The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-04
FALLING SAND
BURIES THREE
Injuries Mrs. A. S. Kendall and
Two Children.
RESCUERS DIG PARTY OUT
ACCIDENT OCCURS IN FRONT OF
NEW FEDERAL BUILDING.
'EsCuERs DIG PARTY OUT

Without moments warning Mrs. y.
S Kendall and her two little ones,
Mamie ageo years, and Willie, aged ..
were pinned to the ground last night by
a fence in front of the new federal build :
ing which had rotten from its supports.
Iney were nearly 5uffOcated By a bans
OF sand which the loosened fence let fail
mat none OF the victims of the accident
was killed was a miracle. The little gil
was completely buried under the sand and
wrecked fence, and was rescued only
after ten minutes hard work by wit
nesSes, VINO secured shOvels and hoes and
Went TO the aid OF the mother and chill
dren.
Mrs. Kendall and her little daughter
were on the verge of prostration last
night as result of shock and fright fol-
lowing their experience. Mrs Kendall
suffered a severe wrench or the shoulder
and also numerous body injuries. The
boy escaped more easily than either his
sister OF mother
Girl Completely Buried.
The crash of the falling fence was
heard at a distance of several hundred
yards from the site of the new federal
building. When nearby residents rushed
70 the spot nothing was 10 be seen Of
little Mamie. and only Mrs. Kendall =
shoulders were visible. She was endeaV-
orlng as best she could to hold up the
fence, which was threatening every mo-
ment with its weight of sand 10 crush
her. The boy managed to scramble from
under the debris by the time the rescue
work had commenced.
j. 3. Mcdonald was one of the firss
to realize that 1t would be impossible .
lift the fence itself from the PROSTATE
bodies until the sand had been cleared
or. He got few hoes and Sn0Vels from
the tool house and directed those who
were attempting to aid to get the sand Of
the fence and then Eft the boards.
The work was necessarily slow. How
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sand. and how Mrs. Kendall escaped as
fortunately as she did cannot be ex-
planned. For ten minutes the anxious
workers dug and shovelea Then Mrs
Kendall and her daughter. the latter liz q
semi-cOnscious condition. were assisted 10
their feet. It was some moments before
they were able to resume their homeward
tri..
Mrs. Kendall's Story.
Mrs Kendall gave the following ac-
count of the accident last night:
I'VE were walking south on the mar
row board walk about the fence of the
new postoffice bWldlng, Wll4e IN tToHt
and myself last When just at point
near the middle of the fence we were
thrown 20 the ground almost before we
knew what had happened I realized
that the fence, which had appeared rick
city as we came up town had given way,
letting fall the big bank of sand which
had been piled up against ii OF the other
side.
The whole weight of the debris came
on my shoulders. and / made desperate
efforts TO prevent Il throwing me com
pleteiy to the cement by holding up as
best l could my arms. The little girl [
could not sec. 1 had no way OF knowing
whether either she or my little boy had
been injured.
when we finally were taken out T
found that 7 had severely wrenched my
shoulder. The little girl. Mamie, is nat
urallv suffering from shock and fright.
Complaints against the fence which
surrounds tho new federal building have
not been few. The fence has been OBJ
jectcd 10 on the grounds that 1t was put
up in the cheapest sort of way with sup
ports entirely too weak. Not long ago
protests resulted in a cleaning UP OF
laths and building material which were
sticking through cracks in the fence and
which Threatened injury to passers-by.
Just north of the bank of sand was piled
q quantity OF tile. WHICH, had it been
loOsened by the falling fence, would have
made the escape of any person caught
under it almost impossibie.