The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-23
FARR0W HAS A
CHANCE FOR LIFE
Condition of Injured Motorman
Was Improved Yesterday.
PRESSURE ON BRAIN REMOVED
THERE WILL BE AN OFFICIAL
INVESTIGATION TO-DAY.

There was a marked Improvement
yesterday in the condition Of Walter
Z. Farrow, the street car motorman
VINO was so badly injured Saturday
morning in the head-on collision be-
tween two electric cars in the vicinity
OF Eagle gate. Although the man was
reported to be better than he was at
late hour Saturday night, it is prob
lematical whether he will survive his
injuries.
The improved condition of the man
is largely attributable to the effects OF
the operation which was performed up
on his skull Saturday shortly after he
was taken to the Holy Cross hospi-
tai. The attending surgeon became
thoroughly convinced that Farrows
prolonged state of uncOnsciOusneSs was
due to the pressing of the skull upon
The brain. The only remedy was to
trepan. An incision was made in the
scalp at the base of the brain, where
the injury to the head was and a poT-
ton of the skulI-that section which
pressed down upon the brain-was re-
moved.
Had Semi-lucid Moments.
Farrow apparently soon rallied from
the effects of the operation. That it
IAONEu SUCCESSFUL the punt OIL
relieving the pressure upon the brain
was proven by the injured man having
semi-lucid moments during the day
yesterday, when he seemed to real
lie that something had happened to
him. But the shock to his system and
brain was so terrible as to prevent him
from entirely collecting his senses.
Consequently his answers to questions
were only partially intelligent.
But the fact that he was enabled
10 realize that something had happened
10 him. and to comprehend in a way
that he was spoken to when asked d
question. gave the attending surgeon
and nurses much encouragement as TO
his ultimate recovery.
In spite of the marked Improvement
which Farrow showed yesterday. his
life still hangs in the balance. 1t would
pass away at any hour, neither would
he be very much surprised should Far
row ultimately recover.
An Official Investigation.
An official investigation into the
cause of the accident will be made by
the company this morning. Every per-
son who can throw the least light upon
how the two cars happened to come
together with such force has been sum-
moned to appear and tell what he
knows. The investigation will be con-
Quoted in the general offices of the
company by Claim Agent Brown
The officials of the road are salts
fed in their own minds that no one
is really to blame for the two cars
coming together they did, but will
hold the investigation that the true
facts may be learned while they are
still fresh in the minds of those who
were on the two cars when they
crashed together in the fog which rest
ed over the city at that time in the
morning.
Other Injured Are Improving.
That the company does NIT attach
any personal blame to the three I'M
injured employees who were in the
wreck is shown by the fact that none
of them was suspended pending the
result of the investigation. Assistant
Manager o. p. Arnold said last even
ing that they had not been laid off
because no question as to their per-
sonal responsibility for the accident
had been raised.
The passengers upon the two cars.
who were more or less shaken I'D and
sustained bruises and minor cuts, were
reported yesterday to be improving. 1t
is not expected now that any of them
will be confined to their homes more
than a few days at the longest. Most
OF them were able to be about yes
terday as usual