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Show AN AUTOMOBILE accident occurred at the corner of South and West Temple Tem-ple streets, yesterday morning. came near costing young Morris Tre-week, Tre-week, tho fourteen-year-old son or Nicholas Troweelc, his life. He was riding on a bicycle west, when an automobile au-tomobile came at great speed north on West Temple. Tho boy tried to get out of the way, but found this impossible. impos-sible. The front wheel of his bicycle was crumpled and the boy thrown to the ground, coming within an Inch of being run over by the nuto. The machine ma-chine is No. 1C. a Cadillac, owned and driven by Dr. J. T. White. Those who witnessed the accident say that tne speed of the machine was moro than four miles an hour when it came to the crossing. REMEMBER that your last chance to register Is Tuesday and Wednesday, Wednes-day, Novembor 1 and 2. REV. IT. HANSEN will hold Lutheran Luth-eran services in the Danish language at the First Presbyterian church at 4 o'clock this afternoon. MISS CORRINNE HARRIS will sing "O, Holy Father," by Stearns, thla evening even-ing at the First Methodist church. BURNING leaves have caused dense clouds of smoke to hang during tha evening over tho residence sections of tho city. This Is especially true of tho youth end. So thick io the smoko just after darkness has fallen that it eaems almost like a fog and has caused considerable con-siderable alarm In some quarters. The annual fall of leaves has been showing Itself a sort of a nuisance In other wnyo in the same sections Street cleaning employees have been kept busy to clear gutters which havo been' choked by the matted vegetation. LITTLE HELEN TOUNGBERG, aged 7 years, daughter of N. E. Young-berg, Young-berg, yesterday fell from the porch at her home at 155 Fuller avenue, breaking break-ing her arm. Dr. Beer set the fracture. THE little finger on the right hand of J. Richardson was yesterday amputated by Dr. Beer, the amputation being necessary nec-essary ort account of a peculiar accident acci-dent Richardson io am electrician in the employ of the Utah Light and Railway Rail-way company, and has suffered with a stiff finger ever since he came from Glasgow. Thly finger got caught In the machinery while ho wa9 working, and on account of Its stiffness, broke off at the middle Joint, so that amputation was the only course open for the physician physi-cian in attendance. LEONARD COMPTON, who lives at 172 Social hall, while cutting wood yesterday yes-terday to build a fire at the bam of tho Utah Light and Railway company, let the ax slip, and Instead of the wood, struck his; instep, cutting the foot to the bone with a gash about two inches long. The wound was dressed by Dr. Beer. AN electric light pole at Main, and Second South streets caught fire yesterday yes-terday afternoon. The blaze started at a point about five feet from the ground, at the top of a tin shield with which the pole is provided. Firemen extinguished extin-guished It with the chemical apparatus before much damage was done. Tho cause was probably a grounded wire. R. C. KREMERS of the Stato Engineer's Engi-neer's office has1 returned from Carbon county, where he went to examine the proposed reservoir basins on the Huntington Hunt-ington river, to ascertain! the practicability practica-bility of their use for storing water for the lands of tho Buckhorn flat country. His report will be made to the State Land Board in a few days, or as soon as he can work out the results of the surveys and measurements made. MISS A. BERKHOEL will sing at tho morning service at tho First Methodist church today. MRS. HERBERT BROWN will sing PInsuti's "Peace! Troubled Heart" at SL Mark's cathedral today at both morning and evening services. m a A CLASS in French grammar and conversation is to begin at the West Side high school, room 11, next Friday at 4 p. m. for city teachers and friends. WHILE DRIVING a team and wagon along First South street in front of tho flro station lato last night, Lafayette Lem-man Lem-man of First North street drove on a pllo of dirt in tho middle of tho street and upset. Ho suffered an abrasion on his head and broko his wagon. Tho dirt was not protected by signal lights. |