[Brigham Young Journal] I stood at the Alter all day with the exception of time alone to take refreshment about 30 minutes to 9 at Night I left the Temple & attended a concert held in the concert Hall- I also attended a Concert at the same place the -- Saturday evening previous & I will say that it was so is this dicidedly the best concert that I ever attended you & I will here observe that an accident took place on saterday last evening last that was of a searious nature after having returned home from the concert - with 14 Persons in my New omnerbus leaving the passengers at their Respective homes -- Except one besides the driver -while crossing a Bridge on Parley's street both Horses fell through but luckily without- receiving any serious injury --& steod injury alone was confined to to the Horses -who remained Something near an hour down between the timbers of the Bridge- the circumstances reached me by Sister Woodward - the person that- was in the carriage I was in bed I when the information reached me but immediately put on my clothes & hastened to the rescue of my team on arriving at the scene I found them totally unable to extrecate themselves from their- distressed condition - & not withstanding, that they were dumb animals they were sensible of their condition However by putting my thoughts a Jogging I with Bro. G. A. Grant Driver & some few others Tore the timber away & let down the Horses one at a time on the bottom & roling them over placed them where they could help themselves (the depth of the bridge was about 6 feet) this was certainly a miracle -almost- I returned home & washed them all over with spirits used about 1/2 gallon of whiskey in bathing them which prevented Stiffness & colds-- so that in a few days they were able for servise again - Through the week my labours were entirely confined to the Sealings & anointings of the Saints -- Monday January 19 [1846]
[source: Brigham Young Journal # 4 in the handwriting of: William Clayton, Evan Greene, John D. Lee, Willard Richards. First person account kept by others. 'Lieut. Genl Brigham Young's Journal 1844']
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