The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-17
ALL INJURED IN SUNDAYS
ACCIDENT MAY RECOVER
Arthur Holmes, the Driver the Only Member Of
SIeighing Party in Serious Condition.
Pathetic Scenes Homes When News of the Terrible Tragedy
Reached the Parents

THE accident that brought swift
death to one and severe injury to
nine Of the sleighing party at the
Eighth South Rio Grande crossing Sun
day night carried sorrow and suffering
into seven homes. When the members
of the party babe good-by to their par
ents and drove away amid chimes of
bells and peals of hearty laughter,
thoughts of death and danger were per-
haps never further from the minds of
the youthful and the more aged. But
as the hours wore away into morning
! there returned to their homes but two
of the happy party that had started
out. Into the other homes came belated
news Of death and suffering.
Word OF the disaster did not reach
all Of the stricken homes until late in
the morning and it was with anxious
faces and aching hearts that mothers
and fathers hurried with the light of
day 10 the hospital, anxious just to
see the face and hear the voice Of some
Moved one that lay suffering from in
Juries they knew not the seriousness
of. In some of the homes the parents
waited in vain, while the morning hours
dragged out their weary lengths for the
return of their children, yet with no
thought of danger until some messen-
ger with news of the tragedy arrived
Many Exaggerated Reports.
Many and exaggerated were the re-
ports that reached some of the homes,
and the scenes of suffering there were
pitiable until the truth was learned
When the details of the accident were
explained to them, the parents of those
who escaped with their lives were
thankful that the disaster was not as
terrible as it might have been, and in
the midst of their own suffering they
found time to express a word of Sympa-
thy for the household into which death
had entered so swiftly.
OF those who were injured several
were not hurt as badly as was at first
thought. Arthur Holmes, owner Of the
sleigh, is probably the worst injured
of any Of those who escaped death His
injuries were at first thought to Re
slight, but yesterday he was in a very
serious condition, and il is feared that
his skull has been fractured, causing
injury to his brain. All of the others
were considerably improved yesterday
and their condition is said not to be
critical
After the accident, when the dying
and injured lay scattered about on the
ground, bleeding and moaning, Pay
master Ira H. Lewis, who was in the
pay car, lifted Miss Pearl QuaIIs in his
arms and carried her into the car. Be-
fore he had time to lay her in a scar,
she expired Her body was taken from
the train to the undertaker's, and he-
family knew nothing Of her tragic fate
until about o'clock in the morning.
Word was sent them by a messengeS.
Parents Waited For Children.
The parents were anXiousIy waiting
the return of the sleighing party. and
wondering what delayed them. When
they learned that their child had met
with death, they were almost pros
trated. As soon as day broke the hearc-
broken mother and father made their
way to the undertaker's and gazed
upon the silent form that but a few
hours before had been the embodiment
of life and happiness.
"She bade US goOdby," said the
father, land with a smile remarked
that she would be home before very
late. But little did she dream TO what
home she was going
AT the Fullmer home nothing was
known of the accident until Frank
FulImer and his sister Lulu, who es-
capped with but slight cuts and bruises,
reached there in a carriage. Young
Fullmer. bleeding from the gashes
about his head and body, carried the