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Show A Smrew Esrarc. A serious actldent occurred In Ogden Canyon jterdsy. a short distance wet of Wll-on's. mill. Work W liei.ig prosecuted 011 the City c ndult at that roitit.'ind ton- tinuil blasting Is of ecuraea feature of the work. Mr. A. W. Wertz and wife were drlvln-i up tho canyon can-yon and were followed by a carriage car-riage occupied by a Ilev. Mr. nnd Mis. Dalley, a Mr. Flslur, his daughter, aud a 011115 l-abc. Suddenly, Sud-denly, be-'oro any warning was given, a roek which must linxc wiiglieil two tons Is-vamu d-laehtsi d-laehtsi nd nisheti down Ihe e Jill"-. 1 here was no time to git out cf tlie way. The rock with a mighty bound slmik thenxtd between the rear of the first buggy and li-e horses of tho rear carriage. The hor-csshiidaud backed the carriage and its occupants down the steep imbankmetit Into the rixir. Mr. llailey held firmly lo the re-Ins aud the itru-rtrlluirof the hones movent- ed tlie carriage front turning over in the water and burying theextti-panls. theextti-panls. Sir. Wcitz hastened to the rescue. Mr. Fisher u In the water, I ally bruised,wifh some cuts uuhlshead. riieothers wereeiiug-Ing wereeiiug-Ing to tha carnage, which eery moment tlirratened to topple oxer. The rescue was soon acco-npllshetl aud in .1 few moments ihe occupants occu-pants wcte safely lauded on the rind. Mrs. llailey was so badly hurt tint she could not walk. Tbu olJ ge-ntlemaii, Mr. Fi-her, was taken down by Mr. Wertz, a he appeared ap-peared to lie most injured. At tlie mouth of the canyon It. C. Lutidy -Wan sighted w ith a rig and he weut up afitr the ladies tad the Isibe-. llr. llailey rode dow u on one of the iMirees, leaving the smashed buggy iu tlie canyon. The escape was miraculous. A fiw feetdillerencu and Ixiggy and omi-cmts would have been crushesl and swcjl Into the rh er. Ogtlcn Standard. |