Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-18
u,,a,eds Witness Most Exciting
Episode Oh Second South
Street.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
v,m,o Passenger Aboard Car when
Mas Making a Terrific Down
Grade Dash
I'VE OPERATORS HAD DESERTED

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Liner Rad Been Compelled to jump
Fl, Their Lives and Aged Passen'
ger Refused 10 Follow Them
s,oo,a South street experienced an
,,,,o,sly thrilling episode this morn
c,athalf past nine While hundreds
;, horror. stricken pedestrians looked
!, unable 10 assist, Mrs. Mary Chap-
man aged 81 years chung to a runa-
,.y street car. moving at the rate OF
ton Is 70 IS miles an hour, screaming
!, helm that could not possibly be rem
s.,ad The motorman and conductor
,sd deserted the runaway, leaving the
,ovsr on full foree, and to Increase
as horror Of the aged woman's posi-
ton aat-car loaded heavily win
sayel was pursuing the passenger ike
,demon-bound to apparent DEATH We"
No vomans life was spared as by
miracle. Having started her wild ride
I, State street, when the car reached
yo,rth West It's speed Increasing
every rod down the grade, Mrs Cnap-
nan summed up all her courage and
hpd to the ground. The fall hurled
be- half way across the street, but her
worst injury, after the terrific shock
vas dlslocated shoulder Mud she
81 row resting easily at the Holy Cross
lTInl
THE AGED PASSENGER.
gn chapman lives with her daugh-
ma53S east Second South street. She
u OUT shopping carly this morning |
nda 9.2O took the car for home, The |
uf had reached State street when |
D, motorman observed runaway |
,l-ar coming towards them, II was
R Of train Of cars filled with gravel
ht the construction car had naulad up |
short while before. It had broken |
bon us coupler Down the steep grade |
L ame laundering IN cloud OF dust
towards the passenger The only hope |
preventing a head-on collision was |
10 turn back the passenger and beat
hs runaway,
A RACE FOR LIFE,
The ear men warned the two passen-
IN, one Of whom was Mrs Chapman.
y Jump out. But she could not, She
lH heightened to the point Of petrfac-
Don and clung like grim death to the
fat while the car men. with the I'M
banned gravel car bearing down OH
sen scarcely 200 feet AWAY, began the
h@ for safety. They had miscalculat-
The terrific speed of the approaching
ht and after half block was covered,
TeaT-end collision resulted. Then Il
'G mat the car men and the other
Assehger, a young man, jumped 10 the
round never shutting off the power,
no terrific speed the cars, neither
Wsm damaged as yet, rushed on.
VIA excitement prevailed along Brok-
TOW, Men were maddened by the
ghl. The woman was screaming
fanucally. Some Of the drawer Wit
f''t' made Wild dash for the car
" we fastest Of them had no chance
aIen j. And II was fortunate too.
We hrsl act would have been 10
~ on the power and apply the
mMs IN which event the gravel car
.la nave crashed into the passenger
suntHclent force 10 telescope 1t and
LOoth occupants
NE carf sped on until Mrs. Chan
JUMPED and then on and on until
XIV was general piling up at the
~ Vahde depot the terminus Of the
THE WILD FLAT CAR.
ny, Wild fiat car was one Of two
1Nh We're loaded with gravel and
l,soDss Os YIN up the grade eastbound on
sIr,S p9Outn between Eighth and
,rs , LssI Just how the two cars
pns,, q matter which Ia being in
lnrs,.1G une version is that the
Asy la pulled out, the other that
hr ogisu ue separated from the motor
hba,Jg 70 a faulty coupling. For
iag0 lne TWO cars did moi como
MIN 'nn The hind car took
MI, ~ sOga hter starting, with the re-
I'D ny y nalt tipped over and stop-
sib ,, KY 'front.' car, however. sped on
M ,,..ts'.y gaining momentum down
beforo H, awards the business section
lwsy, w hhal smashup came tho rim,
b, o aaa crossed East rennle street
NJ, Ken Short Line track IN Thir1
Es., W.. he Rio Grande track nm ranrtb
Frt 10 tbs '1 ,s no Grande switch ada
ktot Tb criminal at the Rio Grande
hs linz a, Is, / was a train switching on
- GENERAL sMAsHuP.
b. s', eo,, We're four passenger cars ana
lsneral w,o WON trailers Involved I'm
ts N 1ieok' The construetior troim
In, B, large OF j. NJ. Jones an III I"
hhe emr Liouis carman. who Nae bnon
liy oom p'vy oi the Utah Light &, Psu
M STr,pany here for ~. " iNal-
hpis ne hrst car encoma ATS
b nsli, Nee' was No. l95 I D,,n AT
oman 'ghductor, and A n ' pnsl NC
IA, Sss AT Fourth Weei ~ a nutI' mo-
N sns no. ll2, r. W pair oo.'llns east
"a eng Of tho ,raatns' motorman. At
aslr crew en- gaIier No l53 attached ar ,y no
nd p plct,. = Bostock, oonductnr'
sailing ~ ing motorman. who -,
nIa ''' the Incoming Rio % Grs WSIe
,s Jaw WHAT WAS COMING.
sS.sSI' i ihe car broke ,,o,,
s'enA "T ~. behind a Young 1 ne no oVo:,
pss. and JI Vs.. rushed out i, 1,a p a,
:. h. h. iS, rs9.D'e 70 jun" t on 6 'n1
s',l was GOING s' - Il could see
ne News 10 70 happen" he said
ssrs no Sr r,'9o on noticed tb ~ i, got
}, ldes amy iaSG Z. to set 20 ab aS sners
,ard town p"S 1, mad to watch Il 'r race
bud have tj um0St doing anything fdrI To-
Jumped on the car '' easily.