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Show CRUSHED TO DEATH. A Man Killed by an Accident on thd Ctan Western. The Utah Western Railway train yesterday morning took tbe Fifteenth Ward day eohool to Lake Point on an excursion trip. At 2 o'clock the parly began its return to this city, ihrpo nncaor.ppr p.jirn hpinf fillpfl with the school folks. The wind was blow ing a gale and the train was aboui one mile out from the station and wat just about rounding the point, when a terrible blast of wind came down one of the cufcoos from the south. Mr. Charley Carrington, conductor, and Mr. Lorenzo H. Crockett were in the combination car and feeling they were being lifted and anticipating danger both started out to put on the brakes. Mr. Cirriogton went first, and as he got on the platform the south side of the car was lifted up and the wind blew him off the train to the north. Ue immediately commenced crawling away, to avoid being injured if the cars should blow over, and by ! hia presence of mind in so doing saved his life. Mr. Crockett came out immediately after him and was also blown of!, but rolled under the train just as the care pitched over, and was covered by one of them. As the train was going when it was.blown over, it natura'ry was dragged along the ground for about ball the length of the car, and Crockett bein under, was, of course, crushed frightfully. The work of getting him out was immediately im-mediately commenced, but it could 1 not be done until the car was lifted up, which occupied three minutes. He was eo terribly mangled that it would be next to impossible to tell the extent of bis injuries. His face, though badly biuleed, is tbe least injured in-jured of any part of him. One of hie wrists was almost eevered, the right arm and left leg were crushed, and ,the lower part of hia body waa fearfully fear-fully mangled and mutilated. He lived about twenty minuteB after being released and is reported as having asked for a drink of water and said " Oh ! Jonathan," addressing ad-dressing Mr. Chatterlon, the engineer. Mr. Carrington was aleo somewhat injured, though not at all dangerously. danger-ously. He has an ugly gash in tbe forehead, hiu thumb is broken, and the car struck one of his beela. Tbe engine was immediately detached from tbe train, and Mr. Carrington and the body of Mr, Crockett were brought into ibU city with all possible speed. Manager Riter at oooe returned with a gang of twenty men and three passenger cars. Tackle and all the neoeeaary implements were taken out to place the care in position as speedily speed-ily as possible, and the train and excursionists ex-cursionists brought back. What is moat remarkable about the sad affair is the fact that notwithstanding notwith-standing the cars were filled with children and persone of all agee, Dot one soul, excepting the two mentioned, men-tioned, waa in any way injured. An icquest was held over the body of the unfortunate Mr. Crockett, and the statements of the parties testifying testify-ing was substantially aa above. The verdict is given below. Mr, Crockett, leaves a wife and two children, and bore an enviable reputation. He was 1 a bard working, faithful man, highly respected by bis associates and all who kuew him. Following is the result of the coroner'B inquest: Territory op Utah, 1 County of Salt Lake. J An inquisition, holden at the Utah Western Railway depot, in the Third Precinct of 8alt Lake County, Territory Terri-tory ot Utah, on the 6th day of June, A.D. 1879, before George J. Taylor, coroner of said county, upon the body of Lorenzo Heber Crockett, there lying dead, by the jurors whose names are hereunto subscribed. Tbe said jurors upon their oathe do say that hie death was caused by being ' oruahed under the aide of a combination combina-tion car: which was overturned udoh him by the wind at about six rninutee past 2 p.m., about on mile eaat of Lake Point; and further eay that we deem his death entirely the result of acciaent, and that, in our opinion, no blame whatever can attach to the railway officials, it being an accident which no human forethought could have prevented. In testimony whereof, the Baid jurors have hereunto Bet their hands the day and year first above written. , John Cottam, I Geo. G. West, Seymour B. Young, M.D. Jurors. George J. Taylor, Coroner. |
