The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-02-06
WOMAN FROZEN,
YET LIFE IS LEFT
3ody Of Woman Is Found Frozen
Stiff Early Thursday Morning
She Left Home to Meet Her Hus-
band, but Became Bewildered.

Salt Lake City, Feb. 2.-Her body
frozen stiff, her face cut and bruised; ;
Ter clothing frozen and matted with
ce, unconscious and with the spark
Of life all but gone, Mrs. Agnes King
aged As years, wife of Louis King,
flagman for the Oregon Short Line
Railroad company. residing at Go
south Fifth West street, was found
shortly after Z o'clock this morning
| lying face downward on the frozen
ground at Third West and Fourth
North streets by employees Of the
railroad company.
The police were quickly notified
and Sergt. j j. Roberts, patrolman
Richard Benyon and Chauffeur Geo
| rye Moore hurried to the scene in the
police automobile. They rushed the
| frozen woman to the emergency hos
pital and DIR. II. b. Sprague was sum
moned. DR.. Sprague found the WON
| ans heart action scarcely perceptible
but after he and Matron Clifford had
rubbed the woman with snow and ice
and worked over her for an hour she
began to show signs of returning con
sciousness and was taken to st.
Marks hospital where she is in a seri.
Gus condition but hopes are held out
for her ultimate recovery.
Mrs. King left her home at Gas
o'clock last evening, stating to her
daughter Mrs. Edna Robbins that
she was going to meet her husband
who was stationed as flagman at the
First South street crossing. Becoming
mentally unbalanced due to Illness
and weak heart, the unfortunate
woman wandered out near the north
yards At about 2 o'clock this morn.
ing she went to n small shanty occu-
pied by Waterman and warmed her.
self by the fire. For some unknown rea
son the police were not notified of the
wCman's presence there although her
disappearance was reported to the
~ HlOll lllht dlNtl bht W
sed and search was instituted.
Woman Wanders Away
She wandered away from the shan
ty and when she reached Third West
and Fourth North. she was, apparent.
ly seized by a faintlng spell and fell
to the ground where she remained
until found this morning by railroad
employees.
Clothing Cut From Body
When the woman was taken into
the emergency hospital 1t was found
necessary to cut the clothing from
her body, the various articles OF
wearing apparel were so solidly froz.
en-. er fingers, arms, legs andears were
frozen gtiif. 'luere was barely any
Soart action, but after Or Spragu"
had worked with her for an hour the
circulation increased.
while the woman was actually
frozen" said Dr. Sprague, Il believe
she will recover aud do not think
It viii be necessary to amputate any
Of the frozen members. one shoe had
been removed when the police found
her, and some Of the tissue on her
feet peeled off, Had she been in the
street another half hour su' would
have surely died"
Searching Party Organized
The disappearance of the woman
was reported to the police by Mrs.
Don Mcnamara last night and
searching party was organized but
no trace OF the woman could be found.
Her daughter Mrs. Robbins, who re-
sides with her parents, Joined the
search.
Mrs, King has been III for several
months from heart trouble aud other
ailments and II is believed when she
went TO meet her husband last night
she became temporarily unbalanced
mentally. She was victim Of sink,
Ing spells and 1t is believed fell in
one Of them after leaving the shanty.
Word was received from the hos
pital this afternoon that MIS- King
was still unconscious but that her
general condition was much impro.
ed and that she would probably re.
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