Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-01-14 | Page 3 | Risk Lives for Fun of Coasting

RISK LIVES FOR FUN OF COASTING CnUdreo Tako Dangerons Chances Serf era! Accidents Reported Police Kept Busy Nine cases of alleged illegal coasting were Investigated by the po Ice depart ment sesterday and last night and two , accidents were reported One of the ac cJdents occurred near Fourth -uth and ' Center street, where a chi d was said to . have sustained a broken leg in a colli slon between two schooners Pollc e of n clals who visited tl e scene foUowtng the , receipt of the report were onahle to leam the name of the injured child Another accident was reported as hav ing happened on Mnth East, near Third South street, when an automobile ran 0 er a small s ed pon which four chll dren were riding M Thomas a special watchman in the neighborhood "ported the matter to the po ce but Invest ga Uon fLed to estaBis the .Identity of in" of the principa a. Mr Thomas aid that 1 e had ta ked with a sma 1 boy who wltnes-ed the accident and he had stated that "he driver had taken the injured 1 I dren in his car and drove north In he drectlon of the Holy Cross hoi pVtll At this Institution attendants de Sared t at no accident ca es had been rece ed A canvass of all other bos pltals In the city fa ed to locate anyone who had been Injured in the IcJnlty whe e the accident was aid to have oc CUp0eicemen were kept on the Jump during dur-ing t e earlv part of the e enlng respond inS to cans where youne te s were coast nl across street car racks In each case the coas e s were warned but no arrests "hSiiwF Edmonds, a printers appren tlce who 11 es with his parents at 90 L s reet, recei ed a broken leg in a coasting accident yesterdas His sled swerted and ran into the euro