The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-23

and was within j0o feet Of the main line.
When an ore train consisting of a loco
motive and two cars Of ore started back
ng down the grade from the summit II
the incline The engine rawiug this
train was of the Shay type and the cars
were attached To IL 10y a chain coupling
When the two trains were but short
distance apart the chain coupling the
first car to the engine broke and the
Two ears came down the incline and col
hoed with the train carrying the ieEis-
iauYe party The momentum gained
coming down the grade was not great
nut the crash came with sufficient force
10 knock Representative TAFT and NJ
Leigh from their seats ON the ca-
the fate of the two men 10y Representa-
tive J. y. Miller. who Crasped Joseph
overcoat and aided him to recover his
balance on the car
Hurled From Car.
From the force of the impact. Mir Leigh
was knocked from the car and the
wheels of the car struck his head break
ing his neck and killing him almost in
stdnty. Representative Tart fell beneath
the cars. but was inside the rails FAR
enough 50 that the wheels did not pass
over his body lie was lying face up
Y ard on the track, and when the engine
reached him he had moved so that the
engine wheels passed over his abdomen.
Speaker Harry Joseph fell forward
from the force of the collision. but WAS
tative Miller. who grasped his Overcoat
and pulled him back onto the car. The
legislators on the car who witnessed the
terrible accident shouted a warning to
the engineer. who stopped the train al
most Instantly Speaker Joseph and Re-
personalities Miller and Henrie lesped
from the car and ran to the place where
Mr.. Leigh's body lay beside the track
They reached the dying man just as he
Was breathing his last. Several other
members of the party ran to where Mr.
Taft lay. and placed him ON a piece OF
corrugated iron and took him to the Of
flee of the Boston Consolidated mine.
Within a moment or two Representa-
tive Taft recovered consciousness and re-
tanned his senses up to the time of his
death He displayed wonderful nerve
and despite the excrueiating agony which
he vas suffering talked to his fellow
lawmakers in cool and collected man
ner. RI. A. J.. Castleman was called from
Bingham aHfb arrived within short time.
time after the accident He found that
all Of the representative ribs were
crushed and the bones of his legs and
thighs were broken. and Informed the
party that there was not the slightest
hope for his recovery.
Representative Taft talked calmly to
the doctor. and other than the terrible
pain in his legs did not talk of his suf-
fering.
Il was having such good time. he
said, 1T was shame this accident had
70 happen to mar the day" He was
anxious about the business before the
house at the present time and expressed
the hope that the members would act
cOnscientiOusiy i'm dispOsing of it. When
the doctor asked him if he could stand
an anaesthetic he replied. Yes. 1 can,
I'm tough, / can stand il
Representative Harry Robinson made
arrangements with Superintendent Eeiger
of the Rio Grande fora special train from
Bingham to Salt Lake and to clear the
track for this train in order that Mr.
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