The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-11
F OUR HURT N !
CAR ACC|DEN
Thrown From Platform as a..
Switch Is Taken at
High Speed.
TWO YOUNG WOMEN
AND TWO MEN yICTnI
One Mans Shoulder Dislopat.
Another Wrenches Hin.
Women Badly Bruised.

-Four persons were painfully, bus 3.
permanently, injured and seors
other passengers were shocked Z.
bruised, at 7;30 O'Clock last n;ol,
when car No. COZ. southbound. q, I,
Murray line dashed into an open sr,,>
while travelling at full speed.
The injured are:
JOHN BRoDERICK. aged 30 min.
of Park City; right shoulder dislocas1
DANIEL WEBSTER, aged IS, bat.
6l East First Sonth street resids,,
Murray; hip badly sprained, leg
verely bruised.
RUTH BROWN, aged Is, residr,,
Woods Cross; face cut and bruised, d,
fering from nervous shock.
IRYNTHA HATCH, aged 10, =
dence Woods Cross; several ta
knocked out, badly bruised about &,
and head.
All Of the injured were taken shurt
after the accident to the Judge Meu
hospital for treatment
Victims on Front Platform,
All OF those injured were riding on :,
front platform at the time OF the ao.
dent: The car, in charge Of Condrct
G. j. Gates and Motormau H. Talbo
was proceeding southwark OH a aid
down grade at a speed estimated by =
eral of the passengers TO have been
least thirty miles an hour. The ID
Seventh South line, which carries d
Sugar House cars, branches of he|
and for some rea son which the cor5a,
officials are yet unable 10 explain h
switch had been left open.
Water from tho rain which had fan
in torrents only a few minutes befo
prevented a clear view OF the tracks Il
Motorman Taboo did not notice that L
the branch line. When the car took q
sharp curve at high speed the violea
of the impact and sudden turn waa
great that the four passengers stand
on the west side OF the 'front.' plato
were thrown with great force to 4
pavement.
InstinctiveIv Tahoe shut off TIE d
rent and applied the emergency brat
and the car was brought 10 a stop git1
few feet. before it had fully roun1
the curve.
Passengers who were inside the car d
on the rear platform Were badly shall
up. but not seriously injured.
The Misses Brown and Hatch, IN
semi-conscious condition. were cafr'
into Sherwood s pharmacy. at the con
where the accident occurred. BrcdeYI
and Webster were able 10 walk uni
the stress OF the first excitement
had later TO be assisted to the arnhula1
which took them and the young won
TO the hospital.
Car Nearly Overturns.
Passengers who were inside TIE car
the time il took the open switch
pressed great surprise that Ii refnaIr
on the track at all, declaring that
swayed so much that overturning ssen
1T was brought to a stop.
Conductor Gates at once notified
uptown office Of the street railway 81
pany and Inspector w. Z. Lewis hun.
10 the scene and assumed charge. 4
J. G.. I.andenbercer. one OF the compz1
physicians, was on the ground WI:
twenty minutes. and. after making an
animation OF the four persons inlw
ordered them all sent TO the Judge Me'
hospital.
The Misses Hatch and Brown are M
bers OF the Woods Cross basketball tc'
and were on their way To Miller VA
Fourteenth South and State streets
match game with the Miller team
remaining members of the Woods ~
team were riding In the Murray car
lowing the one that struck the o'
switch.
After rcceiving emergency treatmerl
the Judge Mercy hospital from IN. -
denberger. who accompanied them ~
ambulance TO that institution, all OF
injured so far recovered as 10 pen
OF their being sent TO their homes