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Show HI OF W. E. M mm m Was Wedged Between Boulders; Boul-ders; Dealh May Have Come From Injuries. Serial to Tlie Tribune. OPKN. J""" 1 - Tosithp evMeiivf of the ihttsl result of hist nis tit's automobile a.vhioui tn OK'i1"! 1 any on- us obtained this morning, whn the Kdy of Walter 1. Ke.i. ili'ior of ,lie 'iir tlUlt plunged Into the river near the Lewis camp. uken fiom the channel at a point about one mile below th.e Si ene of the mishap. The body. M'hu'h was discovered by Per-utv Sheriffs J. I.. llobson and (leor.ee P?atva:n. was lodged between two l.itue boulders near th.e Peery summer home. The river fit this point is narrow, the swift current running deep and leaping Ver the boulder-tilled channel. After continuing their search until rearlv 4 oVU-k this niorivins:. th.e officers suited out acain as soon as it was l-sht e-T--.i5h to discern objects in the waier. -aV.irunii at the scene of the accident. PfVut'.es Wobson a -id I.eatha:n proceeded ci-mn The ner. strchim; every inlet and behind everv boulder. W thin a short distance dis-tance of the Wilson Miwnnli dam they C!?ccvered the-finders of the dead mans s ho wine sli'.nK- above th.e surface vi in w -.iter. It w;ts'nscertained that the Nvh was not in iirmedui te danger oi be-i:i;r be-i:i;r 'warlied from its position between the Nv'hJ.ers. after which 'word v as tfle-rned tfle-rned to the car hums of the usden p.arrd Transit company for assistance and equipment. It was with considerable difficulty t. at the bodv was removed. T. W. Cain find H J- Hendrickson. linemen fcr the liac-ij.-n com ran v . risking their lives in t he S't. Sirens; wires were first suspended from bank "to bank a few feet above the v ate- Ev me.H ns of th t roilev swings .;sfj bv cablr re en for aerial work, the two Imemer. wrkei their w.iv to a point drectly over the body. Bv lowering themselves the surface of the mountain moun-tain torrent they were able to attach a :v.-e about th body and under the arm of the dead n.an. - When' the rore had been relayed to the r-?". on the bank, n was found that the h-'dv eouM nut be pulled riirei tly out of the" water, the 'feet and less havjn? wa-hed under and between the two large rocks, with the uprer part of the body sr.d arms extending over the boulders in a crouching fashion. It was necessary in p-o: the body back up stream for a few f?t before it tyss released. The body was ivm-.?".". lately place i r. an auto and bro'.ishi : the undertaking: establishment of The Kirkenda!! company. From The examir;' t:on of the body it was decided that Read probably received tits' injuries when the automobile turned TrrCe down the steep embankment' into urn stream. ne v. .acv wnim-. a-- -lit the uDper pavt of th- breast, an i;.;':rv wbi.'b" is believed to have resulted rr.v. the sternz wheel when th.e auto t'irr.ed over. There was a aash. over the risht eve and the body was otherwise la" elated and bruised, but all of these iniiiries couid have resulted from the c-'iitai't with rocks in the passage of the lu.lv for a mile down the swift stream. Investigation bv the ofticers and friencs of the-dead man failed today to dispose a positive cause of the accident, but from the course taken by the automobile auto-mobile before it left th.e roadway it is the opinion of many persons that the steering gear either b'-uke or became locked. There Is a double curve in t:.e roadwav at the point the acci- I dent, th.e car pkin-in? off the hank at the lower tuni. .At the upper turn the car apparently moved In close to the rro:in talrshie and ;hen. instead of taking the second curve, shot si? aisrht across the bend until it ieft the highway. There is no evidence of a rut in the roadway, which is comparatively smooth on the j curves. i S. A". Cook, who was ridine with Read ; in the front seat -.f the 'ar. left the hospital today, without giving his version of the accident. Al thou eh Tut more seriously injured. Q. W. Hershey was reported this evening to be gaining strength and probably will recover. sustained fractures of sev eral ribs, but so far as the attending physiijian can as ertain at this time none of the broken bor.e penetrated vital or-sans. or-sans. He also received severe bruises au1 lacerations. According to P. D. Kline, the treneral manager of the Ogden Rapid Transit 'omriarn-. in whose auto the three men v.'ere riding, the :rip to the -anyon prob-ahiv prob-ahiv was made for the purpose of show-in? show-in? Hershey and Cook something co"n- erning the proposed extension of the 'anyon line from the Hermitage east. Both men have been in t lie city for the past several days fie :ring on contracts for electrical supplies. Her.shey. who makes his headquarters 'n Pittsbutg. is a special engineer fnr the Westinghouse company, and r'ook is the Seattle rep-resentative rep-resentative nf the ' hiio Brass company. Xo accident in the history of the local traction company has been feit more keenly bv the employees in general than that of 13 st night, because of the death of Mr. Read, who was one of the most coneninl mr-n of the entire force. Born in .'er,hi. Juab county, in August, 1S-78. ... '-n .-pent ii: sreaier part oi nis life in S;ilt Cake City. In addi'ion to the widow and daughter, h" i survived bv the father, a resident of Pa Lake: three brothers, .1. M. Read. Ozden: I. K. Read. San Francisco, and H. W. Read, talt Lke. ani three sisters. Mrs V P Felt. Mrs. p. M. M ick !e-on and Mrs. Kvftns, all of SnU Lake. The bodv of Mr. Read, afer lying fn fate at the Kirkendall cha nel for two hours this e'-eninz, v.-?s !a ken to Salt Cake at S o'clock. The a rranzements for The funeral services to be held there have not been completed. |