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Show RICHARD H. FORSYTH, who was fatally injured yesterday in an automobile accident in Parley's canyon, when the machine in which he was a passenger somersaulted somer-saulted over an embankment. r' Yf i V v. . ' - -i t - I .A KILLED BY PLUNGE OF AUTO IN CINYON Machine Somersaults Over Embankment When the Steering Gear Breaks. One person dead, another in Holy Cross hospital in a critical condition and two others badly injured is the result of an automobile's plunge over an embankment ten miles up Parley's canyon yesterday afternoon. The machine turned twice in its descent with the four passengers in the machine. Richard H. Forsyth. 1130 East Seventh Pouth street, died at the emergency hos-! hos-! pilal a little more than an hour after the accident. H. B. Gaskeli, who lives in a local hotel, is at tloly Cross hospital with a broken and serious internal injuries. Mrs. Richard H. Forsyth is at her home suffering from painful bruises. Yv . L. Harlow, lL'S North West Temple Tem-ple street, is at his home suffering from bruises and possible internal injuries. The accident occurred on a d us way a few miles below the city waterworks in Parley's canyon. Mr. Gaskeli, secretary and treasurer of the Utah Typewriter Exchange company, had just gotten into the car after a delay of a few moments while he adjusted the clutch in the machine. ma-chine. The car was going down a slight grade wtien the steering wheel broke and, before the emergency brakes could be applied, plunged over Jin embankment. In a fiill of about thirty feet the car turned over twice in the air, alighting right side up at the bottom. All passengers pas-sengers were able to remain In the car as it turned over the first time, but on the second turn they were thrown from the machine, Forsyth and Gaskeli being pinned to the ground when the machine fell on them. The other occupants were i thrown clear of the car. 1 Thomas C. Child, who was driving a short distance behind the victims, rushed to their assistance. With the aid of other persons in the canyon, he removed Forsyth from under the car. He had a fractured arm, several broken ribs and other Injuries. Tlie police patrol and another police machine, ma-chine, respond i ni? lo the call, took For-svlh For-svlh to the emergency hospital and Gaskeli Gas-keli to the Holy Cross hospital. Both mm wore conscious during the trip. Forsyth died a short time after arriving at the emergency hospital, a broken rib having punctured his Inns. At ii lute hour Inst niirht reports from t lie places w here the other victims were being eared for eairi they were all in a serious condition, but hopes were held for their recovery. Mr. Forsyth had for ten years been eli ief clerk and purchasing agent at the I'niversiiv of Ftah. He was born in Pinto, I't.ih, In 1$3. At the age of 20 years he was graduated from the Branch Normal school business course at Cedar City and came to Salt Iike, where he worked a year In the employ of the rVn-vr rVn-vr & Rio Grande Railroad company. In I'.iOG lie entered the service of the uni-versity. uni-versity. He was married in 1905 to Harriet Har-riet R Fuller of IVseret. He is survived by his widow, who is badly hurt, and by three hro;!iets. .lesse. Thomas and Donald, Don-ald, and hv 1 hi ee s'slers, Mrs. Cassie Christervpen. Mrs. T. W. Jones ami Mrs. Vernon Snow. V. I.. 1 lai low. the other member of the partv who was in hired, is a sign painter. The four were starting on a vacation of l wo eeks to the Si raw berry valley. The accident occurred a few hours after their depirture from Salt Lake City. Funeral services for Mr. Forsyth have not yet been arranued. pending the arrival of Ids ie';uives and also improvement im-provement In the condition of Mrs. Korsvi.li. l"it it was announced that nUht that they would he held In the Fml-j Fml-j rat ion ward chapel, in which waid Mr. Forsvth was very well known. The hcly Is at the S. M. Taylor Co.'s undertaking under-taking establishment. |