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Show On Saturday last shortly after noon a most deplorable accident occurred on the U. & N. R. R. near the gravel bank just north of Richmond. The brake-man Thomas Sprunt, a young man from Ogden, was standing on the front car of a train which was being pushed by an engine from behind at the rate of about 10 miles per hour. Nearing their destination he gave the signal to "slow up." While this was being complied with, he observed a short distance ahead a rock on the track, leaning against the inside of the rail. Having an opinion that this would easily be displaced by the flange of the wheel, he felt no uneasiness. But, unfortunately, he had miscalculated. The wheel struck the stone, and the car on which Sprunt was riding jumped the track. He sprang to the ground in an opposite direction, but the second car followed him. He was run over and frightfully mutilated. James Hobbs, section foreman, who was on the cars at the same time, in jumping to escape, was very painfully and seriously injured. Five cars were thrown from the track, and their occupants, a number of section men, badly shaken up, though not painfully hurt. Immediately after the occurrence of the accident, Hobbs and Sprunt were brought to this city, the former being taken to his home, and the latter to the residence of Mrs. C. B. Robbins. Doctor Groesbeck was called in, and he made examination. The right thigh of Hobbs was found to be broken. The bone was set and he is now progressing favorably. Both of young Sprunt's legs were badly crushed- the femur of the right leg having sustained a compound ??? fracture, and the tibia of the left leg having been utterly shattered. Other injuries of the limbs were also noticeable. Pending the arrival of Sprunt's relatives, everything possible-without amputating, was done to alleviate his sufferings; but before they reached him, his spirit had passed over. He died about 8 o'clock on Saturday night. He was young man of great worth and was respected and loved by all his associates. |