Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-06-20 | Page 5 | Dog Interferes with Street Car Section

DOG interferes WITH STREET CAR BUT THE DOG IS PUT OUT OF BUSINESS AND WILL NO LONGER BAY THE MOON ON THESE SUMMER NIGHTS peculiar ana sudden wreck of a street car results in no injury to the pas senders though the car goes in fo repairs about 6 last car ko 11 of the rapid transit company wita a week jut north of the rio grande freight houe on washington avenue which luckily resulted in no casualties the car was going north along the street with a trailer attached and at the point at which the accident occurred the passengers claim there was no one on tha front platform of the birtt car at any rate a large saint bernard dog attempted to cross the and the car struck it had on there was immediately a surplus of dead dog riving through the air and a crash a the front truck ot car 11 left the track and dug deep into mother earth the car lid along sideways or about three car lengths the rear truck being held on the track by the trailer until the forward wheels had bit too deep into the earth when the car turned end for end but dia not upset in its unusual transit it struck against the trolley polca and damaged the west side of the car while the trolley was torn off the passengers gera received no harm at all the car blocked the line about twenty minu tea when the wrecking crew took it to the power house tha dog which was the unlucky cause of the accident was of unusual sue sueana and never moved again after it struck the ground at the side of the road two rods from where it was struck by the car it belonged to L C amaon the blacksmith