| Show IJAMES iJAMES LANGTON LANGTO KillED I It I. I t WHEN AUTOMOBILE PLUNGES Jr OVER OYER BRIDGE IN CANYON CAUGHT AUGHT UNDER CARIL CAR IL AND LIFE CRUSHED I MI I OUT IMMEDIATElY I Wheel Goes Over Edge oI o of I I J Driveway and Machine Also Als Occupied by Wife Falls Into Creek Bed on Top op of Driver 4 MRS LANGTON ESCAPES WITHOUT FATAL HURTS Daughter Driving Vehicle in in ir Front of Fathers Father's Warns Warn Him of Danger After First Making Crossing in Safety S LANGTON 60 GO years ears I I JAMES of age manager and auci secretary secretary secre secre- I tary of the Langton Lime fc Cement company was yas in instantly instantly in-I in i killed at 64 5 o'clock I I J last night when an fin automobile automo t bile which he lie occupied with ith J JJ J his wife left the thc narrow bridge immediately I above the first plant of the Utah Power Light company in East MillCreek Will Mill Creek Greek canyon and and overturning overturn overturn- overturning ing ing- into inlo the roc rocky y be bed of the oll cany-oll some twelve feet Jeet below beloY Mrs Langton re- re re received f s serious rious injuries though II not Dot of fatal faTtal character The flie accident took place pl c before the fr 4 S eyes eyes oC ot Miss liss Birdie Lin Langton ton 10 16 jS laughter of or Mr 11 and ana Mrs r L u 1 K Broadway Broad Broad- md Mrs V- V L. L Walker way my s sister st er of 1 Mr b Langton They T were serc preceding Mr Mi- and Mrs Mis Langton Lang Lang- J Langton m t ton in iii another automobile Miss l I I dr Crossing Crosing the thew c Langton was driving bridge c Miss l ss Langton warned her fa father father fa- fa w ther thier to be he careful While his bis daugh daugh- daughter daughS i S ter was experienced in the driving of an automobile her father had been tt at nt t the wheel of his bis new machine only a few weeks r Taking careful heed of the warning warn warn- I t- t ing i 1 of his laughter daughter Mr ton Lang ap 3 applied i plied the lowest speed lever a as his rna rna- 1 chine was tak taking g the curve which 11 leads calls ea t to tD the thc ma main m rou roadway d way a and lid over oer t the bridge c from the power stat station iou 11 driveway r However the machine look took The he rear the curve too abruptly I wheel l ran over O the west vest edge of the thc t hc j bridge and the thc machine turned over ocr overL I L i 1 and plunged into East Mill creek l Sees Parents Lying Hurt I Cries of anguish were heard from Mr If and Mrs errs Langton the crash of the thc machine as it hit the the creek bed hed resounded through the canyon eanon and everything e became silent Stopping i the thc machine machic she was driving Miss l ss ton sprang to tho the roadway and 5 ran to the hue bri bridge Oc Peering Peering- down own over its Us edge she saw sa v her mother lying unconscious un un- 1 conscious on rucks rocks in iLl the thc creek creck bed Part was exposed ex ex- alt of or her hc fathers father's body boch- posed h his s legs and abdomen hoin being d 1 by the thc automobile J-angton J I Mamma amr a cried Miss lIss tt re- re answer answer me rn me but there came no on Page Pase Pa e 2 Column 1 I S r v S j S. 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N I I S 1 T y i t r. r f. f f J HIS J ilU HAMES LANGTON IS g KILLED KilLEn UNDER CAR f. f IN CANYON MISHAP Automobile Plunges Over Side SideR I R of Bridge Wife Bridge Wife Escapes With With- Painful fUI Injuries 2 Continued from Pa Page 1 and she he ran back to her aut automobile auto auto- I I I mobile nobile and together with her her aunt called for tor help Tho Tile crash of ot tho tim automobile and i of oC Its occupants a as ft ii It plunged Into tho creek bed wore heard and DC Folk Folker r. r In char charge e of or the power lant together with Ms his son soi Alfred nd William Wiseman nn nil electrician barne ame running in the direction of or the Bridge rIdge Miss Langton and h her r aunt pointed to the tho creek creck bed whore where 1 lay laI a ho overturned m machine machino and Mr Ir and Mrs r Langton