| Show Sl IN TAH GANYON Its Dangers Clearly Exemplified By an Accident in Big Cottonwood DRIVER HURT HORSES KILLED tlC It II nob In Ill canyons never exactly a n rate rafe occupation owing lIving to the tact fact that a heavily hea vII loaded constantly gathers momentum and once orco It gets netH the team In lu front of ot It on ou the run there Ii ts no stopping It except In itt n smashup or Ci a 0 lucky luck change chano of grade lUide The Tho pItches cf et It the th bIg Cotton I 1 cod canyon road between the upper slid and the lower rower lauren houses houKe were vele w Ie the rodeo Monday afternoon of lit a moun moult mountain tain tub tragedy that In the de tie demolition moulton of a II sleigh the serious In InJury Injury Jury jur of the driver MinI anti and the tue death of ot otone one of or the tue tout four hows hitched to It II Tho The driver John II H Walker was wall brought down d to Murray yesterday af lit afternoon from a 1 badly wrench wrenched w ellch ed Ill bock back noil nn an Injured hip hilI bono bone 11 from frolli which a chip wax wall splintered off oCt ms 1115 CONDITION Dr A A Third HI 11 who made a 11 1 rapid from tram to t the th scene ot or the accident afternoon and dress til Ca 11 the wounds and who In IH caring earIng carin for forthe forthe the patient now flOt It at the Murray hospital stated thin afternoon that Walker wis progressing nicely anti and that his hl condi condition tion was waR hopeful It 11 la it feared however hoevel hs ii h saId salil l that Internal Injuries tony may 1111 havu hlo been heen Inflicted l as ne his hlf hack bat Is wrenched So o far the tue only trouble with H his hIM hip bone Is that a n small piece hag iua be bO been n 1 chipped off ort and aini It hoped hailed that no further m will vIii develop Walker Valker l is III a n well II I known resident re of ot Union and a Il II hn Ills been h 11 engaged In III haul ha ui ore In ili the canyon for or come time HAD Il A AD Monday afternoon however hw he was not hauling ore but was 01 trying l to i I tiring bring down 1 i water witter wheel from front the tile upper power plant With a II t I companion named Mat Mit Ial ar got lIot the big on his and the tha two started down tho canyon j Walker driving the four anil fitting sitting on tho the reIn rear went w ent nt smoothly till the Smoot dugway was reached well along towards the lower loer 1 hower OHr house hous Here hone Cite thu steep pitch s danger daner dangerous OilS ous to the drivers and they thc halted to the Title Thill was done by wrapping two to heavy chains challis mound the rear reat runner and anti If Ie the tM chains had only on held the trip would been heeti successful However halt half halfway I way vay ln down one onu chain broke tho tIm sleigh leaped heaped forward under Its It weight crowding the horses Into u it 1 run PhIl Walker who was an Rn experienced driver on mountain roads still stayed with his lil sleigh and attempted 1 to steer bis III lenders leaders no now 1101 v going nt lit a I mad gallop down the tue road LEAD IrAD Lr J HOUSE FALLS lie He could have done dOM this too ns ne ninny many manya a I mountaineer has hop when his load lond has haR forced reed the tite team ort off a it 1 walk but near the bottom of ot the dugway dugnay a leader lender stumbled hint bled lIlii tell fell The wheel horse behind him him v j bulked balked anti and the tongue ton uc plunged ed cd Itself Into the Know mo and Ice let snap snapping ping off ort like a stick of kindling and r thus the leaders They The rushed on ahead bulling the tho broken tongue and lend lead reins utter lifter them and find then Kill son Icon Oll Jumped from the tha rear real Eyo Eo wit witnesses nesses state that the lurch tureh of at the sleigh leIgl which occurred nt sit the name Harne moment morn nt him him 15 feet teet In the air all but hut he ime lit liton liton It Iton on his shoulder houlder and anih face ace In the snow and u nd was wile not severely Injured PINNED lV IN I Walker timed fared less leap luckily when he at it attempted tempted to Jump The huge hUlle Iron troll wheel was driven onward forward by the sudden Hudden Jolt to the tho sleigh as liS the tongue broke and und He lie he leaped for tile 1111 ground It caught und him In 10 the wreckage Horses sleigh and driver were then curried In lii a no heap to the tire foot root of ot tile the dug wa where the tho tree free ree rear runners forced forcel thi thu front runners to which the horses hores no ill an all au obstruction tilt till the sleigh Jackknifed tutu 1111 was IVits wrecked A party panty of workmen who Wele re ic returning turning up Ui the witnessed tile the scene ran to the sleigh where they found Walker trying to crawl era wi out of the wreckage lie He was n under tile the wheel heel hut but luckily only a l small maple sprout held him him to the th ground arid on mi pulling this tills up ill ha ho was wan utIle able to crawl crowl out Ills wheel horses were tile dis disentangled entangled and anil one was Willi found amid to bo he dead while the tue other was wall badly adl In jurer juned MENS ms Walker wan vas carried carrier down dow to tu the lower power house by Iw it huh his companions and there medical medico I assistance Will was summoned from Murray Dr find responded and autti dressed till tho wounds of oC both boil Walker and later removing Walker to the tite Murray hospital to make further ex ox examinations an ilK to his condition AR As IH is In n nuch lIuch cases men who an are engaged In III the thc sleighing business know how huv hu the accident could have havu been Avoided One of or them that four tour chains would have done the tho th trick and that the tho th mistake e of or Walker Ilker was WOI to tu ti use lise nl two Others suggested the hanging of a green tree Ire with nil ethi Its It branches Intact on It the tho rear little end coil foremost tore most to break the speed elect in case lase of ot a IL runaway and 1101 HUll others othere favored the tree method except lt they would place the tho but end foremost The lend lead horseK were found a mile down the canyon In III a snow allow bank anil badly up till but unhurt The TM wheel from the power lOII r plant hoot will be he placed on Oil another sleight lOll anil brought to Salt Lake today |
