The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-20
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place to let the outfit pass. rushed for
| ward to assist as soon as they realized
| the situation. Furster and Bush
! grabbed one of the rear wheels, while
/ two of the~prisOners seized the wheel
| opposite and tried to block them. Joe
/ Quigley rushed to the side of the buggy
/ and tried to drag Mrs. C&skey from
J her perilOus position, but she chung to
| the side rods and would not leave the
/ buggy
BY this time, other men were at the
| horses heads, but the combined efforts
of all could not prevent the calamity
A second later the rear wheels had
gone over the embankment. one of
them passing over Furster's ankle
spraining it. and the whole outfit fell
with a crash to the rocky bottom of
the creek.
Mrs. Caskey, when the first wheels
went down, jumped. She alighted on
the very edge of the bank, struggled
Tor moment to regain her balance,
and then fell backwards, rolling over
and over down into the icy water. She
struck on her back among the rocks
but retained her senses and in spite
of her injuries. grabbed an Overhang-
ing branch and raised herself to sit
ting posture.
Rescue by Prisoners.
Quigley sprang into the water and
found Mr. Caskey by the side CT his
wife The prisoner seized the woman
and telling the professor to look after
the children, started with her in his
arms to the creek bank. Mrs Caskev
remained conscious and cried out he
tween grOans of agony, for her chill
dren. As soon as Quigley had laid her
down, and this he did with the ten
derness Of a woman, showing that there
IS a heart beneath that rough exterior.
ne Ioosened her clothes, as she breathed
with difficulty. He then rushed back to
the other members of the party
The men at work lost no time in get
ting down to the Wreckage. The horses /
had fallen lengthwise across, damming
the creek. The children were in the
water, now rapidly deepening, tangled
in the thick brush Overhanging. or
caught in some part of the buggy. To
add to the horror Of the situation, the
animals, with scarcely their heads
above water, and caught in the har-
ness, were kicking ferOciously, trying /
TO extricate themselves.
But these men paid little attention to
barriers. They one and all worked like |
demons to get the little girls out, and (
they succeeded. Nobody doubts that I
but for the prisoners and guards the |
children would have drowned.
Miss Catherine Caskey the young /
lady Of the party, was remarkably /
calm during all the excitement. She
fell out of the buggy as it went over.
but arose with the assistance Of Mr.. {
Caskey, comparatively unhurt She
stayed in thes water ind watched her
little nieces brought out from the peri
lous positions in which they had been
placed She busted herself with Mrs
Cdskey when assured that she was in
the greatest need. Miss Caskey herself
some bruises, but they are not
serious.
The Baby Escaped.
Lois Caskey. the Swear old daughter
IS naturally frail, having been i'll for
several months. The nervous shock left
her almost FRUSTRATED.
The baby, Catherine, 8 years old. was
The only one of the party who STAYED in
The vehicle when the crash came. The
buggy, strange to say, did not turn over,
but stranger still was the experience
IF little Catherine She was riding in
he front seat with her mother. ana
here she was found, clinging on with
All her might not injured a particle.
but crying for Mamma"
One Of the prisoners was dispatched
10 the waterWOTks. from where. fortu-
lately, there is communication by tel
ephOne with the city. He sent a mes
sage TO police headquarters to the eff
-ect that an accident had occurred, but
he authorities at this end concluded
me Of the wagons sent out with the
prisoners had gone over and rather
han doctor, sent the patrol wagon
md some ropes. Upon arriving at the
scene and learning the extent of the
'aSuaIty, the wagon was dispatched |
lack to town TO meet DR.. King. who !
lad by this time been telephoned for.
The doctor reached the scene ard did
I'll in his power while awaiting the ar
ival of an ambulance. In the latter
Mrs. Caskey was brought !
o town, accompanied by her sister-in- /
aW.
Brought the Injured In.
The children had before this time
tarted for the city In a buggy driven !
y Mrs Moore, a lady who is staying :
I the Kenyon, and who happened to be !
n the canyon. All the injured were
AIKEN TO the Caskey home, 205 East {
econd South street. Drs. King and \
liver being in attendance all day. !
the doctors were unable to deter :
nine the exact extent of Mrs. Cas-. :
eys injuries last night, and they art
waiting developments with great anx-
ety. From what they have observed. r
,r- King saws he fears that the liver {
as been crushed. There is some seri- i