K Climbing from the bridge down Into the tho creek bed Folker gathered Mrs Irs Langton in hi his arms and assisted by ly bis 18 son son carried her hel to the power power plant h operatives operative's residence Stepping down Into the creek Wiseman pulled at the bod body of Langton but it had been thinned pl l ed s so 80 securely under the machine that he found It impossible to move Mr Ir Folker returned from the operatives operative's residence and together with dislodged Langton He apP appeared ap ap- ap- ap P eared limp and lifeless and the they laid the he body on the veranda of pC the tho oper- oper house houe 4 Mr Ke I c JI In the tile absence of surgeons surgE or phy- phy t Mr Ir Folker assisted by his wito Ito applied first aid ald to Mrs Lan Lang Lang- atton ton She revived d an and c lIed called for tor her husband Though efforts to find tind traces r f pulsation In his hI bod body had proven unsuccessful she Ahi h w va was not told that he had bad been killed Instantly Und Under r the thearo aro of or members of the Folker house- house Ii oid she sho continued to ro hu until sho aho ho was as able to recall incidents of ot tho the hor- hor 61 ble accident t. t Operatives at the power hou house o tel lele- lele k phon d the Salt Lake ponce police who Inurn in turn urn informed Jailer nile JUicy M. M I Deck Deck- nt at the count county Jail Beckstead Sheriff Andrew Smith Jr and Chauffeur Sanford W W. Hedges The automobile took up Dr Dl C C. C C. Snyder der county physician and aud Dr Dl C. C CI I 1 Shields an at the county h It was exactly twenty t minutes min mm- utes tes s between tile the time the sheriffs sheriff's automobile left felt Ninth South and Ninth LEast jast until It ai rived d at the cene scene of ot othe it the he accident Dr E E. E 1 L. L 1 Demrich of Murray ulra the first I burgeon on to be called responded ln in an automobile and arrived on the scene j with the sheriffs sheriff auto Together wj wh h Dr Shields and Dr Dij DemIch Dem- Dem Demich Ich County Count Physician Snyder entered a hasty examination of or the bod body of or Langton It was found a piece of ha had entered the upper back n nar ar the spine penetrating a lung Ung His Clavicle was fractured d and there were were fractures below arid nd above the left heft f P ri ts ro l Hurt Hurt K o l af life could e fou found d and tny r who b believes ll v s h he ho met n l' l attention to tp Mrs Is X ington He foun found no bones broken brok n. n She complained of at suffering from pains 81 in Jn the back but it is Js thought ho these fare rare the r result of ot a wrench which tot bOt ot be attended by serious after effects I Sinless Internal Injuries should develop irs Langton's head was bruised and Swollen wohlen f Upon request of or the Hie family Dr Sn- Sn f er called the Vail 11 ambulance f for r Mrs I s. s S.D. S.D. S. S 3 n angton ton and summoned Undertaker ID D. D Evans i tO to care eare for the bod body of ot Mr Langton Her suffering much ted Mrs Mr Ir Langton was placed d in the r mb nce ll which also carried Mrs Irs Walker t arid d Miss Mis Lan Langton ton to the Lang Lang- Langr r fion residence nt at E E. First South Mr Ir and several sc acquaintance of ot he Lington ton t family had alre already d ass as- as s there having ha heard l ot of t tho the ac- ac nt During Du DI l g a visit A at t the tho r. n Langton ton home homo late lato at ta last t night Dr Snyder r made more extensive examinations examinations' of at Mrs and announced that s complications develop she will vIIi recover at an earl carI early date Leaving their hom homes homs ear early yesterday e ay afternoon Mr r. and Mr Mrs Langton n. n Mrs lr and Miss Langton started out for tor a a. drive to East Mill Mihl Creek canyon Accompanied b by Mrs Langton Mr Langton ton drove droYe hl bIN own car a 0 Ford which ho recently purchased II Miss Langton drove a Ford owned bv by James Tames W. W v. v Rosa Ross president ent of ot the Langton Lime Lim Cement and company she was accompanied b by Mrs Irs Walker alker Her