| Show A lamentable ACCIDENT A most distress distressing int and lamentable accident occurred at the corner of third east and fourth south streets at 1245 p m wednesday the victim Is ie arp dorothy duffie dufal a an aged lady of about seventy years year who now lie abst at st marka hospital in a very critical condition conditi or with her left foot out off about four indies above the ankle the particulars particular a of we the mad ead affair as a oear near as could be gleaned are as ae follows at the time mentioned oar no 43 of the salt juke rapid transit company was waa plying its way eastward eaf ese on fourth 8 jtb with george langion of west third south street as ve is motorman and walter dickert who resides on sixth south between abird third and fourth west as its ite conductor when about eight feet from the he corner of third east motorman ling don noticed an aged lady tottering morose the track and he at once rang the gong and throw threw oft off the current although at the same ame time he be know knew it would be impossible to flop atop the oar in that short abort distance dia tance toe tag old lady seemed to become dumfounded dum founded and tood stood on the track motion leep when the motorman seeing tue tae peril she was wae in summoned all his hia presence of mind and leaning over the front of the oar car grasped the unfortunate lady and throw threw her entirely off the track lying prostrate on the ground the woman stretched out one of her limbs which went across the rail rai and the oar car passed over it severing covering her foot from her body at the point in question there is a double track where the care pass each other and just SO aa the accident happened car 17 going west came along luto into this abia the he unfortunate victim was placed writhing with the pain and was quick quickly conveyed to the corner of state and 9 second cond south street tit reeta where i medical aid was waa an n m were applied and the patient made us comfortable as aa under the circumstances the I 1 ambulance from st marys marya hog hoa pita arrived shortly afterward and this thia the lady was waa placed and conveyed to the hospital the scene which presented itself as a she was wab being removed from the oar car to the ambulance was one which would make the strongest heart eh budder udder there lying on a stra stretcher tober was mrs dorothy bufflo who a tow low moments before was waa tottering to her humble bumble home with her market basket on her arm and who bad fallen a victim to a most moat unfortunate accident her features were covered by a thick costing coating 0 oi mud into which poor mother duffin had bad been thrown when her bar limb was torn from her bar the phy in attendance expressed grave fears ot of the womans comans recovery on so ao count of her advanced age but everything that could be was being done to make the unfortunate as comfortable as aa possible under the trying ordeal the residence of mrs duffin to la given as no east sixth south street the motorman states that hie bis view of the old lady was abut off by the obstruction st of the salt bait lake meat company wagon which WAS waa in the vicinity at the time and ana that had he be been ten feet further away the accident would have been averted he says the oar car was wag going at a very slow alow rate of sosea as an he be was trying to kalp kill time when it occurred he claims to have had eleven years yeara experience in the business but has baa only worked for the rapid transit company since nov lost last he however worked for the company five years yeara ago and has baa also been in we the employ of the city street railway company the conductor was noncommittal non committal and seemed to be pretty badly soared he is about seventeen years yeara of age and ban baa been in the employ of the company about three monife there was waa but one passenger on the oar car at the time J James ashman of south ninth east and the names of the parties who were witnesses to the lamentable aclair are as aa follene fol lewe james jamea hopkins west north temple R C mcneill west south temple milford Sc So boppe south third fast duglass moffatt 24 east fourth south and charles Loy laybolt bolt east fouraa south the motorman and conductor were escorted to the police station but were later released rele aeed the accident which befell mrs dorothy K duffin wednesday by having a foot ground off anier the wheela wheals of a rapid transit oar car proved too much fur for her feeble constitution she abe having passed away about wed evening at the st 84 hospital the deceased dece aeed was a widow and rr re ei dedin to the second word ward at 84 ban bafit sixth south street where she ahe has baa lived for upwards upward ti of thirty years she was the laughter of benjamin and catherine and being born in england on april 14 1820 was 75 years yeara 6 months and 20 days daya old at the time tim she ehe met her sad aud fate |
