whistled
anu slowed up. The man did not
move, and the locomotive struck him,
throwing him some distance, man
Cling bis head, arms and legs. The
remains were identified as those o.
Herlihy, who had been on pro-
tracted spree.
Guloona X nudson, the five-yeDr-old
daughter OF longshoreman At Port
Los Angeles, Cal, me, with "a distrest-
ing death IN Santa M,Dic1 canyon
Saturday. The little glrl, with
number Of other children was amusing
herself by laying parlor matches ON
stones and cracking them with another
stone. One Of the ignlRhted pieces
OF birthstone flew on the chila's ireck
and set 1t afre. The little one ran
toward tho house screaming frantical-
ly. The cir current famed the 0lazr,
And soon the unfortunate little girl WIS
wrapped In flame from hesd to foot.
The fcreams oil the terror stricken
Children brought older people to the
rescue, but 1t was too late, FOR little
Guloots was burned to q crisp before
The fire WAS extinguished. The ohild
fingered in great agony IA few hours,
until death relieved hersufferiDgs.
Joseph Herzel. aged 81 years was
accidentally shot in the right eye
Saturday night, by Tessie Neuberger,
a nine.year.old girl. In the afternoon
Herizel received a visit from boy,who
requested him 10 repair pArlor rifle,
which he handed him. HeTizI e1-
amined the weapon, and finding the
trigger would not wsrk, promised to
fix 1t. Shortly after O'Clock HerIzal
started 10 repair the r FL when he W is
interrupted by Tessie NeuDerger, WIN
lives IN the house. With cnildish
innocence she selzsd the weapon and
asked HeriZel TO ''play soidier.' After
marching around the room for some
lime Herzsl, who did nOt known that
the 7 Il was loaded, invited the girl to
stake shot" at MIN. Raising the
weapon to her shou d or she pulled the
trigger, the bullet entering Hefizs'a
Iignteye alu lodging in the brain.
Realizing what she had done, the
frightened child ran to her mother
and Informed her OF the occurrences.
The latter al once visited Herlze's
room and tounu the occu pant lying on
tho Il o. IN q temi.contcl0us condition.
Seeing he was dangerously wounded
Mrs. Neuberger summoned polics
officer. A doctor wSs RieO called, and
Pronounced the wound fatal.
A terrible collision was narrowly
hverted Saturday afternoon by the
timely action Of Engineer Copns, In
eharge Of the weet Dound Atlantic and
Pacific passenger train No. 5, cue AT
MObEve, Cal, at p. m. that day. Ii
tn haah m NNN
fatal results could not have been
avoided. AS 1t Is the engine Is badly
wrecked and one coal car, which was
the cause OF the wreck, lies in hssp
pear u sidetrack. fortunately no one
was hurt beyond serious shak.
ing up. A gang of men were unloai-
ing coal from car in the Mohnve
yards. The car when partially un.
oRded was being lowered to the ch ute
ind in some manner the brakrchain
broke. A lew seconds and the car
wac under u speed which the men were
powsIless to check. Out over switches
IND on the Atlantic and Pacific main
ine sped the car. II ia a heavy
DOWN grade eastward and the car
Esined speed every turn OF the wheels,
Ind IN twenty-five minutes would
meet the passenger train, which hnu
IN a larger number OF passs myers than
lsual on account OF transfers from the
limited train. The passenger train wac
IN time and had just emerged from
,round a hill when the engineer saw
me wild car, whose speed was nifty
niles an hour. He reversed his euGin
ltartsd his train backward and bsI
IeRan to make some speed when the
rash came, The collision came near
Rogers, twenty miles east OF Mohave,
At B:l6 ?. M, the car travelling the die
lance In twsnty.six minutes. The
train WIS delayed two hours and q
lslf.