Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-16 | Page 10 | Street Car Hits Automobile; Man May [Illegible]

30 STREET CAR HITS AUTOMOBILE MAN MAY DJ DI t j Collision Fractures Robert Thoma at Cemetery tery Gate f BABY GIRL CTRL HURLED 1 f UNHURT 25 FE FEI Utah Power Company Making l Thorough Inv Manager l Says Say Robert nobert R. R Thoma Is lying at point of oC death at nt time the emergency pHal as the result of at a collision f tween an automobile and a street last night at Highland ae avci Little LIthe Elizabeth Cook 5 whose father atimer was driving the ma h b with Thoma sitting b by him on on front on t scat seat had a most miraculous rape cape according to her mother fa 4 was as as seated with the child In th the fr 11 The bab baby was thrown moro more Jt ft ti twenty five feet Ceet by the time force orce of oti collision hut escaped unhurt save slight bruises Thoma was theft other occupant of ot the lie antonio automo thrown out and he struck the tho pj ja ment menton on his head with Ith such his skull was vas fractured and he Is Js expected to live The Thc accident occurred at the thee trance tranco to the lie Wasatch o'clock last night According toll to-R C Cook ook who owned the car the tho st sti car was traveling at a high rate sate speed anti and struck truck the machine lis as al came from Crom the cemetery entrance automobile WAS completely wrecks e Officials of ot the Utah Light I. I Po company compan last night said a ill atlon led leti them to the lie street C car H was not traveling f fa 1 than usual for the tho neighborhood i which It was running The menu memi i of ot the car crew cress averred that the tho C Ci Cm i m machine attempted to pass Ilass In rn fron i the car an and amid apparently stopped TI T I I Its front wheels wheel between the tho J i tracks Motorman George Horn Horr said that he lie applied his brakes was unable to prevent t the collie colli Manager Iana cr II F F. Dicke said ho was m ii n In Ing Ine t u thorough h investigation and c cc not place the blame until this this' 1 complete complete- 1 I