Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-25

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my friend w n q Navers az pcs
saic NJ I vbo ,vne lsiiicd Ia tba cor
from which / escanrd / had bnen to
Mt that Mace ana took n seat In the
coach. r'hree other people got on an
pougbkeepsje ono vins n yynp,o, and
the two others yvaro nor. one ~ whom
looked like n railroad man. As near
ma can Judge there were eighteen
peonle ON the coach most of them beinr.
women and children and nearly ali
were asleep.
Meyers and I sat IN the middle Of
tho CIR. When tho crash came tho
chr gave n great lurch and rolled over
on it's side. THE water rushed in and
almost instantly the lights went out
I knew that we wer7, IN the river ara
the cor seemed 20 PLOUGH through tho
wnter for some time after II vns sub
merged. The chr was tinted over on
one side aind mana Ued to renoh the
fan-liPht overhead and cling to 1t until
helm came.
'T henrd people In tho back part Of
the chr grooming as ~ thcv were min
rcd fast 1t was en darl, THAI could
sec no one and think the passengers
must have been drowned like rate.
After awhile. II seemed an nrr. 7
heard nconIa on ton Of the cur mud
~, ax ero gbcd THROUGH tho roof rho
noise of that ay in the spIIrtared
timbcrs made the sweetest music /
over heard in nv no
"A man aud a boy- ff,tbor aud eonl
,vero also rnsc,1ad in Tho came ,rsv,
INT lsrovv Of no otbnrs eeconing 1,bc
oar MT tbis time ,yns oontfnp mn fact
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ashore I'm y royvhoet an, erre maj
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~ Sriliv''IE w. SI,u
nplin 7lltW, usel. oI We Wtst Ely
l,pess cainpany, ana myself We're IN me
eoIIl par'in2nt ar;Wheh suddenly there
80 1t ,Ir4plt bump, anu rush on
WHIer ut forced US toward the
Glnrg' ne car seemed 70 t,,rn COM
hetpiN over ana hhd hiled with water
20 Wlthln anout n foot or INC top
Wh'n we suuck' the car whirled COM
tietelN around, the end which the
tn,nese occupied being under wator,
while our END was tilted NJ. We
swan around ana got a ventilator
open and. noting the situation. got
an aN from tnolboN which was float
ing, and smashed panel In the end
of the Ger. We crawlad through the
hole to the roof of the car and a row
boat came out and took US ashore"
Acker has heen a rallroader many
years. and has escared from three
serious accidents. His arm Is badly
bruised. Shaw escaped injury.
The last victim of the tragedy found
was lying on shore. diving. He was
badly bruised about the head and