Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-22 | Page 14 | Four Hurt at 'Death Curve'

MRS. GLADYS B ALLAN TTNIZ THOMAS of Ogden, vrho. with S C. 0. Prest, narrowly escaped death In aircraft accident. i 1 ... a s FOUR HURT ST DEATH CK Residents of Wyoming Injured In-jured When Auto Turns Turtle Near Ogden. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, Nov. 21. "Death curve." about two miles south of the city on the state road between Ogden and Salt Lake, was the scene of another automobile acci- dent in which four persons. to women and two men. suffered Injuries. Those Injured were Frank Go'.iy of Lymar.. Wyo.. who Is now In the Pee hospital; Mrs. Laura Hamblyn. Miss Merlin Eyre and L. E. Kelly of Evanston, Wyo. The Injuries of uhe quartet consist of burns about the face and head, caused by the acid escaping from the storage battery, bat-tery, which was broken when the automobile, auto-mobile, belonging to and driven by Mr. (Joldv. lurned turtle twice. Although tne accident occurred at 6:u o clock last e renins. Information was not obtainable, until today. The accident was witnessed bv Gold Wheat, who Mas returning re-turning to Ogden trom Salt Lake, driving the automobile of D. A. Smyth. Mr. Wheat s.iid tLat as he was approac.ilng the curve from the south he saw the headlights of tlie car before it approached the curve. He then saw the car strike the curve and turn turtle. H said t.iat from the manner in which the headlights went the car must have turned turtle at least twice. Am .i-ickly as pf-iDle Mr. Wheat '.rove to the spot where the auto had turned I and rendered assistance. He placed the Injured men and women In hla car and drove to the office of tr. Eara vl Rich on South Washington avenue Dr. Ktch made a hasty examination of the Injuries and ordered that Goldy be taken to the Dee hospital The two women and Kehy were sent to their roome at the Reed notei. At the Dee hospital an examination disclosed dis-closed that Goldy was bdi burned about the face, but no bones were broken. Kellv suffered a dislocated hip and burns about the face and hands. Mrs. Hamblyn' Ham-blyn' Injuries consisted of bums upon the face and top of the head. Miss Eyre was burned upon the left sld of the face and neck