Deseret Evening News | 1903-02-23 | Page 9 | Coasting Accident

ACCIDENT Hoys and all Experience a 11 Very nr Narrow Escape Three boys boya coasting down L Ii I street on ona onn ona a n bobsled yesterday afternoon had u a collision with a n Third street car at tile tha Intersection of ot those two streets streeta and anti there was Willi a n very ery narrow escape from u II tragic ending of ot their little coasting party part As 11 It was tIme the boys bos were thrown throw clear of ot tho the track by the tIme car fender and their sled aled was smashed Into kindling wood The Tho passengers on the cur cor and the motorman were vero frightened Into but hut were greatly re relieved relIeved to see the boys gather themselves together and anti hustle ort oft towards their respective homes In a I lively milliner r which Indicated that no serious Injuries lea ies resulted The boys are Henry Johnson N X street Leslie King sextons house city cemetery Leonard Sixth street They are between 11 and 13 years of or ace age and had been roasting coasting down L I l street for some Bume time This trip they had coasted about a u block und and andas an RII they thy were about to cross Third street they saw nl n a car coming towards them on Its downward trip They fhe In Intended intended tended to cross In front of or it but the dry rails of tho thu car track stopped their sled Ight m in front of ot the car Time The motor motorman man ma haul hail seen the buys boys coining avid and had his hla car can anti and It was wall not going at itt the usual speed to which fact tact the boys bos probably owe their lives When the cur struck tho the sled the time fender caught the boys bos and threw w them lear dear off the track Into the mud mUll and snow lillO but smashed l the Iho sled beyond Ie tion The boys made a run f r home the track was waa cleared d and the car cur con continued tinned on Its 11