Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-25
Several Accidents Occurred or
Local Street Car Lines Dur.
ing the Forenoon.
MIST THE DENSEST IN YEARS.
Narrow Escapes Were Many and
Six Persons Were Injured,
One Seriously.
Worst Smashcs We're on Waterloo and
Ninth East Street Iines--Names
OF the Injured.

The densest log that this city has
witnessed in years fell over the valley
during the night And this morning
it seemed to be everywhere. Locomo-
ton was made most difficult and the
street cars were put ON slow running
schedule. Even then there were sew
eral bad accidents and number OF
persons were more or less injured.
There We're four accidents altogether.
First, extra car No. 49, north bound,
on the Ashton avenue line, ran into a
dairy wagon below Tenth South street,
and afterward at $40 a. m, had head
on collision with car 81 southbound at
Emerson avenue on Ninth East street.
Then car No. s2 northbound on the
Waterloo line had a head-on collision
with car No. s., 100 feet north OF the
sherman avenue switch at o'clock.
The fourth. and last smash was at
Fourteenth South and State streets.
where cars Al and 81 banged into each
other at 900 a. IN. All of these acct
dents were due TO the fog and con-
sidering the circumstances 1t IL re-
markable that no more severe hurts
occurred. for there seems TO have been
but one case of serious injury, that OF
Motorman a. V, Lubbers OF car No. 81.
on the Waterloo line.
ON ASHTON AVENUE.
The Ashton avenue northbound car
was filled with people, many OF them
school children and teachers. and other
professional people. The initial trou-
Die was the collision with the dairy
wagon which was driving ahead on the
track and as the motorman, Morris
Beck. could not see over so FEET ahead
he was on to the team before he knew
IT. The driver of the wagon tried to
turn out as he heard the car coming up
behind. but was not quick enough and
the edge OF the car vestibule Caught
the outfit between the nearest horse
and the front wheel. and telescopea
the whole thing, injuring the horse and
scattering the milk all over the right
Of way. The driver jumped. This epi-
sode somewhat ratified the motorman,
and as It had delayed the car he mad,
all possible speed to make the switch
near Tenth South street before the
sOuthbound car could arrive.
The s0uthbound car. No. 81, Conduc-
tor NJ. W. Wagstaff and Motorman
William HIN. VS. at the same time
trying TO make the Eleventh South
street switch. with all possible speed,
and in the dense fog, the two cars
struck at full speed. Motorman Morris
had his gate open, and quickly revers-
ing, took a header of the platform. Mo-
torman Hill had not time to open his
gate, but made flying leap over IL
into the street Conductor Wagstaff
was thrown against the car door, and
cut his nose, but fortunately escaped
other injury OF consequence.
ONLY THREE HURT HERE.
There were only three men In the
sOuthbound car, u whom one was cut
and bruised some, but as he had not
shown up at noon, Il Is not believed his
injuries are serious. The scene In the
north bound car of which j. w. Brown
was the conductor, was one Of great
confusion. Everybody was thrown into
q heap. Irwin Kimball, a young man,
had the car stove land on his back. and
his head was bruised beside. But "a
he had heavy oyercoat on. his hurts
were found not TO be serious. but w.
II. Clayton a passenger, suffered two
broken RIBS Miss Clark. daughter Of
John CLARK. Jr., and Miss l.. ]. Larsen
were bruised and shocked. but we're