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Show Ifil ON PHI CITY D. & H. G. Ill IS WRECKED SALT LAKE, April 21. Two trains wero wrecked on the Park City branch of the Denver &. Rio Grande railroad yesterdny. Of sixty passengers at least a score wore moro or less seriously injured when the passenger train from Park Oity left the track and all but the locomotive lo-comotive turned turtlo in Parley's enn-yon enn-yon about thirteen miles out of Salt Lake at 3:10 o'clock in the afternoon. Previously a freight train going to Park City was wrecked below Le Grand, throe cars leaving tho track. The accidents are credited to softening soften-ing of the road bed by thc spring thaw and spreading rails. The Injured. Thc passengers most seriously injured in-jured were: James M. Christensen of Park City, 21 years of ago, rendered unconscious from blow on base of skull; at Whilo House hotel. "William Jenkins of Park City; artery ar-tery of right wrist cut; bled profusely, at St. Mark's hospital. Mrs. John DeGrazio of 312 South Third West streot; left arm brokon; at Holy Cross hospital Mrs. May Ritter of Park City; inci sion from recent operation torn. Mrs. L. D. Hartwell of Park City: 53 years of age; possible internal injuries, injur-ies, at St Mark's hospital. Henry Welsh of Park City; back wrenched. Miss Delia Jonnings of Park City; head cut. Mrs. Ilyrum Homer of Park City; badly bruised; at L. D. S hospital. Russell Ritter of Park City, 11 years of age; head cut. Day King of Park City, 6 yoars of age; head cut. George Quiuu of Park City; back wrenched. Dr. D. B. Sheon of Park City; knee Injured. John Clark of Park City; scalp cat. R. ii. Billings of Salt Lako, Mrs. D. B. King and baby, and Mrs. E. Doran of Park City; badly bruised. Gave First Aid. In splto of the fact that she had been but four weeks out of hospital after a serious operation, Mrs. May Ritter worked untiringly and with expert ex-pert hands giving first aid to tho in Jured. With an emergency equipment she sot to work bandaging wounds us soon aB Hho had extricated herself, her two children and her unconsoiouB nephew, James M. Christensen, from the wreck. With improvised tourni-auets tourni-auets she probably saved the life of William Jenkins, who was blooding profusoly from a severed artery in his right wrist. The smoking car was first to leavo the rails. The chair car behind followed, fol-lowed, and then the baggage car broke away from the locomotive and tho three toppled over on the ombank-ment, ombank-ment, leaving tho track clear Tho passengers wero loaded on tho locomotive loco-motive and tender and taken down the canyon as far as Le Grand in two trips The passengers were brought tho remainder of the way into the city by four automobiles of the Salt Lako Sightseeing company, sent out by the railroad company, arriving in the city about 730 o'clock. The more seriously seri-ously injured wero taken immediately to hospitals. oo |