Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-09-18 | Page 44 | Automobile Plunges over Cliff without Injury

'AUTOMOBILE PLUNGES OVER CLIFF WITHOUT INJURY An E. M. F. thirty touring car fell over a cliff In Nevada, recently, without serl-' ous damage to the motor. Several persons, who wero occupants cf tho car at tho tlmo of the accident, wero severely hurt, and tho automobile was temporarily abandoned ns a hopeless hope-less wreck: later, when It was hoisted back onto tho road, the engine was found to be In running order. R. R. Crampton of Reno, owner of the machine, was driving near that city whon he failed to negotiate a dangerous mountain moun-tain turn. Tho car turned over several times after leaving tho cliff, tlnally landing land-ing with the wheels uppermost. After Crampton. who was among those Injured, i hnrl hfifnmn i?rmvrTrcrnnf Via -4m,-nAr1 t the spot where tho car still rested. With asststanco It was turned right side up nnd lifted to the top of tho cliff, the wheels having almost miraculously escaped es-caped damage. Preparations were made to tow the wreck back to Reno, when some ono suggested sug-gested cranking tho engine as an experiment. experi-ment. To the surprise of all It started smoothly. After sufficient wroclcago had been cleared away to make room for a driver, the machine was piloted back to Reno under Its owii power. The run to tho city was mnde without accident.