Show CITY r HIT BY TRUCK HEAD INJURED J Harry Speight 72 72 Is in Serious Condition Skull Fractured Fracture cl St Steps ps From Behind Moving l Machine c Harry Speight ht 7 72 was WM injured perhaps perhaps per per- haps fatally yesterday afternoon when he was struck by by- bya a truck driven b by Robert nobert Greaves Grea 25 an OC of ot th thc Harris Brothers d dairy iry Tho The aged rn man n suffered a fracture at the base o of the tho skull a a. double fracture of ot the nose Crushed left len hand ail n nn nn- nn u. u nn and lacerations of ot the face race and and bod body A Attaches at the tho emer emergency hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital hold lold little hope for his reco cr recovery He was WM an of or the city street d department He lie had just justs Just s stepped from behind a machine machine- in Iii front of or tho the Bamberger Bam Dam berger depot on W W. South Temple street when the truck crashed Into him witnesses sa say Police officers investigating report that his back was vas turned to the approaching ap- ap p truck and that Greaves had bad turned his head from tho the road to avoid a backing automobile When he re returned returned returned re- re turned his ey eyes s to the street he was waG within ten feet o of the tho injured man With Ith a a. crippled foot toot he hc attempted to stop tho the heavy vehicle before It crashed Into Speight Following the accident Patrol Driver er or A. A H. H Rogers tested the brakes brakes' of the truck at the request of or Traffic Sergeant J J. J H. H Warden who Is conducting conducting con con- on ducting the investigation of or the tho accident acci cd dent Tho The test showed according to the police that it was Impossible to stop tho the truck traveling twelve miles an hour within 32 2 feet of or the point at which au all aU brakes s were cre applied o a I. I e 41 J hop e. e 11 t J S. S Lf ll 0 v S Mb u l o. o jAli pending further investigation and o-n o char charges cs of or violating city ordinances l land i 1 and antI 8 which wItch re regulate tho the signal and brake r regulations ns of a drivers drI ers era and owners Police officials ar are inclined to hold tho the officials official of or the thc dairy lairy as sharing the responsibility for tor forthe forthe the accident accident- with Greaves Mr Speight has been a a. resident of or Utah for the four past years be beinS being being be be- ing inS a number of ot years with the S Salt lt Lake City street department In numerous numerous numerous numer numer- ous capacities He r resides ides with hi hl wife two daughters and a a. son at 8 83 W. W Jackson avenue a i 1 All An of ot tho the members of ot the family with the tho exception of or a son in California Califor Califor- nia are are at his beside at the tho emergency hospital |