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Show Thomas Yardley Killed. Thomas Yardley, a boy of 17 years.had both lejs cnt off nnder the wheels of a Salt I.ske Rapid Tranuit car, Monday morning, from tho effects of which he died five honrs later. The 5c.TeTiTl)Cl!TireanJi!rof tt TempTe street, jrrst opposite the Temple, and is of a most peculiar nature. There is a grfivity switch at that point. Car No-25, No-25, one of th3 large twelve-wheeled cars, wasmov!ng westward, aud at the switch the forward pair of trucks took the straight track and the rear pair of trucks took the siding. The brakes were at once set. but the brake rod broke and the car continued going on of its own momentum, the wheels running paral. jfl and the body bf the car turned at right angles to tho track, Three young men, one of them Yard-ov, Yard-ov, were riding on the front platform at tho time and evidontly thinking that the car was about to tip over, jumped off just in front of the rear trucks, then rolling oil the sidetrack. Yardley fell, as he struck the ground, right across tiie side track, and the trucks ran over both legs, breaking both of them and almost severing them from his body. His right thigh was also terribly ernahed. One of the other boy9 struck his head in jomping, but was not ser- iouflly injured. The ear ran on to the end of the switch before it was stopped. James i arehal was motorman and C. M, Minck conductor. Tonng Yardley was at once picked up and the patrol wagon summoned to remove re-move him to the Deseret hospital. He was conscious and seemed to suffer little lit-tle pain, being apparently beuumcd. At the hospital he was attended by Prs. Bower aud Bascoin and the hospital physicians. Everything possible was done, bnt he passed away about 1:30 Monday afternoon. Vardley was the son of ex License Clerk Yardiy. and lived with his parents oa Logan avenue iu Perkin:s addition. He graduated from the high school last spring and has for several weeks been emrloyed at the Union Pacific offices at the depot. He was on his way to work when the accident occurred. The condor-tor says the car was moving mov-ing slowly at the time, so slowly that the passengers did not know the accident acci-dent had occurred until the car had fully stopped, and Superintendent Hinckley is at a loss to account for the fatality. Tho poor boy was riding on the frout piatrofRi, auj be says that it is unfortunate for transportation companies com-panies that they can not coax or, without with-out disagrsuble disputes, induce passengers pas-sengers to rido inside the cars.Trl-bnne. |
