Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-11
UNDER THE ENGINE WHEELS,
Two Locomotives Running in Opposite 0irec-
ton on Parallel Tracks.
FRIGHTENED AND CONFUSED THE VICTIM


\ most terrible fate overlook llt,le
scvcn-ycnr-old Annie Liddell. shortly
after nine o'clock this morning. on her
way from her home on Fifth West
street 20 the Training school. Two min
utyH after bidding her sick mother
goodbye she had been manglcd 10 death
on the rails of the oregon Short Line at
the corner ~ First North and Fourth
West streets.
The locomotive under which she was
ground 60 atoms was switch engine No.
dii. which was taking tho passenger
ears from the depot out 20 she north
yard 60 be- cleaned and put In order for
the next trip. The fatality was one OF
the most shocking and iamontablc Of
So Kind that has ever occurred In this
oIty The victim was bright child.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
Llddcu, who rosld~ on Fifth West
street between Firs; North and North
Temple streets
For some slime past her mother has
had bad health. and she child was kept
at home occasionally 20 assist In such
/ 'H..N'HH'NAH ANNt'N 90 "NA' NAH ANAN 80 IfAN
form. 40 her parunta were too poor 20
employ better asslstance. Last week
she was key, home an OF the time and
again yesterday afternoon.
she was a VlvacluuH and Intelligent
| llttlU tot. ana when this riyrning she
| was Informed shat she could return to
| school her eyes 10 up with innocent rloe
| az the thought OF b.ing able 20 resume
hcr studies, soon after the father went
90 hin regular employment AZ furnace
| man In the shops near by, and little
later, kissing her mother good morning.
she merrily LETT her home and met the
/ fate Indicated.
| A. this point she company has an
/ nEud Waterman, whose duty u IL 90
! signal the approach ana departure Of
| trains 90 all points according TO the
necessities % the occasion. How old he
u was not learned. but he IL 30 aged
ana dgcrcplt that he has Of necessity
/ 80 walk with q cane. As 10 whether he
always gives warning 10 passing prdea-
I iflnuH o. not known, but u seems ccr-
| tain. according 60 his own admissions,
/ that he ala not do 20 in this case, and
/ nat h. ala not see the lltilc child as
sho was crossing the street eastward
towards the Training school. Neither
l does hr remember whether he was on
The inside OF the outside nf the small
l house that gives him protection from
! iho elements. Nor Il II known whether
| the engineer observed the unfortunate
/ victim.
Hut there were two witnesses In the
/ crow N section hands who were en-
] pl1yed nt the intersection Of the streets
| They We're John Greer and George
| Moss, ana aH soon as the engine had
| moved from the body. they picked up
| the mnngl.d ana bleeding fragments
/ from the rails ana rondhed. After
| thla slckenlng task had been performed
/ they carried the heAdl0ss, Ahapclcas.
| horrible mass 90 the humble home ot
/ the parents, scarce half block away.
| and broke the news 20 the invalid
mother % the ffIgh,ful fate TINT had
/ 90 suddenly oycrtaken her beloved
| chili. She bcuamo frantic with grief
and awooned hway.nnd u was with az.
| neuliy that she was restored 10 con-
/ sgiouanoaa.
The lower part O, the chlld's body
was all that remained, the head being
literally ground into an unrecognizable
I pulp, Not one feature OF Identification
was left Flesh. blood. brains, hair
and the little comb the child wore were
I an mixed up together. All In all thu
| corpse was m4ugled beyond dcHcrlp-
SON. Nothng Ike Il has been Wit
messed herr ln years. II was sight 20
! H0ui-slokaulur 40 90 Impress the be-
holder with an instantaneous desire 10
] have ID shut OUT ~ view forever.
| whether the responsibility for the tray
/ ic AFFAIR Will be- s.f,ed 10 the bottom IL
unknown. but Il appears that the hap
| less vlctsn Ras badly frightened when
| Oyrrthksn by the engine which crushed
the lie out OF her tiny form. not by
] tho locomotive that killed her. but by
another switch engine which was COM
| Ing from an opposite direction on
/ parallel track and which was close
upon her, The section hands cannot
| remember whether the bells were rung
0 a a A. aHHHH o. a
/ seems 10 be- perfect blank on The
matter Altogether II is a most de-
/ pllrahlo nfllr.
Some time afterwards a News" rep-
! rcscntntiye visited the tragic scene ana
also the snddgnrd home N the phrentsi
the father IN the meantime had re-
! turned, and led the reporter into inc
! front room uf the house whore thu
slckoning mass lay In the folds of an
I Old cloth upon the one table or me
house. 4 little later prs, Plnkerton ana
] Wurihlugton appeared on the scene
. representing the short Line, and were
f. Immediately followed by Justice of the
I Peace Nielsen and Constable McDun ot
/ the Third precinct. who took notes and
I names preparatory % possible inquest.
Justice Nelson, however, was very
| much uverHo 90 making an official In
aulry. saving that 70 was altogether un-
| necessary. The cause ~ death, he de-
| cllrpd, was too apparent ana he tN-
/ pressed himself very strongly against
the company employing 80 old and, No
/ he ALLEGED Incapable a nagnnn, lie
] criticised 10 uH nothing short OF criminal
. negligence Doctors Plnkertun and
/ WorthluFton. the Justice and constable,
/ and the Newspaper man again repaired
. 10 the spO' where d. child was killed
and questioned the nagman and the two
eye-wltnesses, A. that time the Sec
! tlon hands were engaged with picks ana
/ shovclH In the Hruesome task OF digging
/ up and scraplng over the blood stains
and such Tiny fragments or ilesh, bone,
brains and hair that had not been gath