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Show MAN AND WIFE DIE, LAD HURT, IN CRASH u SALT LAKE, April C Lorrln D. Hrlggs, 20 years old, athletic coach I of Kast High School and ono of Uie ; best known athletes in Utah, and his wife, Mrs. Jano Wlnegar Urlggs, ,27 alv years old, were killed and their 3- t year-old son James was critically Injured In-jured when an automobile in which they rodo stalled on the track and ' - was struck by a' Bamberger electric 1" lino train nt Dountlful yesterday. PT- Tho accident which was witnessed ', s by scores of persons, occurred at 5:20 ,'" P;,m. Tho automobilo wan hit squaro- . v. - ly,and carried a dlstanco of 100 yards W, across the. fendor of tho locomotive. A 'So, violent was the crash that Mr. and Mrs. Brlggs wero apparently fa r tally Injured by tho force of tho Impact. Im-pact. Their bodies wero singularly '' free from cuts and bruises, though , the. faces of both wero lacerated.' Tho baby 'was hurled from his Beat and '" alighted fifty feet from tho spot ' whoro the train and car come togoth- , or, He received a fractured skull tand contusions and was unconscious for flvo hours. rASSING TRAINS CAUSE The passing of two trains at tho ', J tlmff was believed to havo been re-V re-V Hcjr spenslbll for tho accident. Mr. Brlggs mFjj- driving west, stopped near the tracks ,! as a southbound electric train, on Its way to Salt Lako approached. As soon as It had gone by he started up and had reached tho center of tno adjoining trucks when tho nortn-bound nortn-bound train, which had left Salt Lake shortly before, came along. Tho automobilo Btoppqd suddenly, eye witnesses said, and beforo li could be started or tho occupants could leap td safety, tho train was upon It. " F. L. Bradeson, motorman of tho electric train, applied the brakes according ac-cording to report, but could do little to slacken.headway In tho short space allowed. The automobile, a five passenger pas-senger touring car, was caught up like a top in a giant grip and was borne along until the train was brought to a halt, i BOTH DIE INSTANTLY Passengers on tho train and persons per-sons at tho station hastened to pick the victims from tho wreckage. Both tho man and woman ha'd apparently been killed instantly. The baby was carried Into tho station sta-tion and later romoVed to tho office of Dr. J, C. Stooks In Bountiful. Ho did not regain consciousness until 10 p. m. Tho child's skull was believed to bo fractured. His recovery was considered doubtful. 'Hack of the grim details of the tragedy was disclosed tho fact that tho father and mother had gone to their death in quest of a new cap for the baby. Tho child had begged thorn for a cap ho had scon In a storo and tho members of tho family wero on tholr way to purchase this bit of child's headgear to pleaso their son when they, were killed, Mr, Brlggs was appointed athletic com at y&at lUfi& School Ja Bait Lako (his year after ho had served in a similar capacity throo years for the Davis County High school of Kaysvllle. His career as a coach followed fol-lowed his participation In vnrlous branches of athletics at the Unlvei slty of Utah, where he wus conceded to bo ono of tho best athletes ever registered at that Institution. |
