The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-10
LURID GLIMPSES
OF HIGH LIFE AT
DIZZY CROSSING
MaelStrOm of Rushing Vehicles
and Pedestrians at Second
South and Main.
CROSSING POLICEMAN
CONSCIOUSLY ABSENT
CASUAL INCIDENTS NOTED BY
HERALD REPORTER IN HALF
HOURS TIME.

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: Salt Lakes busiest corner is g
:: the intersection Of Second South Z:
= and Main streets. .
= Between and 4:30 o'clock yester- =
= day afternoon by actual count the =
d" following vehicles passed this 8
q" corner iu all directions; =
4" Sixty-uhree street cars. =
q" Forty-oue automobiles =
= Seven motorcycles. =
3 Eighty-three bicycles. =
f" One tandem cycle. =
= One hundred and nineteen vehi- =
= cles drawn by horses-buggies, =
= wagons, delivery rigs, express =
= wagons hacks, drays, carriages. :.
:. And the people were too many to =
= count. ::
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During these days Of heavy passen-
ger traffic through salt Lake City, when
hundreds of strangers throng the streets,
the citys busiest corner, at Second
South and Main streets. especially dur
ing the afternoon, furnishes many
thrills. Narrow escapes from automO-
biles, street cars. motorcycles. bicycles
and other vehicles are experienced al
most every moment. Lives are jeop-
ardized and perils are avoided almost
miracUlously.
Yesterday from 4 o'clock until 4:30 a
reporter stood at this corner and noted
many narrow escapes. Women and chill
dren lodged street cars and automobiles.
A small child was rescued in the nick
Of time just as the fender of a Wanda
mere car seemed almost upon IT, and the
woman who snatched the little one from
the car track jumped to one side Just
as large motor car swept by so close
~ that the wheels rubbed her skirts.
At one time a motor cars sparker re-
fused to spark" right in the middle Of
/ the street. and at the intersection Of the
l car tracks. The momentary delay.
while the driver was cranking up again.
Z held up four street cars, seven baggage
and delivery wagons and three automO-
/ biies. During this time the crowd on
/ one corner was stopped and the trafic
on one side of the street was blocked.
Wille's Car Damaged.
At one time during the afternoon a
| lady driving a runabOut was obliged to
/ slow down to avoid running into three
| children on the southwest corner Of the
street. Two touring cars were coming
directly behind her, and the first car,
owned by Eugene Willie, in order to
avoid running into her, had to turn out
slightly The turn was made Just I'm
time for the other car smashed into the
/ rear Of the Willie car and the result was
! several broken spOkes in one Of the rear
wheels. This accident called a large
crowd. The machine had to be cranked
UP again, and a delay i'm traffic OF sew
eraI moments was the result Four
street cars and several other vehicles
were blocked.
I
was watching proceedings, a messenger
boy travelling north on bicycle nearly
ran into an automobile going west along
Second South street. He was riding at
a good speed when the automobile
stopped 10 allow a street car 20 pass
The boy had to turn quickly To the right
or run into the automobile. He turned
and narrowly missed striking a young
woman, went past her and c0llided with
q man. The mans leg was bruised and
] the boy was thrown violently to the
pavement on his shoulder. His hand was
cut and his shoulder bruised.
A woman carrying a baby i'm her arms
and a parasOi was nearly run down on
the northwest corner Of the street By a
motorcycle. She had stopped mOmen-
tarily to buy paper Of a newsboy. and
I the motorcycles brushed so close that
her paras0l was knocked from her hand.
/ As she stopped to recover it a boy on a
I bicycle ran over IL.
Straw Hat Damaged.
On the southeast corner Of the street
three men were crossing when the bell
OF a street car just behind them sounded
a warning. One Of the men IN hasten
ing out of danger lost his straw hat
He turned to recover it, but before he
could pick it up an automobile passed
over it. The automobile didn't injure
the hat. but a boy on bicycle from the