aunt Pan Pall Over Upon pon arriving at the first t- t tEn En East t Millcreek Mill MUl cre creek lc power r station the automobiles were driven over er the bridge e where later tater th the fatal accident took place and onto the plant driveway to be bo out of r. r the wa way a or of vehicles p passing up anti ant down the highway While Mrs Walker Walk er and Mrs Langton remained at the power Mr Mr Langton and his his' I daughter talked up the hl highway hwa to the tho lIm lime mines 8 of ot the Langton LIn Cem Cement nt company Returning they boarded the tho cars to start tart for tor the city when whon Lan tons machine plunged over tho the bridge This bridge Is constructed of or plank and though It is twenty five feet teet long it has hoR jio no side rails rail rails a condition con ren on- on common along the road n roadway In EAst Mill 1111 cre creek lt canyon Mr Ir Langton Is survived b by his widow Mrs Susie A. A Ross Hoss Langton L u. u sister of W. W J. J R Ross and three u daughters daugh h- h tors Birdie Inez and Irene The TIle latter two ar are visiting at nt th this the homo home of at Charles Charlee A. A l in Delta Datta The They w wore were re telegraphed of the fatal accident last latt night and will a leave Delta tar for Or Salt Lako Lake on an carl early train toda today Also he lie Is 18 survived sur h hv bY Mrs W V. V L LYal Walker Wal Yal ker leer of ot Salt Lake and Mrs Mis Ina 13 B. orfie Of- Of fie IC of or Va 1 s sisters James Langton I. was born In Milwaukee Mil Ml- waukee of parents vho rho were pioneers in th the tha early development of ot the middle w wet west t. t As As a a. youth ho was as Identified with a corps of or buffalo burtalo 11 He lie was vas a member of at the old company compan r responsible for tor d de about DOll Dodge City Jan Kan wh whore where rc 0 nc c became became be be- came caine a lifelong friend friend of Judge Jude c Edward Edwar F. F Colborn then a a. J prosecuting a otter otter- ne ney who now lives 8 at Fought at lit Adobe Wall nib He Ill was one of ot th the survivor J of or the famous battle of ot t the e Adobe Walls at one ono of at tho the bloodiest and mOt romantic conflicts with the tho red redman redman redman man In the history of ot Indian wars war of ot the early pistols In eithe hand Langton who then was as ono It f the be best t shots on the tho plains fought throughout the battle batlle It In Is said sad he narrowly escaped losing his life lite Comanche Arapahoe and tribes plotted to capture th the stores tores of ot white buffalo hunters and traders but the latter numbering numbering- less Jess than COO 00 took a advantage altage of or a a. row of ot walls walla and fought taught off oft more than In Indians Indians' Others in the who west who survive e and andere tho battle were ere bo bosom om friends s of Mr 1 Langton ar are arc Fred Jt J Leonard manager of at the tho Cullen hotel hotel ho ho- hotel tel and James Henry of ot Idaho Returning to Dodge City after the battle Mr Langton engaged In mercantile mercantile mercantile tile pursuits and ond enjoyed unusual prof- prof pros pros- He came to Salt Lake In 1888 and became becam n associated with C. C A. A In the grocery business I the tho limo lime industry attracted I him and ho lie devoted de spare moments to to prospecting He op opened ned the lIm lime quarries quarries ries on the hill above e Popperton l From Irom rom th tho beginning the quarries gave gae promIse promise prom prom- ise isa of ot a big big- success lie He organised tho tim lime and cement company compan of which ho lie was wn manager manas and later hater opened tho the present pre lime quarries of ot the concern In East Mill 1111 Creek canyon Upon retiring from the grocery business business busi busi- ness neS Mr Ir Langton became a heavy In- In in Salt Lake real estate He Ho was kno known n throughout Utah Uta-h for his honesty and aid sterling business pIes ples He lie was wa married d to Miss Susie A. A Ross ROBs It in Salt alt Lake about twenty years ears ao o. o 4 |
