Show IRE ki TR TR UCK ck TRAM TR TRA AM M I IN FA FAT TAL L CRAsH LIEUTENANT FOUR MATES ARE VICTIMS Firemen Speeding to Blaze in Marguerite l Court Cour a. a J Into Cent Center r Street Car at Broadway and Second West WestA WestA A A TERRIFIC crash between a asp A 1 sp speeding dinS dinS' combination hose and I engine truck and a n westbound Center I street Depot car at Second West Vest and Broadway last night at al re resulted resulted re- re suited in m probable fatal injuries to A. A H. H Hancock and hurts hurls of serious nature to J. J R. R Boshard Fred FredRos no Ros kell David L. L Price and J. J D. D Hansen all members of the ill-fated ill fire wagons wagon's crew I 1 be c casualty list usi A A. H H. Hancock 40 40 of W. W Sixth South street double dou- dou ble fracture of skull and internal injuries Not expected to live J. J H. H Boshard Z 24 8 Barrett pl place scalp and face faco a lacerations i dislocated I shoulder in internal emal injuries in- in 4 juries uri s. s Serious i M condi condition ion Fred 38 Kelsey avenue fracture facture of skull hip b body dy lacerations internal titer I al injuries injuries ri ries head laceration dislocated shoulder broken arm Serious condition David I 1 L. L Price 32 32 76 K street head lacerations Injuries not serious J J. D. D Hansen 47 Clinton avenue bruises about body Aid Injured Immediately following the collision r residents In the tho vicinity rushed to the aid of ot the Injured Among the first to get to lO the scene wa was Jack Anderson Ander Ander- son son lH W W. Second South street Ho assisted in placing several sc of ot the men Into his hla car and ru rushed them to the Emergency hospital Dr J J. J C. C L. L official physician physician physician phy phy- for the Utah Light Traction company compan and Dr John J J. J Galligan GaUIGan assistant city physician attended the themen themen themen men at the hospital aid treatment treatment treat treat- Ambulances ment was as administered immediate were vere chartered for the transfer of ot the firemen to Holy 1101 Cross hospital where the they arc aro being at attended attended attended at- at tended No hope l Is held for the recovery of or Lieutenant Hancock Firemen Boshard Boshard Bos Dos hard and are in a n serious condition but attending physicians believe be be- lIe Hero they will reco recover r. r Lieutenant Hancock was sitting on the drivers driver's seat with Driver Hansen The lieutenant was thrown n from the truck his hie head striking tho the curbing lie Ho sustained a a. double fracture of or the tho skull and his Internal l injuries are of or such nature that the tho physicians did not make a thorough examination last night night- Boshard and were Injured Internally In addition to suffering suf But fering ering numerous lacerations and Injured In Injured Injured In- In shoulders Cir rUn Turned Fumed The street car was swung clear of ot the tho tracks and the front vestibule was turned so 60 that It t faced tho the east cast so violent was wac the contact The Tho fire tire truck was w thrown by the Imp Impact ct Into Continued on Page Paso 2 I fiRE TRUCK TRAM IN FATAL G CRASH ASH Continued From Prom Page e 1 the gutter the tho fenders were smashed the tho hood was crumpled Tho The steering wheel was Jammed back to the tho drivers driver's seat and the frame brol broken cn to bits The combination engine and hose cart was from station No 2 at Second Soc Soc- ond end West cst and South Temple streets strooL Tho The machine was responding to a call calli at 31 Marguerite court located at US W W. Broadway The Tho fire firo at Marguerite court was caused by a a. gasoline explosion in which Arthur Mooney 4 received burns about tho the hand Tho The prope property ty damage was slight According to witnesses the tho apparatus was traveling south on Second West Yest street treet when tho the westbound street car reached the Intersection Tho The truck collided with the tho car on the west side sido of or s the tho intersection Thief Chief Blame Company Company- Witnesses differ as to whether there thero were any passengers ers in the street treet car According to F. F E E. E Hanson Hansen claim attorney at- at orney tomey torney for or the Utah Uti Light ht Traction company three persons were riding on the he car His Hia statement follows The street car was going at a rate of about I I twenty wenty miles an hour when it reached ho tho crossing The motorman seeing I what ho believed to be an automobile increased the speed Ho noticed the tho automobile apparently headed directly for or the trolley Then ho he throw threw on the theair theair theair air brakes While discussing discussing- tho the accident with Mr Hanson Hansen of ot the Utah Light Traction Traction