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Show I WILLIAM N. PElRCEliES" " I AS RESULT OF STREET CAR I , ACCIDENT ON SATURDAY H William N. Poirce, Civil war veteran Hl and veil-known real estate dealer of B Ogden, is dead, and Mrs. Maryette H Griffin and Mrs. E. J. Beltzer are suf- Hl ferlng serious injuries as the result of Hl being struck by a Twc-nty-thiid street H " trolley car late Saturday night. Mr. I mf fTln Peirce died at his residence at 5 a. m. yesterday, and today the two women were reported to be doing as well as could be expected, with the condition of Mrs. Griffin still being considered serious. The accident occurred on Twenty- ni'Miri'f- " i. in i !---- h i third street, between Madison and Monroe avenues, and was attributed to the blinding snowstorm of Saturday night, then at its height. The three elderly people and others were hurry, ing to catch the street car, having just left the Peirce residence, 759 Twenty-third Twenty-third street, where a social of the local lo-cal G. A. R. post and Ladies of the G. A. R. had been held during the evening. As the party reached the car tracks and started to cross, the motorman, William Reid, saw them and made n desperate effort to stop the car. Snow on the rails, however, made the brakes on the car practically practical-ly useless and it slid along, striking Mr. Peirce and his two companions. All three were thrown violently to the ground and brushed aside by the car. Mr. Peirce and Mrs. Griffin were unconscious when picked up a moment mo-ment later by other members of the party, who were horrified witnesses of the accident. The former was taken tak-en to his home and the latter, with Mrs. Beltzer, was taken to the Deo hospital. hos-pital. Surgical care was' soon given and it was found that Mr. Peirce and Mrs. Griffin had been badly injured about the head and body, while Mrs. Beltzer's arms and body were severely severe-ly hurt Mr. Peirce, who was the father of R. A. Peirtfe, superintendent of the Utah-Montana division of the Oregon Short Line railroad, was born in the town of Canaan, Conn., 74 years ago. With many other young men of old New England stock, he served the union un-ion through the Civil war, becoming a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. After the war had passed, ho moved to Illinois and was a resident resi-dent of that state until 1S90. when he came to Utah, locating in Ogden. For fifteen years past he had conducted a real estate business, his office being be-ing at 113 Twenty-fourth street. At the time of his death the veteran was adjutant of Dix-Logan post, G. -A. R. Mrs. Peirce died about eight years ago and Mr. Peirce is survived by his son, Richard A. Peirce; two daughters, daugh-ters, June and Lois E. Peirce, and a brother, A. A. Peirce of Sebastopol, Cal. The funeral will be held tomorrow tomor-row at 2 p. m. in the Kirkendall chapel. chap-el. The body may be viewed at the residence this afternoon and evening i. SBB IU EBCIJIIW III BIU ! I . M and at the Kirkendall chapel from 10 a. m. tomorrow until the funeral hour. Mrs. Griffin Is the widow of Loyal Griffin and resides at 330 Twenty-eighth Twenty-eighth street. Mrs. Beltzer is the widow of John A. Beltzer, and resides at 275 Twenty-eighth street. On account of the sad results of the accident the tea which was to have been given tomorrow by Mrs. Florence Littlefield for members of the Ladles of the G. A R. and the members of the G. A. R, has been indefinitely postponed. post-poned. An Investigation of the accident is now being conducted by officials of the Ogden. Logan & Idaho Railway company, but It is not thought that Motorman Reid or Conductor Lloyd D. Canfield, who were in charge of the car that figured in the accident, will be held criminally responsible, as the facts thus far learned seem to exonerate exon-erate them from blame. nn |