Logan Republican | 1916-03-09 | Page 1 | Auto Plunges into Bay; One Passenger Drowned

AUTO PLUNGES INTO BAY; ONE PASSENGER DROWNED San Diego, Cal., March 7. An automobile au-tomobile carrying eight men, four of them sailors of tho United States navy, na-vy, drove upon a ferry boat hero to-night to-night rapidly trnersed the deck of tho vessel and plunged off tho other end Into tho bay, carrying with It threo of Its passengers. Benjamin Crockett, formerly associated In sporting ventures with Tex RIcknrd, and James Coffroth, fight promoters, wns drowned. Tho other two, 11. S. Webb, the drjvcr, and Robert Helntz, were rescued. Tho four sailors and nnother passenger Jumped out of tho car as It sped upon tho boat. Witnesses Wit-nesses said Webb mado no nttempt to stop tho machine