OCR Text |
Show "As CMSTI M SfiLT LAKE Salt Lake, Jan. 2 A const I np: "Bchooner," upon which were riding nine or ten boys, ranpinp in ae frm 7 to 17 years, crashed Into a street car at the intersection of Tenth Rant and Second South streets at 8:06 o'clock last night One hoy, Russell Wilhert Latter, 7 yoars of ace, son of Mr and Mrs. J. W. H. Latter, 2.'.". Ninth East street, wns instantly killed and five others severely injured One of the injured boys. Harry White, 16 years of ape. 836 Fifth East street, ho suffered concussion of the brain, mav die. He is the son of Eugene White. Dead: RUSSELL WILBER LATTER, 7 years of age. Injured : HARRY WHITE, 16, concussion of the brain, skull broken and scalp torn open In tbree places: mav die PHILLIP HALVORSEX, 17. compound com-pound fracture of the ripM Ice; below be-low thp knee, bruises on bodv LYMAN NEBEKER, 15. compound fracture of the left leg above the knee KENNETH RYAN, 11, Injury to the spine. FTJLMER HAROLD LATTER, 8, scalp and face cut. Fulmer Harold Latter, a brother of the dead boy, was removed to his home by his parents, who arrived at police headquarters shortly after the accident. The body of little Russell letter was removed to the Ehet W Hall undertaking roomB. All of the other injured boys were tent to the L D. S. hospital after temporary treatment at the emergency hospital As inbound car Xo. 7n8 rounded ibe Cjirve at Tenth East and Second South streets T E. Green, the motOF-man, motOF-man, happened to glance up the hill toward the university, when he saw the 'schooner" coming at a terrific rate of speed Green applied the emergency em-ergency brakes, as he noticed that the sled wns headed straight for the tracks on Second South street The street car came to a stop just as the "schooner"' crashed into the front end. striking the front step and the forward for-ward trucKs The sled was reduced to splinters "The Impact was terrible, sickening." sicken-ing." stated Green who was almost unnerved at the sight which he had witnessed Many Women Faint. Passengers on tne ear were panic-stricken. panic-stricken. Women screamed and faint ed, and men sat for a moment as though paralysed and as they rot o ( ered their senses, rushed to the aid of the train crew. Some of the boy? rolled completely under the car. while Others were lying in various positions upon the Icy cround A resident oi the neighborhood called police headquarters and the pa trol wagon responded with Georse H. Moore, driver, and Patrolmen If. A. Calton and W. E Jukes. The poliee officers commandeered a private automobile au-tomobile which had stooped at the scene of the accident, rushing the one dead and fhe injured boys to the emergency hospital Having been notified no-tified that the accident was a serious one, officials at headquarters quickly sent for Dr. H B. Sprague, Dr C. M. Benedict and Dr Geortre F. Roberts They set immediately to work and within less than an hour had prepared all of the Injured boys for removal to the L. D S. hospital. Excitement was Intense in the neighborhood surrounding the scene of the accident The news spread quickly, and frantic parents rushed to the scene, wildly fighting their way through the big crowd which had collected .Mothers and fathers loudly loud-ly and entreatinglv called the names of their missing children, and as. one by one, various children were found, gathered them in their paternal arms with shouts of joy. The first news of the tragedy was taken to the home of Harry White, 836 South Fifth East street, by a ' Tribune reporter In spite of the efforts ef-forts of the reporter to avoid shocking the members of the family, Mrs. White, the mother, fell in a dead faint at the mention of the word accident, and recovered consciousness only to suffer hysteria and collapse. Eugene White, the father, and a brother went Immediately to the hospital and remained re-mained there until an early hour this morning awaiting the report from the operating room. Children who had witnessed the accident ac-cident stood in groups, some weeping and others dumb They were stunned, stupefied and frightened to such an extent that few among them could give intelligent answers to questions In the meantime, the patrol wagon and the private automobile which had been pressed into service had moved swiftly away, and when late comers among the excited parents arrived at the scene they could obtain no Information In-formation concerning who had been killed or injured. Those who could not account for their own children rushed to police headquarters and besieged be-sieged the emergency hospital, where policemen guarded the door, In order that the surgeons might work with as little interference ae possible. Hundreds of boys and girls had been coasting on the Second South street hill during the afternoon and early evening, but none among them could tell the names of some five or six other youngsters who rod the "schooner" on Its tragic dash. The most pathetic Incident in connection con-nection with the accident was the arrival ar-rival at police headquarters of Mr and Mrs. J. W. H letter. Like many other neighbors, thev had heard of the mishap Knowing that their own little lit-tle sons, Russell and Harold, were among the crowd of merrymakers, they first searched the neighborhood, then rushed to headquarters fearing, I but not prepared for. the worst. Mrs. Latter knelt beside the chair in which sat the injured little boy, folded him In her arms and asked him where his brother was. "He's in there." indicating the operating op-erating room, "and he's asleep, I guess." Mr6. Latter started into the operating operat-ing room, but was intercepted by Dr. Sprague, who informed her of little lit-tle Russell's fate. She collapsed with pitiable grief. |