Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-07
GOOD POLICE WORK.

were more seriously lnJureu tiidh thea
e are.
III GOOD POLICE WORK.
81 Until the police arrived the scene was
beyond description. There seemed nc
system to those helping in the relief
Women were screaming and crying ou'
for their. children or relatives. Mothers
were almost frantic. ThcnsLicut. shan
non and officer Dan Grundvig arrived
in the big police auto. CHIEF Barlow
arrived a few moments later in the 9TH
er police automobile AS fast as the
injured could be gathered UP they were
hurried to the Judge Mercy hospital
: George Moore, who drives the big auto
lost no time in getting out TO the hos
Z pital, for behind were the moaning
women and children.
Drs. j. G. Landcnberger and Dr. Ern-
est Van Colt were at the scene of the
wreck from the hospital. They prof.
fercd temporary treatment. ~ horde oi
claim agents OF the Utah Light 4 Rail
way company were on the scene In a
fifty and hindcred the work of the po-
lice IN trying to get the injured cared
+ for by asking them questions, Many
who were fainting and all but uncon-
scious we're asked to make statements.
The railway people refused to give tho
names Of the motorman or the injured
they had obtained to the police.
INJURED CARED FOR.
4, AS soon as the injured were received
at the Judge Mercy hospital they were
examined by the physicians. The work
there was so thorough and systematic
TINT In about an hour all had been
cared for. When 1t Is considered how
BADLY they were all injured and the
amount of work necessary IT IS
marvellous the way the new hospital
handled the patients.
From all that can be learned the
. motorman was not at fault but the
brake on the old ramshackle car was
not equal to the task imposed on It.
The heavy cars and the many pas
sengers, and the down grade would
have been strain on an emergency
brake of the latest pattern. AS 1t was
1t failed to do its work
NO BLAME FOR MoToRMAN.
Mike Riska, driver of the Taylor
Armstrong wagon which was collided
with. said to The News: II saw the
car coming, but was then half way
across the track. The lumber stuck
way out behind. saw the car was
coming at great rate Of speed.
saw the motorman try and stop, but
the brake didn't seem to work. Tho
next thing 1t struck me and carried
me around. I am sure 1t was not the
motormans fault but the fault OF the
old brakes and speed of the car"
CAR RUNNING FAST.
Harry James Of tho Metropolitan Life
company. an eye witness, said to The
News: II saw the collision and believe
5 that 1t was because the car was rum
ming too fast. l rushed over and helped
pull the women and children out.
only marvel that more were not killed
by the splinters, as the car was crushed
like an eggshell. / did oil could to
help the injured and must congratu-
/. late the police on their efficient work.
That tnll officer in the khaki uniform
certainly did great work. He Is a cool
headed fellow and did much to quiet
the excitement"
NJ. T. Mcintyre, Of 315 west FIRST
South street said: 1.-The car was run
Ming over 10 miles an hour. The ends
OF the lumber catching the seats caused
the damage. The cars crushed In IKE
eggshells. am amazed to think there
were no more injured and that
there was no loss OF llfe.'
BRAKES FAILED.
Joseph b. Wintel, retired merchant
of Ogden, here attending conference.
was on the front seat OF tho motor car
He sat right behind the motorman.
His wife and sistcr-in-law, Mrs. Anna
Brown, sat near him. Mrs. Brown was
the only one injured. Mr.. Wlntel says
that the CIR was not running so fast
but that the brake failed to work. 1t
seemed to me that the motorman un-
derstood his business alright but the
brake didn't seem to have any effect.
The wagon driver from what could
see never dreamed that the car would
lie unable to stop and didn't seem the
least bit excited.
INJURED AT THE HOSPITAL.
The Utah light & Iaailwa, company
people nave little to say about the acci-
dent. They even refuse to dlvulge the
names of their car crew. At the scene
OF the accident they were more ABB
sorbed In getting witnesses to the ac-
5 cldent and the statements from the in
! jured than in getting them medical at
\ tention. All the injured. however, are
at the Judge Mercy hospital, under the
expense of tho street railway company.
DIR. S. H. Pinkerton IS chief surgeon
for that company.
While the list MS published above Is
complete so far as any injuries of n
serious nature. there We're many who
were bruised and scratched who went
to their homes. Traffic on the fair
. ETOuIluS llIlp WiLS uclttyeu lOI SUING tlIHc
as a result of the accident.
HOSPITAL BEsIEGED.
AT the Judge Mercy hospital all the
patients are in a good condition. The
children are smiling even though suf-
fering pain. Right after the accident
the hospital was besieged with tele-
phone calls after children and others
who were on their way to the fair ut
the time OF the accident and every
street car brought parents out to see IL
their children had been injured. The
little boys were the worst injured. but
Mrs. Brown of Murray may suffer some
trouble from her fall and the shock.
owing to her advanced age.
The Deseret News was literally
swamped with telephone cnlls and anx-
ious parents who had children at the
fair today were distinctly In evidence
during the rush hour.