The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-27

! rested itself Shouting to the Infantry
men to look out. he seized the reins of
tine horses as they Feared for the
plunge that would have carried them
/ upon the men. and with magnificent
strength pulled them sharply TO the
right. The act saved the infantrymen.
{ who broke rank, but the sharp turn of
the horses wheeled the gun caisson
sharply around, and the tongue of the
caisson struck Haynes in the head,
fracturing the skull.
The danger was not over yet for the
infantrymen, for the horses tried to
plunge on into the lines. but HAYNES
held to the horses and helped the 9TH
er drivers to turn them across the
field between the infantrymen and
batteries. In the turn the caisson and
gun upset, throwing the men who rode
ii on the ground almost under the feet
of the horses that came on behind
The tugs broke on the runaway team
and a broken trace struck Haynes in
the head The blow sent him spinning
from his horse into tho dust almost
beneath the overturning gun. and di-
rectly in front of the moving guns In
second the six horses. with the two
remaining drivers, were speeding
across the parade grounds at break
neck speed
Haynes Is Rescued.
Hardly anyone say Haynes fail. but
fortunately a member of the hospital
corps saw him and with the assistance
OF companion, carried him from the
field before the excited horses that
came on up the line were upon him.
He was taken to the hospital imme-
diately and hardly anyone realized
that he had been hurt.
When the gun overturned Private
Burden went with it and was caught
under the caisson- 1t fell upon his
ankle, and last night it was beIiesed
that It had been fractured. His com
panion, Private King, was thrown
some distance from the gun and was
injured internally, just how badly
could not be told last night Both
were carried from the field by the
hospital attendants. who were stand
ing near the scene of the accident.
The team, after brea king loose from
the overturned gun attempted again
TO run into the line of march. but
Privates Piper and Rush, who re-
tanned their saddles, held them off and
turned them down ti1e Deid rpn ards
the university buildings. Through a
cloud of dust the horses went like a
shot from a gun and it was only after
they had run for a mile or more that
they could be brought to a Standstili.
The two riders, who pluckily stuck to
the horses through the whole run, es-
capped without a scratch.
There were not less than 1000 So
ciety people gathered around the pa
rade grounds and the scene they wit
messed Will not soon be forgotten. The
excitement was high for a time. Some
of the women cried from Mysteries and
the men who could see the details of
the accident through the dust ran
about in a CULVER of fear, lest the team
should turn upon the crowd.
Review Goes On.
Under the perfect military regime,
though, the break in the review was
soon mended and, but for the upset
gun on the field there would have
been no suggestion of a recent acct
dent. such as had occurred. The
troops then finished passing in review
without any further incident.
At the hospital, after the review, the
three injured men were being attend
ed to, but the physician in charge
could not tell last night just how Sc
riously any of them had been injured.
1t was stated that Haynes skull had
been fractured and Ii was feared that
he had been injured internally. but the
doctor will not be able to tell until
today about the extent of the in
juries. II is feared by the companions
of the young soldier that he may not
recover from them.
General Funston and the officers at
the fort deeply regretted the accident.
and took pains to see that the injured
men were cared for in the best man
ner possible for their courage and
heroism. Members of the company say
this same team tries to run away al
most every time il is taken out for
drill or review. II is a new team and
the horses have not been well broken
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