to Dad inCrownKing

to tell him we were all

rightexceptforafew

scratches.

Itseemed likeforever,

butaswewaitedfor

thewreckingcrewto

pickus up,theranch

own erg otan ot h er

horseandwagonand

helpedusoff the bridge

and into his wagon. He

took us across the can-

yon on a wagon road.

It was fun being pulled over the bridge by the engine^{It took over four hours}
for the new train to get

hereandmadeup,so

wedidn'tgetto

Prescott until af-

t erdark.Th e

agent at Prescott

had us go to the

hospitaltoget

checked forbro-

kenbones, etc.

Mother hadtoor-

der a new pair of

glasses. The rail-

road paid for our

mealsandthe ho-

telasitwasal-

mosta weekbe-

foret hebr idge

was repaired and

wegotbackto

Crown King.

Th atnigh t
mother,Alice and

I said our prayers

andthankedthe

Lordforsaving
our lives. It was a^{Don looked down and could see the}
miraclethatthe^{middle car at the bottom of the cayon}

bridgebrokebe-

foreourcarreachedtheweaksectionofthebridge. However,wehadplentyoftimetogo

shopping, see movies etc.. We made good use of the extra time.

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