Show HORSE ON THE BRIDGE Rio Grande Passenger Train Has a Narrow Escape From Being Thrown Into River Passenger train No 5 of the RIo Grande Western bound from Denver to Salt Lake was barely prevented from plunging over a bridge Into the Price river In the Price canyon yesterday yester-day morning as the result of an ned I dent just before reaching the bridge The engine was stopped however In time to prevent accident and no Injury was sustained by any of the passengers 1101 by the train While running rapidly l Just before caching the river the engineer of the irst engine of the train discovered a hors on the track a short distance ahead The horse becoming frightened ran along the truck and out upon the bridge l Unable to cross it stood l hesitatingly hesi-tatingly in front of the approaching train On seeing < the animal on the I track the engineer pt once reversed the lever ind applied the brakes It was not soon enough to prevent the engine from smashing Into tho animal crushing It beneath the Avfiecln The body of the animal was thrown beneath the pilot I of the first t engine The engine was stopped just In time according to tho train crew to prevent the train from leaving the tracks and plunging into the t river The horse was not killed In the accident acci-dent and the combined efforts of the crews of both engines were necessary lo end HB sufferings The animal was finally killed with a coal pick from the tender and with the assistance of a number of pjjjfionguni the body was thrown from the bridge l > Into the river w |