The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-19
RUNAWAY CAR
SPEEDS MAOLY
Dashes Through the Crowded
Streets. Causing Collision.
WOMAN PASSENGER HURT
CONDUCTOR AND MOTORMAN
LEAVE her TO FATE
WOMAN PASSENGER HURT

CONDUCTOR AND MOIUhmAN
LEAVE HER 10 FATE
Heavily loaded and with brakes unset,
gravel ear belonging 10 the Titan LignJ
d. Railway company broke loose yesLer-
day morning on East Second South street.
At Main street. after acquiring q hsii--
ming speed. it crashed into creW-.desstelrteld
car so IZZ ir which was seated helpless,
EIrs. NaFg y. Chapman, a widow ID s rdl5
old. NOf until be- had sped down leaFs
grade 0f nearly "a mile 800 -eNsth anu was
E0lug at tHe rate of over -pL u LilLV2 lL
luur did inc gravel llaih =-iiAt .L s
fighter car At every impact l-Z Wmch
was itself going aJ sun speed houid te
literally shot over -Ee rails, WINE s-a---
iuE upon the running board ana tLllBlii5
for her life TO the hand ra-ls. lHe aseu
woman The sole occupant of the car
me ban fo which she was cIiuging was
going between thirty and forty niles an
hour the roaring gravel train gaming az
every foot. The woman would oulE await
what seemed TO her certain urdlA. LAe
streets were crowded There were nun
grrd- of witnesses but Be was Impossible
10 raise a hand 90 save the woman i--e
motornau and conductor had jumped and
she was alone on the car.
Runaway5 Are Pursued
1I8tormau Allan TT. Burt jumped aboard
West Temple street car ana ehceaF oiS-
10 trail up tle ruuaWays.
A score OF carriages and wagons le--
lowed iu the wake of the runaway ear I'D
am effort TO- render aid In the Crisis "AicH
HiI felt was approaching. lhe erect F,i7
10 add all the more TO the clalhoi ana
Al Main street the gravel car was
launched with terrific force onto NO ~
but owing 10 the uniformity or -n-
mediate effect being to send the smaller
car ahead as though shot OUT or a Gaia
putt Between this point and West Tenn
pie streets the runaWays "c0lhued sew
At West Temple street the trolley ON
No. lZ2 was literally torn from its stays
by striking cr1ssDaT, While TINS served
10 sIacieu the speed Of the car. it m
creased the danger 10y letting it drop
back nearer the big runaway. AT Third
West street the woman, apparently uL-
was half thrown from the speeding car
bV a sudden IuTcG, A second later the
car itself left the track and ran up
against the CuTbius ON the south side OF
the street.
Woman Likely to Recover.
airs Chapman was picked mp by IS, c.
Topping of the St James hotel. In Zee
Spouse 10 the summons of the employees of
the Henderson grocery Second South ana
Third M est street. where the woman
unconscious form was borne Dr. j. s.
Richards Dr. A. S. Bower and DIT. C. 81.
Benedict arrived on the scene. The pa
troll was called and Mrs. Chapman was
taken 20 police headquarters Here a.
nasty examination disclosed that the W0-
man mad suffered "a ulSlocatlon Oh lue
right shoulder and a severe shock. She
was removed as soon as she had been
revived 60 Holy Cross hospital Attaches
OF that institution stated last night thar
her condition was not alarming and that
there were mo indications OK internal In
5uries.
More Damage Done.
The heavy gravel car failed TO leave
the track at the point where No. I'D ran
into the ditch. lt sped uu past Third
West street and its course was not
checked until it had partially demolished
car no. ll2 and badly damaged cars 1Ul
ana lsi me passengers OF NO llZ had
a narrow escape from being run down by
the gravel train. The passenger car, uu-
der M0t0Tmau Palmer and Conductor ole
Bills. had reached Fourth West east
ward bound when the runaway was per-
CeINeu- The occupants had time to aiIlt
and the crew ran the car down to the
depot. where d. was crashed into by the
gravel car.
The gravel car which caused all the
damage broke loose as ID was being
hauled behind motor work ear under
cluLf1l OF j. H. Jones III began IFS Wild
career at Eighth East street. just at the
crossuEer switch s. draw bar which had
been inspected only few DAYS before
the crade. lIotormau Jones teIcuhoned
a. once into town 70 have second south
state street when fhe gravel car was
between Third and Fourth Fast
Crew Tell Story.
Just what haDu-naT Immediately after
she 7-rlr.s v-ey- was noticed 7rd 77r, in +f7s
1oint where mrs. Charuan WAS Ilff alone
en- the s0eadfua- omen rar is Told Inv fTa
car crew Conductor David Mcdonald ana
ATU0rmau Allan Ill Eurt
..Nv- left Main -irlrr 4+ e-.5- stated
Conductor Mcdonald 7a-r rfe,f ssarT
Stoned a- state 81 is 7rzrrrT MAS an
+6. -ae- -rIaff0~r1 yg.4fffrTl- for r,7sssnqars
whom Al shouted .rr- Enl.rls -eal-r Irara
come. Il rlr-,.J.s,- ---..5.-7 ..r- yl-E.f-1i Ne
To1r
"T saw at a glance that fhe car was
c1m-Hz towards us at a terrific speed
and would strike us fr + Jew seconds if
we did not reverse. I therefore followed
10 Burt IT'D switch the trolley around
and wen head the other way The car
was at a SlaudstfI then and before Eet-
ting Off 10 turn the trolley Z told both
abe passengers. boz and the woman TO
get Off THE former did So at once but
The woman did not seem TO comprehend
the situation.
GAS you maE realize. there was no time
for explanation. i got tue trolley con-
urc-ed and even before had time TO get
aboard Burt had given the controller
fuI speed turn and was off I'm au effort
10 outdisJauce the runaway gravel train.