The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-16
HAND OF Death ENDS
MERRY SLEIGHING PARTY
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cannot tell yet We are waiting for the
doctor. I'm afraid" said the nurse
as she watched the trembling respira-
ton. The eyelids futterred nervously
and the sister moved away from the
bedside like a shadow.
she has been vomiting blood" re-
marked the sister. looking toward the
cot with a sorroWful expression. Then
she shook her head and turned away.
Bailey Tells His Story.
In another ward some distance away,
groaning with the agony that accom-
panied every breath. law William Bal
ley, the third victim of the accident. He
was conscious, but suffering intense
pain.
Where are you hurt most" he was
asked. my back. oh, my back" he
groaned He breathed with difficulty.
and each breath was accompanied with
pain.
Are you hurt anywhere else?" he
was asked.
"This-hand.' he gasped. moving his
left arm. 1.-THE st-pain-is-here-
in ny-back," he said, indicating the
small of his back. 81 can't stand it.
The pain-is-in my back" came in
/
thing about it, he said in the same
hesitating way. when questioned we
had our heads covered up with the
blankets.
st have an indistinct recollection Of
lar. Before it became pronounced 1t
disappeared. I remember nothing else
I had no sensation of the blow. one
minute we were all under the blanket
and happy. The next was hurt. IL
seemed like dream. / was laughing
and then / was hurt and on my way TO
the hospital I remember nothing that
occurred in between. There is only this
terrible pain. If only that would go
away.
''Where did 1 join the party? On
Fourth South street. I had been Wis
iting some young ladies and the party
was to call for me. I got ready before
they drove around. They were going to
take me home, but 1 thought ] would
go home on the cars. On Fourth South
street I recognized the team. They
were driving by and I got up quick
and dropped from the car. L hailed
the sleigh and got in. Then we drove
around awhile. I think it was twenty
minutes after 10 when I saw the sleigh.
When I got in the sleigh / covered my
head up with the blankets like the
others.
1--WE drove around for an hour after
that, I guess. l don't know exactly
where we were. Somewhere near Sew
enth South street. guess. The last
place I remember being was near
Walkers store. We were driving past
and I peeped out. I-oh, this pain
when will it-stop-P'-
The pain become more intense ana
he ceased speaking
Four at St. Marks.
Four of the injured ones were taken
to St Marks hospital Just as soon as
the car that brought them from the
scene of the accident arrived at the
depot They were Miss Lizzie Stokes,
Arthur Holmes, the driver; William
Randall and Z. L. Hubey.
Randall escaped with the slightest
injuries of any of the four, his wound
consisting only of a slight cut in the
scalp. Miss Stokes had her right arm
dislOcated and her back was severely
wrenched. but her injuries are not con-
sidered of a serious nature She was
so dazed by the shock that when she
reached the hospital she asked what
had happened to her and how she had
been hurt. She declared that she could
not remember a thing that had hap
pened. and didn't know that. a train
had struck them.
Arthur Holmes was thrown several
yards from the sleigh when the crash
came and sustained a severe cut on
the head and in the face. He had to be
put under The influence of an anaes-
thetic while the cuts were being sewed
up.
f. L. Hubey had his right hip dislo-
Gated and received several severe cuts
about the head and face. He was
placed under the influence of an an
aesthetic as soon as he arrived at the
hospital and the dislocation was re-
duced and the cuts sewed up. He will
be laid up in the hospital for several
weeks, it is said, but his condition is
not considered at all serious.
The injuries of these patients were
attended to by DR.. Bascom and Dr.
Critchlow. Rio Grande company ply
sicians.
One Car in Train.
The train which ran into the sleigh.
ing party was composed of the paycar
and engine No. Az with z. ].
Knowles. engineer; J. Nelson, fireman,
and I. w. Richmond, conductor. The
engineer and ffremen could not be
found, and Richmond, the conductor,
refused to talk. He appeared very
nervous and was trembling violently
while trying to drink cup of coffee
afterwards, ard even denied that he
was the conductor on the train. The
paycar was running as first section of
No. and was due in Salt Lake at 11:20
D. m, being half an hour behind time.
Parents Are Notified.
Claim Agent A. NJ. Howard dis
patched two men at once to notify Miss
! Qualls' parents, who hurried directly TO
S. y. Evans undertaking parlors,
where the remains had been taken The
parents of the injured ones were also
/ informed of the accident and FASTENED
/ to the hospitals to learn their exact
condition.