Trac- Trac tion lon company W. W II U. ire chief declared In the first place street streel cars cara are supposed to stop at crossings s when they hear a fire tire signal In the second place tho the motorman of ot the street car did not make the right rig at attempt attempt at at- tempt to prevent the accident Instead of ot stopping his car when ho he saw the apparatus coming ho be mado made effort to take his car to the tho other side of ot the street It is my belief bellet that tho the traction trac- trac lon tion company is entirely to blame for tor forthe tho the accident and a a. complete tion will bo ho held to determine the ul s-ul guilty ly party T Did Id Not ot Hear Gone Gon GonD D. D A. A Nixon of 36 street motorman of ot the car said As AsIs Ass Asis Is s always done upon crossing crossing- intersections intersections lions I shut off ott tho the current as ns the car approached Second West street Tho The I car was waa coasting cOi across the Intersection tion and just as wo we reached tho the middle of ot the crossing I saw the headlights of a a. machine Then I heard the gong GonS' That was the first intimation I 1 had of ot the approaching fire wagon I applied tho the power In an endeavor to make tho the other side of ot the crossing A All 11 the while I 1 was watching tho the onrushing machine As I saw he was about to turn west est I knew that there was no possibility of or averting a 1 crash and I 1 used my bri brakes es Lewis S S. S Second West street was the conductor of or the westbound westbound west west- bound street car His statement wa wasI was I was carrying my fare box from tho the rear of oC the car to adjust It at th the theother theother I other end as aa the tho car approached the crossing I I was placing the box in po position position po- po when we were crossing the In intersection In- In Then tho the crash occurred I 1 was standing on the northwest corner of Second West Vest and Broadway declared W. W M. M Williamson an enlisted man in the the- United when the collision happened I heard the gong of ot the fire tire wagon waon and stopped to watch the machine The Tho street car carmen carmen men apparently did not see the fire apparatus for tor the car continued across the intersection I 1 saw the collision the firemen were thrown several feet teet Into the air The car 8 seemed med to be bc beon beon on a center pivot and Just r around Und Says Says' Car on Truck Track TrackEd TruckEd Ed Coulson who resides on Richards street was as leaving Pioneer park when whOa the tho accident occurred Ho He declared that thi tho the fire tire wagon was traveling at a tremendous speed and that thai the calamity calamity calamity calam calam- ity happened so 50 suddenly ho did not nol realize It until utIl the crash Earl MIkesell who with his brother lives at 32 Jeremy avenue was on Broadway about In the tho middle of ot the block between Second and Third West streets Mikesell stated that he heard tho approaching fire wagon turned to to see where the was Wu head headed d for tor Just In time lime to witness tho the dis dis- dis- dis aster J. J D. D Hansen the driver declared that while preceding down Second West Vest street at the rate of ot thirty miles an I hour he suddenly noticed the street car crossing the intersection It was traveling about fifteen miles an hour Hansen stated and I 1 thought it would clear our path before booro wo we hit the side side- walk I 1 was keeping m my eyes on the tho road and on the car when sudden suddenly to my ray amazement H ent the th-e car car seemed to have slowed and there was but butone butone one way I 1 could see Bee to prevent an ac ac- ac Instead of ot turning turning- to tho the east as I 1 was waa planning I 1 turned tho the engine to tho west in the direction the street streetcar streetcar car was going M My turn was not sharp enough h however and the tho first thing thing- I knew wo we hit the the car car squarely In the middle The last thing thInS I could remember was J the street streel car spinning about the fire tIre apparatus leaping into the air all as it struck the gutter Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Hancock was thrown forward as I remember I did not S see e what happened happened hap hap- hap I to the tho rest of ot tho the men on the truck Lieutenant Hancock one of or tho the veterans vet vet- erans orans of the tho Salt SnIt Lak Lac o e tire fire department and one of tho the most popular men mea on the force has held various positions during his and as a a lieutenant has won merited praise for his hI's faithful attention attention attention atten atten- tion to duties Ho Is unmarried His father and mother reside at W W. 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