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Show K ROAD MEN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE C. H. Bigelow and J. H. Cottam of St. George in Peril When Ford ' Axle Breaks on Dugway. (Washington County News.) John II. Cottam and Charles II. Bigelow, Secretary-of the Arrowhead1 Trail Ass'n., had a narrow escape' from death or serious injury Wednesday Wed-nesday through tho rear axle of Cot-tarn's Cot-tarn's Ford breaking while enroute to Kunab to meet with State Engin-1 eer, G. F. McGonagle and B. J. Finch, district engineer of the bureau I of public roads. ' fiA . Cottam was driving and when leav- i ng La Vorkin, near Judd's place tho rear axlo of his car broke. Ho was unaware of this until ho tried to apply ap-ply tho brakes on descending tho hill going toward the bridge across the Virgin river. His car gained mo-mentum mo-mentum going- down hill and disaster threatened. Bigelow, seeing this, jumped from the car and was either struck by a rear wheel or it went over him, he is not sure which, and he received a badly bruised knee. Cottam stuck to tho car and by cool and skillful driving managed to get it across tho dugway to the bridge without punging down into tho can-1 yon. Just before reaching the bridge the off hind wheel and part of tho broken axlo left the car and plunged down the canyon. Cottam kept reducing re-ducing tho speed of the car by running run-ning it lightly into tho bank on tho right of the road, thereby avoiding' a serious ending in tho runaway. They returned to this city where Mr. Bigelow is nursing his leg. |