Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-18
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to give his name for publication,
CAR MEN JUMPED FOR LIFE.

The car Of gravel caught up with
| No l22 just opposite the Wilson hotel.
| As the crash came the ear crew
! jumped. Young Archie Cameron tried
| to get Mrs Chapman to jump with him,
| but she was apparently paralyzed with
| fright. Cameron jumped and escaped
| without scratch, The car pursued
by the fiat crossed East Temple street
at an estimated speed OF % miles an
hour Opposite the Cullen the trolley
jumped the wire and shrd against
the arm Of pole. z "a the effect
OF somewhat chpoh the speed
Of the run0ways, the post
office. however, The cars took
the grade and the speed became
halrraislng At First West Mrs. Chap
man made her way to the footboard and
chung to the grip bar as though maxi
ing up her mind to jump. For block
she rode undecided. Twice the heavy
gravel car bumped the passenger vie
iously Just opposite the Henderson
company warehouse II struck with ter
rife impact and the aged lady with a
scream was thrown ten feet on to the
paved street. She lay In heap as
though dead.
WITH CURRENT REVERSED.
In the meantime car No. l12 was
coming up from the depot. Motorman
Orson Bills saw what was coming and
he, too, stopped his car and called on
his passengers to jump. Three who
were on board did so and the next
minute No, 1l2 was going west with
current reversed. Across the railroad
tracks flew the three runaways. 1t only
needed an incoming passenger train TO
complete the horror Of the situation as
they sped to the end of the line. The
switch Immediately ahead OF the watt
ing car and trailer at the terminus was
open and the first two oncoming cars
took 1t. The gravel car, however
jumped the points and bore straight
down on the stationary open cars. With
a crash 1t landed The cars were tele-
scopod and gravel flew into the air and
over the wreckage. The race of II
blocks, or over two miles, was over.
OLD LADY PICKED UP.
by this time willing hands had ten
derry picked up the apparently dead
FORM OF Mrs. Chapman and carried her
into the office OF the grocery company.
The first to reach her was A. q Ton
ping. who, with two OF the bookkeepers.
old all In their power. Then followed
long walt for doctor After frantic
telephoning the first surgeon arrived 50
minutes later I'm the person Of Or. Bow
ers Or. Richards, the company sur
geon. followed few minutes later. Az
ter hasty examination, which re-
vealed a dlslocated shoulder, the lady
was carried to the ambulance which
had arrived and taken to the Holy
Cross hospital
To add TO the excitement Of the oc-
casion when the wreck had been
cleaned up and a carload OF passengers
was proceeding uptown another COLI
llsion was narrowly averted. This time
II was the heavy red van OF the Red
man Storage company, Down the track
heading for the car came the frightened
team There was no driver on the seat
and they came like a whlrlwind, About
a third Of a block distant from the car
the horses swerved into a pole and
splnters from the wrecked wagon flew
In all directions. One horse went of
In the direction Of Jordan river; the
other, kicking furlously, was tangled up
In the wreck All hands got out OF
the car and again assisted In clearing
the track,
RESTING EASILY.
Inquiry at the hospltar at 2 o'clock |
found Mrs. Chapman resting easily. BE- |
sides the severe nervous shoclt-the |
kind Of shock that turns hair white |
her Injuries can scarcely be more than |
painful.