NEWSPAPER & ARCHIVE
(By Associated Press)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 16. - A large double sleigh containing a party of ten young people was struck by a Rio Grande Western passenger train here early today. The sled was hurled through the air for a hundred feet and demolished. One of the party, MISS PEARL QUALLES, was instantly killed and none escaped injury. Miss Qualles was sitting on the driver's seat and the pilot of the engine struck the sleigh precisely where she was sitting. Holmes, the driver, was internally injured, and is in a critical condition. The other members of the party were sitting the in rear portion of the sleigh. To keep out the cold they had covered their heads with blankets and had no intimation of approaching danger.
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