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Show WAGONEB SPENGEii OK 111 Expert Horseman Thrown Beneath Wheels and ' Dies of Injuries. 2 AVIATORS IN FALL Quick Semaphore Signal-ing Signal-ing by Utah Battery men Brings Up Aid. By FLOYD A. TIMMEEMAN, Staff Correspondent. C-MP KliAKXY, Cal., July If- oner Ross W. Spencer of the supply oorVi panv nnU son of William J. Spe.rn.-er of 37110 Highland drive. Salt Lake, died here at noon lodav from injuries received when a heavv escort wagon ran over him and injured' his spine. Details of the acel-dent acel-dent were released here this afternoon, shortly following the death of the youns soldier at the camp base hospital. According to witnesses of the accident, which occurred near the regimental blacksmith black-smith shop, Wagoner Spencer was dnv-ing dnv-ing the escort wagon and occupied the seat alone. Soldiers working in tho vi-cfnity vi-cfnity saw him stand up and bend over in ail endeavor to untangle a rem winch I ad caught in part of the harness flu-four flu-four muTes .-tarted on a trot and. before Spencer could- get the team straightened out the front wheels struck a narrow ditch and pitched the soldier forward ami under the wagon. The wheels passed over his hack. Injuries Internal. Spencer was immediately taken to the regimental infirmary, where Major Wil-laid Wil-laid Clirislopherson and Lieutenant Robert Rob-ert T Jellison hurriedly examined his injuries in-juries and ordered him to he sent lo the base hospital. The examination of the I 'tab doctors showed serious internal injuries. The young soldier hovered between be-tween life and death in spite 01 the tact that all possible medical attention was "iven him by the best physicians In the cantonment. At noon today a telephone message from the hospital to regimental headquarters brought the sad news of his death. A lelegram from Governor Bamberger to Colonel Webb vesterday afternoon in-tpjired in-tpjired as to the condition of the soldier, and carried the information that his sister. sis-ter. Miss Isy Spencer, is on her way here. Was Expert Horseman. Wagoner Spencer .ioined the supply company in June, 917. and won much distinction among his company members on account of his excellent horsemanship, tie was born in Taylorsvillc, Utah, was 5 years of age and single. He was the sole surviving son. Due to their quick action this mon- Sergeant (J. R. Lundquist and CorpcV! Ralph LHivall. both of A battery, probablv saved the lives of two aviators when the airmen crashed to earth near tho lighting station two miles from camp, where the artillerymen were working out firing problems. prob-lems. The birdmen, both lieutenants, were about to make a landing when the plane suddenly side-slipped and cras1 into the heavy brush from a height of iOO feet. The artillerymen immediately ran lo the scene of the accident, to find both men buried under the wreckage of the , machine, and badly injured. Help was I two miles away and no means of trans-I trans-I porta t ion was available. The men probably prob-ably would have died if medical assistance assist-ance was not forthcoming promptly. Signals With Flags. Corporal Duvall solved the problem by running to a hill near by and signaling for help 'with ids semaphore flags. A group of men were be t ween the cantonment canton-ment and the scene of the fall and they instantly caught the appeal and relayed it to the military police outpost at the camp limits. From here the telephone message was sent to an ambulance company. com-pany. In less than ten minutes after the appeal ap-peal for help had been sent by Corpora! Duvall the ambulance was seen dashing up the road. In the meantime Sergeant Lundquist had extricated one man" and was furiously working to get the other free. Haste was necessary, as t he men were covereJ with gasoline from tho broken tank and might at any instant catch fire. With the arrival of the ambulance am-bulance both men were free from tiie wreckage. One regained consciousness, but his da zed condition only allowed rambling and broken speech. At the base hospital it was found that Lieutenant Wolf was probably seriouslv injured, while the other. Lieutenant O'Toll, was badly bruised and torn. Recruits Kept Busy. With foot drill and standing gun work, the recruits of the Utah carnp were busy men today. No other work was on the program with the exception of special details. de-tails. The work of outfitting the men in cotton clothing continued unabated. Officers Of-ficers of the regiment arc now get tin? their final gas defense work, which will fit them to receive the best the Germans can send over. The recruits got their gas work at frequent intervals. Captain Frank C. Bird, commander of D battery, arrived in camp today, after a brief honeymoon following his marriage to iMiss Lehela Samuels of Salt Lake. He ; received the congratulations of his fellow officers, but refused to pass around the cigars. He cannot be blamed, though. thero are 1603 men in tho regiment s It was learned t od a v t i t a t Elwood P . Anderson of Kphrnini. Utah, has been a-sicned a-sicned to ("'amp Kearnv and is a member ot the l.vTth infantry. He was formerly employed as a pharmacist for tho Lloyd T)r;:g company of Salt lke and was om of the lirst in the May draft. He was 1nade corporal promptly on arrival here. |