The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-23
Mrs. Gilmore Bergman Is In
stantly Killed by South
Temple Car.
CHILD IS TOSSED ASIDE
AND SEVERELY INJURED
Physician Says, However, That
the Little One Will
Recover.


F., Bergman, % years of age, the wife Of
George II. Bergman Of Granger, tossed
\ her infant out Of her arms just before
she was struck by westbound South
Temple street car No. 4S3, under the
management Of Motorman A. Krummell
and Conductor l.. D. Hartwell, at the
| southeast corner of Fourth East and
Brigham streets Saturday night at S:02
clock. Her aunt, Mrs Benjamin Ber
lyman, residing at % Fourth East
street, who was standing on the south
| east corner at the time Of the accident,
ran screaming toward the baby, and,
picking up the infant, led the way to
her home, TO which the mother was car
ried afterwards by Motorman Krummell
and two. strangers who were on the
| front platform when the car struck the
woman. Mrs. Gilmore Bergman died
before she reached the house. Her hus-
band, George II. Bergman, was notified
of the accident at his farm in Granger
by representative of The Tribune,
who telephoned the sad news. Mr.. Ber
ryman Immediately hurried to the home
of his aunt.
Police Are Notified.
! The news of the accident was irn-
mediately telephoned to the police sta
tion by employees of the Brigham Street
pharmacy. and Lieutenant Hempel at
once detailed DIR. Z. B. Steele, Patrol
man w w. Griffin and Special Officer
l. l., Wire to look into the details of
the accident. The information gathered
by the police department was as fol-
! lows;
George n. Bergman had taken his
wife and her child, Dorothy, 10 the
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II clock, from where she was 10 have
left to attend a lodge meeting of the
beI5ah, of which she was a member.
and which met at the I. Q. O. L. hall
Saturday night, She had left the house
with her aunt, who was taking her to
| the car at the corner of Fourth East and
Brigham streets. just as the women
were nearing the corner, au eastbound
car stoned at the southeast corner and
! Mrs. Gilmore Bergman remarked 10 her
aunt that she would have to hurry 10
catch tho car for the city, which usually
came along shortly after the castbound
car had passed the corner.
Tries to Save Baby. -
With the baby in her arms Mrs. Berry
man started around the rear end of the
car standing on the southeast corner
and before she could step back was
struck by the westbound car Realizing
her danger the woman tossed the baby,
which was wrapped in q heavy shawl
behind her, just before the car struck
her, She sustained a fracture of the
skull over the right temple, which eX-
tended to the base Of the skull. The
child sustained serious scalp wound
tho scalp being torn away from the
! forehead Just above the eyebrows 10
the back of the head. The child was
| Immediately carried into the house of
the aunt and DR. c. +. Wilcox was sum
moned, Te dressed the wounds of the
infant and then notified the physicians
IN the employ OF the street railway.
who ordered the removal Of the child
10 the Groves l., D. s. hospital, where
| it was said it would recover.
One of the men who was standing on
the front platform of the car when it
struck the woman and who later car
ried her into the home of her aunt. said
that car No. 433 was running at the
rate nf twenty-five miles per hour al
the tine of the accident. He also said
that the motoTmau had thrown off his
| controller $50 feet up the street from
the corner where the accident had oc-
Cured. and was allowing the car TO
coast when tho woman was struck.
The force of the collision, according to
the man on the front platform, smashed
the fender, and the car ran three of
Ms lengths before IT could be stopped
by the motorman, who Immediately
threw on the air. The throwing on Of
the air so suddenly, after striking the
woman. Is said to have huddled mum
Der of the passengers into tho front end
Of the car.
Officials Reticent.
Asked regarding his business. the
nan on the front platform said that
he was a railroad man and also stated
positively that no gong had been
sounded, and said that the car struck
the woman before the motorman had
had time to sound bis gong.
Both of the motormen, the conductor
and the car dispatcher refused to dis
cuss the accident, and referred inquiries
from tho newspaper men TO the claim
agent
f. e. Hansen, claim agent OF tho Utah
Light and Railway company, was found
at the Orpheur thcatcr shortly after
the accident occurred, but could tell
very little about it, as he said that he
knew but few Of the details.