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Show Ip MITO 1EGK VICTIM TELLS OFJCCHI John Sindar Regains Consciousness Con-sciousness at the Holy Cross Hospital. SAYS MACHINE SKIDDED Then Struck Pole and Turned Turtle; Remembers Nothing Noth-ing More. .Tohn Sindar of 457 South -Second "West street, who was seriously injured in the automobile accident that cost the life of S. E. Allen, clerk in tho Citizens' Citi-zens' State bank of Bingham, early yesterda' morning, a short distance south of Murra', yesterdaj' afternoon regained consciousness at tho Holy Cross hospital. Physicians in attendance attend-ance declare that Mr. Sindar "s chances for recovery now look favorable. Mr. Sindnr was yesterday sufficiently sufficient-ly possessed of his" faculties to intcr- iew his attorney, C. L. Olcson, with whom he conversed for some time regarding re-garding both the accident and business matters. During the day tho injured man was attended by his wife, and also by his daughter, Miss Helen -Sindar. I Injuries Not Fatal, 'lose examination revealed that Mr. Snidar's injuries consisted principally of a badly lacerated head and painful bruises nbojit tho body. On tho right side of the head are severe contusions, while on the left side there is a deep scalp wound five inches long. It is not believed that he suffered any serious seri-ous internal injuries and no bones arc broken. Telling what ho remembers of the accident, Mr. Sindar said to his attorney attor-ney that Mr. Allen and he had been I to Bingham, and that they left at midnight mid-night for Salt Lake. He said that at a point about a mile and a half below Murray the car entered a bed of soft dirt and dust, and that tho machine skidded so badly that it became impossible im-possible to control. Mr. Sindar was driving the car, which belonged to him. lie says that the front wheels of the wir barely missed a telegraph pole at ie side of tho county road, and that the rear wheels crashed against it with great force. Thev were driving at a good rate of speed, says Mr. Sindar. In Dazed Condition. Mr Sindar says that; when the car struck the pole, the machine turned turtle, and that his consciousness left Inm at that point. Although able to converse with his wife nnd daughter, and .Mr. Oleson. the injured man yes-terday yes-terday was still dazed and suffered much pain. So grief-stricken wero Mrs. Sindar and Miss Helen Sindar, that neither could be interview-! yesterday. They will be constantly in attendance upon Mr. Sindar until ho has regained sufficient suffi-cient strength to be removed to his home. The body of S. E. Allen, whose life i was crushed out by the overturning ma-' ma-' ne is being held at th0 mortuary of (', H. Banks in Murray, pending word from the Elks' lodge in PnTk ity, of which he was a member. Mr. Allen was a native of Minnesota and came west thirty vcars ago. lie was well known in this citr, Park Citv, Bingham and other cities, and was 'a familiar figure at sporting meets. Ho has no relatives here. Man Who Had Narrow Escape From Death " JOHN SINDAR. |