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Show lofonao Seriously M k Collision Jordan Bridgo Car Runs Into Wagon Loaded With Hock Passengers Passen-gers Shaken Up. Serious, possibly fatal Injuries to Mo-tc-rman A. L. Miller, and a bad shaking up to fivo passengers, resulted from a Jordan bridge car colliding with a heavily heav-ily lndon stono wagon at Second South and Eighth West streots last ovenlng. Tho wagon, drlvon by Nuphl Jenaon, was stuck crossing tho track In tho mld-dlo mld-dlo of tho block. Owing to deopenlng dusk and falluro to get warning In time, car men stato. Miller was unablo to avort the collision, which wrecked tho car badly. Miller Is now in tho L. D. S. hospital, suffering among othor things from sovcro lntornal injuries. Tho vesti-bulo vesti-bulo in which ho stood waa lifted up and wrenched away from tho body of tho car. Tho front trucko wero forcod back closo to tho rear running gear. Car number 37. Jordan brldgo line, was going west at tho tlmo of tno accident. In chargo of Conductor E. A. Phillips and Motorman Miller. At tho cornor of Seventh West street tho track curves Ir.lo Second South stre.ot. Horo tho car aloppod to lot a passenger alight. Miller Mil-ler turned on tho current and was ncar- lng tho mldrllo of tho block whon ho saw a man wildly waving his hands and yelling "Stop!" This was Jensen. Ho had leapod from his wagon, Inden with several tons of building stono, when ho saw tho car approaching. He had run up tho track waving his hands, bijt only got somo thirty to ilfty feet from tho wagon, according ac-cording to employees of tho company, when no wns seen. Tho crash of tho collision followed his warning. It la stated that Miller had shut off tho current cur-rent and hnd put on tho brakes. This is tho company's account of tho nffalr. Other accounts stain that Miller was looking back behind him n3 his car passed Jonson. At any rato tho collision colli-sion wns almost Immediate, Both horses wero knocked down, but not badly Injured. Rock was strown about tho track Tho wagon was reduced re-duced to kindling wood. Tho car was a wreck. Miller lay groaning among the debris. Passengers and tho conductor leaped from tho partly destroyed car nntl hastoned to help tho motorman. Ho was taken at once to tho L. D. S. hospital. hos-pital. Tho car was taken back to tho barn. Dr. Benedict attended Miller. Tho patient's condition Is serious. |